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Like the flame originating from patio surface. Rock with fractured faces could also be used in the surface--more slip resistant and livening to the feet!

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always like the innate sensation that occurs as you leave the shelter, enter the wild darkness, and then reach the comfort of the fire

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bench would absorb and contain heat

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have no lake just the sea of the prairie

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How would prevailing NW wind react to this on the downhill?

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Could be a patio area instead of deck. Sunken fire pit with trellis wall to W or NW.

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