During the camping season, our family stores various reference books in our tent trailer. We even have a CD of different birdcalls we can play to add some tranquility to the moment. We keep a camping journal, a bird book, a book on Northwest trees. This year I plan to add a book of campfire stories.
I love a good campfire story. I enjoy sitting around the campfire, telling or listening to stories while watching the red glow of the fire reflect off the faces of the others like a welcome fever while I spin a yarn told to me when I was young.
Story telling is an age-old custom. Traditionally stories were committed to memory and then passed on from generation to generation. Native Americans used congregate around the campfire to recount the stories of their great hunts.
Nothing restores the morale more in a person than a campfire after a long day of hiking. Regardless if the light comes from a fireplace, campfire or a even a lantern, flame has always been a staple for human interaction.
Here are a couple of resources for campfire stories. The first one is a book western author Rick Steber titled simply, “Campfire Stories.” Steber is from the Pacific Northwest and has around 27 titles under his belt plus numberous awards for his work. The book definatley looks like it would be worth the read.
The second one is if you go to the KOA website on my page or click here, you’ll find some downloadable campfire stories suitable for all ages. You can either print a campefire story or download the audio version.
When I tell a campfire story I try to commit everything to memory and spin my own version of the story, thats what makes it fun.
Happy Camping
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