Whenever camping it usually good idea to cover your firewood with a tarp to keep it dry. A short rain shower can wet your wood ruining any chance for a campfire. The morning dew can also make starting your fire very difficult. Instead , cover your firewood and make you task of lighting the fire way easier.
Start by looking at your campsite. When it does rain how will water flow thru the site and where could watercollect. You definitly don't want to store your fire wood, or any gear, where you suspect water will flow through or collect. Choose a spot to store your wood where it will not sit in a pool of water after steady rain.
A cheap 6x9 tarp works really well for shielding firewood. Lay the tarpaulin on the ground where you wish to store the wood. The idea is to stack the wood on the edge of the tarpaulin then wrap the tarp round the wood. Placing part of the tarp under the wood helps to weight one side of the tarp down and it also stops ground moisture from getting the wood wet.
Stack the firewood in a neat pile on the edge of the tarpaulin. You need the stack of wood to be stable, if you have a large amount of wood you could need to stack the wood in a second row. It's much better to stack 1 or 2 rows and keep the height of the stack lower rather than have it be narrow and unbalanced. When stacking the wood you might need to alternate the direction the wood lays with each layer. By changing the layers the heap of wood will be more steady.
Wrap the tarpaulin over thefire wood. Ideally the tarpaulin should open to your camp fire making it easier to get firewood. When the tarp is folded over thefire wood, secure the tarp withstretch cords or by placing heavy objects on the tarpaulin edges. Securing the tarpaulin every 2 feet will help to protect the fire wood, and the tarpaulin, from strong winds.
A little preparation and effort, you can make you camping trip a very pleasurable experience.
Happy Camping!!
Start by looking at your campsite. When it does rain how will water flow thru the site and where could watercollect. You definitly don't want to store your fire wood, or any gear, where you suspect water will flow through or collect. Choose a spot to store your wood where it will not sit in a pool of water after steady rain.
A cheap 6x9 tarp works really well for shielding firewood. Lay the tarpaulin on the ground where you wish to store the wood. The idea is to stack the wood on the edge of the tarpaulin then wrap the tarp round the wood. Placing part of the tarp under the wood helps to weight one side of the tarp down and it also stops ground moisture from getting the wood wet.
Stack the firewood in a neat pile on the edge of the tarpaulin. You need the stack of wood to be stable, if you have a large amount of wood you could need to stack the wood in a second row. It's much better to stack 1 or 2 rows and keep the height of the stack lower rather than have it be narrow and unbalanced. When stacking the wood you might need to alternate the direction the wood lays with each layer. By changing the layers the heap of wood will be more steady.
Wrap the tarpaulin over thefire wood. Ideally the tarpaulin should open to your camp fire making it easier to get firewood. When the tarp is folded over thefire wood, secure the tarp withstretch cords or by placing heavy objects on the tarpaulin edges. Securing the tarpaulin every 2 feet will help to protect the fire wood, and the tarpaulin, from strong winds.
A little preparation and effort, you can make you camping trip a very pleasurable experience.
Happy Camping!!
About the Author:
About the Writer Bob Langdale has been a camping enthusiast his whole life. On his website he's got more articles to give proposals on camping and camping tarps. His website is designed to help both beginners at camping and those with more experience set on learning new tricks.
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