Warming them bones!

I spot a little piece of ground that will be perfect for a small fire, a bite of lunch, and a quick nap!
As I clear out the leaf litter with the side of my boot, I look around for some dry tinder and small branches. Although there is an abundance of wood, there was not much that wasn’t damp or wet. Not good! But all is not lost. Australian Pine abounds so a bit of bark should have plenty of flammable oils in it. I gather up some bark and after laying out some Saw Palmetto fronds, proceeded to chop it up into almost powder. I wanted to make a just below ground level fire pit, but the ground wouldn’t abide. This area was just too hard to dig, so a teepee fire it is! I lay a few twigs near each other to act as a base for the powdered tinder, then made about a foot high teepee with 3 branch pieces. A piece of tissue paper in the middle, a spark, and voila.. fire! NOT!
I used my flint n steel striker. Plenty of spark, but everything is so damp. After 5 minutes of striking, I brought out the heavy gun….my Bic lighter. With just one flick of my Bic, and ten minutes later, I had my wet hiking boots and socks off, and was warming up by the fire. How nice, how peaceful. I’m hungry, we explorers need our nourishment.. And that nap also!