Campfires are comforting and classic, primal and illuminating (literally). The one thing they haven’t been until recently? Portable. But the rise in movable firepits has changed the old s’mores station in important ways.
While the fire has been a part of camping since, well, the dawn of civilization, they have particular relevance in the drippy, chilly Pacific Northwest. A good fire does more than warm the people around it, it gives shape to the outdoor evening. In established campsites, a metal circle is usually one of two permanent structures (the other being a picnic table); in dispersed, unofficial spots, a rock ring stands in. But
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