The hottest event around

Charlie and I went to SAAD (Southern Atlantian Archery Day) in North Carolina this weekend with some friends (yes we are SCA geeks). Charlie just finished making his first crossbow recently (and it's absolutely gorgeous!) so this was the first event where he was able to use it. He ended up scoring the second highest score of the day too. :) Later that evening just before dinner, everyone was sitting in court listening to the scores announcements when some people noticed a fairly large fire going in the woods nearby. Someone came over to say it was ok, it's a controlled fire, only to come back about 30 seconds later to tell anyone who had set up camp along that tree line to move their tents. Pretty much everyone jumped up to go see how bad it was (leading to the later jokes of starting fires as being the way to cut court short). Turns out someone thought to burn a huge pile of wood in the woods about 20 feet from the closest tent thinking the impending rain would keep it in check. He completely underestimated the size of the fire and overestimated the rain. It turned out ok once the fire department made it there but it was quite a show while it lasted.