[glock rocks]

Pete-R-Bilt and i, and our families went camping next to a southern utah lake a couple years back.
while we were there, the remains of a hurricane blew through. it certainly cleaned up the beaches.

the next morning was free fishing day for kids (it's a state holiday in a way)...
so while i was down helping the kids put night crawlers on their hooks, Pete was up
the beach watching the wives prepare lunch, and warming up my propane BBQ.
well, the wind from the hurricane hadn't thoroughly gone away...

after i heard my wife screaming fire, Pete and i passed each other on the beach...
he running for the extinguisher in his boat, me running for mine in my truck.
what we saw was a five gallon propane bottle with a short rubber hose sticking above it
spewing a thirty foot flame above our serene camp.

we both stopped mid stride, and i told him - "there's halon in the truck!"
he ran back the ten yards to my truck while i reached down below the BBQ to turn off the propane.

Pete hit me and the BBQ with halon at about the exact time i had turned the gas off.

trust me, there is nowhere in southern utah to replace a BBQ hose on Sunday.

we went the open fire route. i cooked a huge chuck roast with a couple sticks. the kids loved it. there were no leftovers.

[Grampa Dave]

You are lucky that Pete got the Halon for you and your tank!

[glock rocks]

the BBQ in post #162 looks good compared to mine at yuba lake... huh, Pete?

[lodwick]

Men and their fires - it's amazing how quickly things can go badly with unattended fire. bbl