


It’s certainly aesthetically unpleasing to have a large white jug of gas with a hose supporting our flickering flames, so we tend to place it out of view. Campfires are often nostalgic, and we don’t want to give them up. There’s something about campfires that brings us back to our childhood, whether it’s the smell of sizzling sap or the feeling of natural warmth.

Our propane-fueled Canadian Tire metal bowl can’t quite replicate the crackling ambience of a log-studded flame flickering beneath the star-speckled sky. We love it-it’s portable, easy to control and sparks an instant flame-but some campers think it’s nothing compared to a traditional wood-burning campfire. Last summer, on a biennial camping trip to Tofino-which is becoming nearly unaffordable for my partner and I, despite our double incomes and not having kids, due to the high cost of private campgrounds and ferries-I shared some videos of us reading around a propane-fuelled campfire on Instagram.Īfter hazy, smoky summers and nearly constant summer campfire bans, my boyfriend and I purchased a propane fire pit.
