Here's a bit of a recap:

Step One - gather wood for a fire
My son was in charge. This is the pile he had when we lit the fire. By dark he had enough to get us through the wet and cool night, as long as we burned it so what sparingly.


Step Two - get a tinder bundle of birch bark ready
We were in provincial Parks to limited to using existing fire pits


Step Three - ignition
-on night one we use a vaseline soaked cotton ball, fat wood and ferro rod, along with a bag full of pine for the park woodlot (used my ax to process it into kindling)
-on night two, we used a couple of Coghlan's fire starters. Fire Sticks worked well once we had a flame and the Fire Lighters were awesome! As easy as a match to use and they burn hot and bright for a few minutes:
http://www.coghlanscampinggear.com/cofilifist.html

Step Four - boil water for dinner and hot chocolate


Step Five - pitch the tent
We brought our cheapie $20 2_man tent from Walmart and used it with the door wide open so sort of like a three sided shelter. We both had a sleeping bag, wool blanket and thermarest. Even during the cold windy rain, we were toasty warm.


Step Six - hang a tarp to protect the fire from the rain and use line to dry clothes.
FAIL!! Brought too small a tarp to cover both the entire tent and the fire. Of course, we had a windy rain, and the back of the tent got wet.


Step Seven - dinner!



There are more pics and details here:
http://zombiehunters.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2103346#p2103346