I burned 2 fires
The local wood was terrible to burn. Never did find out what the species was. It was dense,heavy stuff that burned slow and clean. One fire could last all night. Not your regular campfire fire that we all expect to see.
One good fire was accomplished with drift wood along the shore of the Ohio River. It was hard picking the wood because the shoreline was covered with rough rocks that were of gallon size to prevent errosion. Most of the driftwood was big stuff. The small campfire size was there but you really had to work for it
I got one great idea while experimenting with stove stuff. It's for a revolutionary windscreen design.
Revolutionary, what a word. We see it used often in the stove world. It's an aluminum windscreen with vertical walls. I should be able to test my idea tomorrow. Today is catch up on shipping stove stuff. Some stuff I have to make, like the reducer piece for the Modified StarLyte burner which is really working well for those with the Caldera Cone set-ups. The StarLyte burner works better than the 12-10 stove that is made by Trail Designs and is furnished with a cone.
Southern Illinois, 2 days ago, the temperature down there was 85 degrees. Yesterday when we got back up to Northern Illinois it was 45 degrees with expected snow flurries in the late evening
Glad to be back.
Campfires are usually all day long 
I hope you had a great time and got to eat, laugh, and burn a few fires 
