This was recorded on a clear and warm spring evening in the Horr Pond Campground at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park, Shasta County, California. I built the fire with downed oak branches I gathered from the surrounding forest floor, and started it just before sunset. It burned vigorously at first, then slowly died down as darkness fell and the stars came out.

I recorded this during a six night camping trip at Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park. The park is one of the least visited state parks in California, and is only accessible by boat, canoe, or kayak.

Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park is a little less than five miles as the crow flies from the small, rural farming and ranching community of McArthur and the highway which passes through it. The land between the park and town is flat and open, and sound passes unobstructed across it. Therefore it is not beyond the reach of the noise pollution the town and highway create. That said it's pretty faint on this recording and I didn't feel that it or the few passing aircraft distracted from the sounds of the campfire and the surrounding forest.

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