Winter fire building practice

[GWashington1732]

I got bored with sitting inside today so I made a path through the snow out to my log piles and after deciding that it was a bad idea to try to chop wood in snow up to my waist I altered my plan a bit. I decided to practice my firebuilding instead; 24" of snow seemed a good way to practice making fire in the snow . It wasn't the easiest fire I've ever started but it was far from the hardest; rain is much worse, and wind is worse yet. I cleared ground and made a little pit to protect it from the wind, piled up some twigs from a branch that had just fallen off one of my maple trees (I think), lit up some newspaper, and had a nice little fire going in no time. Then I remembered I had my camera in my back pocket.

When I first started it up:

Made a little drying rack for my socks, I was wearing sneakers because I lost my winter boots in muck earlier this year and never got new ones so my socks were COLD. The drying rack worked well they were nice and toasty afterwards, only a little damp:

That's about ten minutes before I put it out:

This little bit of fun took the edge off the massive boredom that I was suffering from, shoveling did it yesterday, it totally sucked Saturday though, I was SO bored, stuck inside.

 

[99f250]

I wish we would get snow like that, looks like fun.

 

[GWashington1732]

I wish we would get snow like that, looks like fun.

Not when you don't have winter boots, or have to drive in it, or are stuck inside.

 

[Smash05]

I love snow, but it validates my preparedness EVERY year in one way or another.

 

[GWashington1732]

I love snow, but it validates my preparedness EVERY year in one way or another.

We haven't had much in the past few years, this year we've had three good size storms. Never thought to go buy new winter boots, stupid me.