> pick up EZ ups and just carry them away.  we had one  get picked up and
> flipped over onto the one next to it. only thing that kept it  there was a
> string of lites connecting the two.Still had a lantern burning that  was
> hanging on the frame  later  md
>
  Friday topic,

  Had a friend who was co-driving the Baja 1000.  He was way out in the Baja
Remote, waiting at their pit to take over as the driver when a gust of wind
grabbed up their EZup.  He latched onto it to save it and was transported
right into a huge Cholla-patch.  Cholla ( also called Prickley-Pear ) is THE
worst species of catctus--very tenacious and painful.....He was covered in
the stuff, but was expecting their racecar at any time so he underwent about
an hour of Cholla extraction without any painkillers (even Cerveza Pacifico)
 in order to be able to get in the car and drive un-drugged for his 4-5 hr
stint.  He opined that that was his most painful ever interlude.

   Vanagon content:  He and his family camped near us for several winters in
Baja in a Vanagon with a Mazda engine transplant.  They also towed a very
well-built Baja Bug along, from Portland to La Paz and back every winter..

  Don Hanson