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Every July, my two sons and I drive up to a reservation in the White Mountains of Arizona for a guys-only camping vacation. On the second night of our trip one year, the three of us sat around a roaring fire. It had been raining off and on the whole weekend, but we’d brought plenty of firewood with us. My older son, Parker, made sure the fire was always crackling.

 

“Where’s the rest of the wood?” he asked, adding more logs to the fire.

 

“It’s all over there, behind that tree,” I said, pointing to the spot where we’d piled and covered it to protect it from the rain.

 

“That’s where I’ve been getting it,” Parker said. “But where’s the rest? We brought more than that, didn’t we?”

 

“No,” I said, sharing a look with my younger son, Cory. “That’s it. Are we running low?”

 

“This is the last of it,” Parker said. “It’s all gone.”

 

Oh no! I thought. I hadn’t been keeping an eye on our supply, hadn’t realized Parker was using it all up so fast. We had two more days of our trip to go! The sun was setting fast, and the night would be cold. We stood around the fire, wondering what to do.

 

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