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Barbareno
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Camp fires
Hello folks
I have been looking in your forum here to see if camp fires along the beach are acceptable. It could very well be a silly question but its been
nagging me.
It has been 10 yrs since our last visit to the Baja and for the life of me, can't remember us having a camp fire in the evening. Is it okay? If not,
no biggy but there's nothing like a campfire after a days fishing to solve the worlds problems.
Barb
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Barry A.
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On remote beaches we ALWAYS have a campfire, but we bring all our own wood as the wood in Baja is scarce and valuable to the locals. Also, we keep
them small, and don't ever build "whitemans" campfires otherwise known as "witch burners".
On the populated beaches, we forego the pleasure as the charcoal left by multible campfires really makes a mess after time.
barry
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Diver
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I feel a beach campfire at San Roques coming soon !! 
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And don't be tempted to cut down any bush or tree for kindling which may appear to be "dead", but may actually be dormant. And look around - if you
see a fire ring already set up, use that one instead of making another one. Leave only footprints as they say. THANK YOU!!
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We have a drumming circle in Todos Santos and on the Full Moon we meet with our instruments on the beach before sunset, AND a fire is part of the
evening's ritual. We bring our own wood, clean up before we leave, and always put the fire out until it's cold.
Have fun! 
And solve all the world's problems! 
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salvavida
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and dont pour gas or other accelerant on it. Whatever trash does completely burn remove and takeaway, especially nails.
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Barry A.
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------"don't pour gas" on your fire??????
Now you are really imposing on fun stuff-----whats with this advice? Next you are going to tell me that I cannot put empty propane cylindars in the
fire and shoot them with a 22--------
Part of the experience in Mexico is the pyrotecnics!!!!
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gibson
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so be it
take SOBE bottle with pinhole in screw cap and half fill with gasolina. Throw on fire and stand way back. Pure hollywood.
let the flaming begin
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salvavida
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Just being PC. Remember when propane cylinders didnt have the pressure release? no need for the.22.
How about a dixie cup full of the older coleman fuel. No more eyebrows! Campfires turn us all into little boys
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Paulina
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Heck, why don't you guys suggest they take a volkswagon engine magnesium block along too, and have jugs of water on hand, just in case...
They probably know the usual Boyscout fire safety rules.
P.
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bajalera
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Anir--what kind of drums?
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Barbareno
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Thanks everybody.
Looks like the same rules apply both here and there. Common sense prevails once again.
Bet it smells different then here. Just one more thing to look forward to.
Barb
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Barry A.
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Barbareno------
The only different smell I have noticed in the deserts of Baja is when near ranchos or villages the wonderful smell of cooking fires----------really
love that smell, and to me that smell is MEXICO. 
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...or if you use dry cow patties for fuel.
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Barbareno
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...or if you use dry cow patties for fuel.
Paulina, I have always wanted to do that. Maybe I have done too much reading.
Someone here mentioned charcoal. Never thought of that. Guess you could use that if your in a pinch. I thought I would just gather up some drift
wood during the day. That being said I am not use to the ocean. I live in the interior of BC and use to mountain lakes.
Its all a learning experince...so what if I look like a doofus.
Barb
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
The only different smell I have noticed in the deserts of Baja is when near ranchos or villages the wonderful smell of cooking fires----------really
love that smell, and to me that smell is MEXICO. |
Maybe mesquite?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barbareno
...or if you use dry cow patties for fuel.
Paulina, I have always wanted to do that. Maybe I have done too much reading. Barb |
I actually tried that this summer and it worked quite well. Only you don't get a crackling fire.
A different sound is produced 
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Not quite the same as wood... but when in Baja I pack our portable LP firepit, just because of all the above reasons. Clean, compact, iinstant on
and off, no mess to leave or clean up and I can have a fire next to the palapa on the beach without worrying about burning my house down.
http://www.2kstore.com/stove/stv3a.htm
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We use dried cowchips as fly or mosquito repellent... if there are alot of flies in our beach house in san roque we light a cowpaddy in a chamber pot
and do a smudge of the cabin...walk around with the smoking chamber pot..it doesn't smell like crap by the way..and poof, flies be gone! I love the
smell of baja cooking fires with that lovely aromatic cactus "wood" and mesquite...but our favorite wood is manzanita which is abundant in our secret
camping spot and the best cooking wood, lasts forever, great coals too. Mexican men always snicker at me when they see me preparing my fires with a
tiny teepee of saltpine needles and teeny twigs to start....they just throw gasoline on some hunks of wood...culturally, women don't start fires here
so they kind of look the other way and I can see that "boy is she weird" look in their eyes...but my esposo explains my native roots so they indulge
me....they just can't figure out why I don't take the easy way out and go the gasoline route....I get so upset when we find a big black mess in our
front yard at the beach house where someone has just burnt a tire...leaving all the wire mess behind...now THAT"S disgusting and is a mexican cultural
thing I won't be adopting. Good thing Juan humors me and lets me build the fires. In native cultures, the woman wont let the guys even touch the
fire...it's a womans domain. Men bring home the meat and the woman tend to the fire. viva native culture!
The most unique mexican campfire I ever saw was when we camped one night at dark and couldn't find any wood so Juan put some sand in an old tuna can
he found (lots of those around) and poured a bit of gas on the sand and lit it and VOILA, instant firelight and it lasts surprisingly long!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
...or if you use dry cow patties for fuel. |
We have used dry cow patties for a fire, camping in remote places here, the don't smell to bad, but boy do they throw heat!
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