Fires in the camp ground

[Taylor Blu]

Hope they find the people.  I really want to go back but not a the cost of theft.

[LadyStitch]

How did everyone fair this weekend?  I saw the forcast that there is to be rain Monday & Tuesday.  Hopefully that will lay the dust.

Add in that it is suppose to be down in the 30's !!!!!  Friday night. I hope that we can have SOME sort of fires for our use.  Right now we do NOT have the money to purchase one of those mini propane heaters for our tent.

[KiltedPrivateer]

...Right now we do NOT have the money to purchase one of those mini propane heaters for our tent.

I highly recommend putting some pennies aside for one.  They really do come in handy.  Ours was very beneficial during the Sherwood season.  We've even pulled it out of the tent and set it up on the deck in the morning to warm us while a fire was being built at the TRF camp.  We purchased a separate hose for ours so that we could run it off a 5 gallon tank rather than the smaller 1lb tanks.

[Merlin the Elder]

If you're going to camp, you need to have someone there to keep you warm!

Seriously, if you're having trouble keeping warm, you may want to reconsider the tent you are using. I used to use a two-man backpacking tent, and was never cold, even in sub-freezing weather. Just like dressing, it's all about layers. In real cold weather, I would add the rain fly outside, and use the vapor liner inside. The entire tent, poles included was just a few pounds.

A stand-up height tent is good for a common area for partying and the like, but for sleeping, minimize the volume of the space.

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

How did everyone fair this weekend?  I saw the forcast that there is to be rain Monday & Tuesday.  Hopefully that will lay the dust.

Add in that it is suppose to be down in the 30's !!!!!  Friday night. I hope that we can have SOME sort of fires for our use.  Right now we do NOT have the money to purchase one of those mini propane heaters for our tent.

TRF/The authorities let us have fires as long as they were well contained... chimeas and pits that have screens were ok... Now, when they first opened camp, it was ANY fire, other than camp stoves.

[LadyStitch]

If you're going to camp, you need to have someone there to keep you warm!
Seriously, if you're having trouble keeping warm, you may want to reconsider the tent you are using. I used to use a two-man backpacking tent, and was never cold, even in sub-freezing weather. Just like dressing, it's all about layers. In real cold weather, I would add the rain fly outside, and use the vapor liner inside. The entire tent, poles included was just a few pounds.
A stand-up height tent is good for a common area for partying and the like, but for sleeping, minimize the volume of the space.

The pirate likes a stand up tent that he can have room for him to get dressed in.  The bigger the better is his idea.  Though after the past few years we may go with a different type because it just feels too big. Current is 12x15. 

[DonaCatalina]

The pirate likes a stand up tent that he can have room for him to get dressed in.  The bigger the better is his idea.  Though after the past few years we may go with a different type because it just feels too big. Current is 12x15. 

Try adding a few of these accessories and it won't feel too big. LOL.
http://www.currentmiddleages.org/tents/furniture.htm

[gaerdon]

just getting back and recovering from the weekend wanted to put in my say on the fires.  We ended up building a small (and i mean very small) fire in a $20 barbeque pit from walmart since they had said when i called the day we left that if u could put a lid on it then it would be ok.  Friday night we were originaly told to put it out, we just stopped feeding it wood and were letting it burn out when later another cop came by took another look at it and said yeah thats ok, only to have another one come by and stand there till we put water on it to put it out, only to have the cop from earlier come back and ask why we had put the fire out (be nice to the cops offered him a cold bottle of water so he remember us) and he said no thats ok light it back up he would talk to the other guy, only to have another cop later on come and question us on the fire.  All between around 8pm-3am friday night.  Saturday night rolls around and from what i could see the cops gave up trying.  Heard someone say the burn ban was lifted due to oncoming rain/ high humidity not sure really.  Still kept our fire in the grill but lit the tiki torches no one ever said anything though we did keep a close eye on everything because the grass was VERY easy to light my wifes cigarette caused a abit of it to catch that we stomped out.  Apparnetly sunday there was even abit of a grass fire that the campers helped put out.

Overall was a fun faire and as usual got to give it to cops for trying to be reasonable.  Just wish they could have had the rules lined up a little better.  Wondering if it was some of thems first time doing campsite security due to the aggressive attitude they were getting to a guy and two women cooking some burgers and being very polite.  Never know maybe they had a jerk just before us.

Anyway rain was expected today but we could take the dust for another night, headed over to a friends house in conroe to use the shower and decided to just stay the night there and drive home today.

[KiltedPrivateer]

If you're going to camp, you need to have someone there to keep you warm!

Seriously, if you're having trouble keeping warm, you may want to reconsider the tent you are using. I used to use a two-man backpacking tent, and was never cold, even in sub-freezing weather. Just like dressing, it's all about layers. In real cold weather, I would add the rain fly outside, and use the vapor liner inside. The entire tent, poles included was just a few pounds.

A stand-up height tent is good for a common area for partying and the like, but for sleeping, minimize the volume of the space.

If it were any other kind of camping then ren faire camping I would have to agree.  But at ren camp I want as much room as I can possibly get in a tent.  My tent setup consists of two cots that I place a queen size air mattress on.  This allows me to sleep off the ground and gives me storage space under the bed to keep stuff out of the way to allow room to walk around in the tent.  If it gets cold I put insulated backpacker foam pads between me and the air mattress.  This holds all the heat in and the awesome Mr Heater Big Buddy keeps the air in the tent a tolerable temp and keeps our noses from freezing throughout the night.

[Fenster]

Plenty of rain the last couple of days.  Fires shouldn't be a problem this weekend.

[KiltedPrivateer]

Staking tents down shouldn't be either.  Opening weekend I was bending galvanized nails in that hard @ss rock.

[LadyStitch]

There is a reason we pack a couple sledge hammers to put stakes in some years.  Then again other's the ground is so wet we can't keep the rain fly's taught.  The one time when you want them be tight, you can't get them to work.

[Taylor Blu]

Thats why I really don't like a rainfly tent.

[FaeHollow]

how about this... if you choose to camp in participants camp as a performance co member we cannot have fire of any kind! NONE... no tiki torches...no fire pits... we were told only the small coleman grill is acceptable... so think of all the poor freezing participants next time you have your feet propped up by a warm fire in patrons camp! I don't have a clue why they refuse to give us fire... and give patrons fire... most of you guys are good... but really you have seen the types that wonder patrons camp! oh lord...

[crashbot]

What types would that be, judge much?

Anyway, I hope there is enough moisture over the next few weeks, Im going to be pretty bummed if I have to sit out there in the dark with no fire.