Last week’s blog featured our annual youth group campout which is always a great experience rain or shine. It seem like we get more rain than shine, but that’s part of living and camping in the Pacific Northwest. There is one problem with taking that many people camping at once, which is sitting around the campfire at night. By the time you get twenty four or so people with their chairs around the campfire, you end up with a circle that is so large that hardly anyone is able to absorb any warmth from the fire. Yes, you have the ambiance of the campfire, but even in August (especially this August) it can still be cool at night. Most campgrounds have a limit of eight people per site. Now I know why, so everyone can get close enough to the campfire at night to stay warm!
I guess next time we need to reserve a group campsite that has one of those huge campfire rings that is about four foot in a diameter or so. Then we can have a bigger fire and everyone can stay warm. And what red blooded male doesn’t want to build a bigger fire!
Needing a bigger fire ring, just another adventure in RVing!
Lots of Chairs and People for a Standard Fire Ring!
Who Doesn’t Like a Campfire?
Dave Helgeson’s many roles in the RV industry started before he even had a driver’s license. His grandparents and father owned an RV dealership before the term “RV” had been coined, and Dave played a pivotal role in nearly every position of an RV dealership. He and his wife Cheri launched their own RV dealership in the Pacific Northwest. The duo also spent 29 years overseeing regional RV shows. Dave has also served as President of a local chapter of the Recreational Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA), worked on the board of advisors for the RV Technician Program of a local technical college, and served as a board member of the Manufactured Home and RV Association. Dave’s reputation earned him the title of “The foremost expert on boondocking,” bestowed by RV industry icon, the late Gary Bunzer (The RV Doctor). When he’s not out boondocking, you’ll find Dave in the spotlight at RV shows across the country, giving seminars about all things RVing. He and Cheri currently roam in their fifth travel trailer, with Dave doing all the service, repair and modifications to his own unit.
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