5 Things That Campfires Teach Us

Just spent the week camping in Yellowstone Park with the family. Great big Wyoming skies, musky forest trails, spectacular Rocky mountain vistas, thunderclap-filled rain storms and, of course, campfires.

Fire Light

There’s a real science to campfires. Whether you prefer tipi, lean to, log cabin, Swedish fire torch or Finnish style, master campfire makers require only a single match to light one up. But science aside, what is it about campfires that make them so memorable?

1. Time slows down. Build the fire, cook the meal, brew the coffee, smell the sagebrush and study the stars. In all of this, you realize that time isn’t passing as fast as you think. In fact, it may actually be on your side.
2. The ultimate non-electronic experience. Who is not mesmerized by the leaping orange-blue flames or the pulsing glow of embers? Easily as hypnotic as video games, but far more soulful.

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