No campfires at the Rally Site?

skibumwi

New member

• Mar 28, 2018

• #1

Looking over the rules for the Rally it says that campfires are not allowed on the Fairgrounds! Is this usual for MOA rallies? I plan on camping but would really miss sitting around the fire with new friends.

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Paul_F

RK Ryder

• Mar 28, 2018

• #2

I'm a newbie and only started attending these MOA National Rallies in 2006 and have never seen a campfire at these events.

 

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robsryder

Motorcycleton

• Mar 28, 2018

• #3

In lieu of a campfire at the BMW MOA rallies, where one can sit and listen or regale their compatriots with various tall-tales, there is a beer tent where a very similar experience can occur. The campfire does help keep mosquitoes away, so one might be well advised to bring their own favored insect repellent to the beer tent.

 

Omega Man

Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat

Staff member

• Mar 28, 2018

• #4

Everybody's idea of "tending" to their campfire is different...... .........resulting in many places highly regulating a campfire.......Usually in a fire-pit or ring specifically located.
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R1100rtp

New member

• Mar 28, 2018

• #5

Campfires

There are usually no campfires at a National Rally. Large Fairgrounds have restrictions about open fires.

Smaller rallies are the place to go for sitting around the fires . Our local MN Hiawatha rally is noted for great campfires.

Too difficult to control at a larger event.

 

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ragtoplvr

New member

• Apr 14, 2018

• #6

you ever see how fast some tents can burn?

In Boy Scouts almost 50 years ago at a winter camp someone got carried away with the camp fire. Small troop with like 5 or so tents, gone before a water brigade could get going. N0 INJURIES
Some young men got good life lessons. Like how to make a bed out of Ceder, gathered grass and leaves. And how much better a sleeping bag and tent is. What burning Down smells like.

So no fires is not a bad thing,

Rod

 

pglaves

#13338

• Apr 14, 2018

• #7

I can't say for sure , but I do not recall camp fires at any of the past 34 National Rallies. I suspect somebody might recall a rally or two where we did have campfires but I certainly don't.

 

glenfiddich

TravelsWithBarley.com

• Apr 14, 2018

• #8

But there IS an app that simulates a campfire!

 

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Liaison

Staff member

• Apr 14, 2018

• #9

You will need the app to start the virtual fire!

 

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daboo

New member

• Apr 14, 2018

• #10

With a daytime temperature of the high 80s...who will seriously want the heat of a campfire to sit around?

 

pglaves

#13338

• Apr 14, 2018

• #11

daboo said:

With a daytime temperature of the high 80s...who will seriously want the heat of a campfire to sit around?

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When it is 60 in the evening a fire might feel good - but rules are rules.

 

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barryg

Active member

• Apr 14, 2018

• #12

Just sit back in your Kermit Chair at the campsite and take in all that ambiance and warmth from global warming. I can feel it now.

 

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daboo

New member

• Apr 14, 2018

• #13

PGlaves said:

When it is 60 in the evening a fire might feel good - but rules are rules.

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It probably won't go down to 60 till bedtime anyway...if you're lucky.

 

beemerron

New member

• Apr 14, 2018

• #14

I believe the rule quoted to me with a Weber bbq, at my rv site on a asphalt parking lot was "No Open Flames". I suppose this includes camp stoves, as well.

 

glenfiddich

TravelsWithBarley.com

• Apr 14, 2018

• #15

beemerron said:

I believe the rule quoted to me with a Weber bbq, at my rv site on a asphalt parking lot was "No Open Flames". I suppose this includes camp stoves, as well.

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I've never had a problem using my JetBoil to brew coffee in the morning. Of course I wake up at 5am...

 

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SCOUT6

Member

• Apr 15, 2018

• #16

Johnson City had a community fire

Hi,
I seem to remember a big fire at the bottom of that really steep hill at Johnson City. I was a good place to sit and imbibe, as the walk up the hill from the beer tent was pretty steep.