Burning down Lancaster county was the only real brush with catastrophe. Don't ever plan a charcoal burn on days when gusts exceed 40-50 MPH and surrounded by tinder dry prairie grass. Thankfully I had 4 5Gal buckets of water on hand, or I'd have lost everything...same with my neighbors. I needed every last drop, too.

I demonstrated a serious lack of sound judgement...should have reviewed the forecast more carefully that winds were supposed to TRIPLE by afternoon. Sorta funny to talk about now, but not entirely. Too fresh.


Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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