Mr. Sidney: I want to publicly thank you for your service and dedication. My God put his hand on you and smile on you for the rest of your days on this earth.

And congratulations on getting out of there alive!

The scenery is very beautiful. Great job on the photo.

Can you imagine what it would be like to live in that cabin?

I can promise you, there will be no hot dogs in this pot. More like a chicken and sausage jambalaya.

Thanks for the compliments. To make this simple and easy to understand. A "stand" is what holds the pot. This stand has a "wind shield". That is sheet metal that is wrapped around it to block the wind, so the wind doesn't blow the fire out while you are trying to cook.

On top of the 2 piece elevated stand (base) that I am building, is the actual stand and burner for the 3 gallon cast iron round bottom jambalaya pot. The propane burner is already installed in the bottom of the stand. If you look close you will see something silver coming out of the side (close to the bottom) of the stand. That is part of the propane burner. Look at the top of the stand and you will see the pot at the top of the stand.

Sorry but I don't deliver that far. :P If you are ever down in my area, I am pretty sure that I can fire the burner up and cook something for you. Ken

Thanks Jack. the pictures were taken hand held. I do not like bending over that much trying to cook. I knew the burner and pot had to be raised. Standing straight up, I can touch the bottom of the pot with the tip of my finger. The legs on the top section still have to be cut flat so I can weld the top plate to them. That will drop the pot about an inch. I can deal with that. After I finish it, I will have the stand powder coated to protect it.

I guess my dog decided to move because I wasn't cooking and she wasn't getting any extra food. She started moving just as I was pressing the shutter button.

I picked up a Canon Rebel XTi yesterday. I thought this would be a good chance to try the camera out and post some pictures. The pot is a 3 gallon round bottom jambalaya pot. It was just too low to cook in, so I am building this 2 piece stand to raise it up to a comfortable cooking height.

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Were you ever in the Boy Scouts? It seems like he was prepared for the job.

The $800 dollars is in reference to a 40D that guy wanted to trade for a pcp air rifle that I have.

The $350 dollars was the price for a T1i that I decided to not buy.
I found a different used Canon camera for $260 dollars out the door. This is the one that I bought.

I understand that your customers do come first over a phone call. I did enjoy the enlightening conversion. I am sure that I will have plenty of questions. I want to thank you for taking the time and for having the patience to answer my questions. I really appreciate it.

I talked to one of the tech guys at Canon. He gave me the link to Shuttercount and EOSinfo. I tried both and neither worked. He said the only way to get the shutter count for the Rebel XTi is to send the camera to Canon. I don't think I will do that just to get the shutter count. They also do not have any parts to fix the XTi either.

It seems that it would be so simple to just have the shutter count as another feature in the menu on all cameras.

I do have a ten day warranty if I need it. Hopefully I don't need it.

Thanks to everyone for their warm welcome and good wishes.

Thanks for that great tip.

There isn't any shortage of information on here.

I did post some questions about the 40D. I thought I had some extra money coming in but that never happened. I did not know that MT Shooter had a camera shop. If I had known I would have checked with him.

What I spent on the camera today, was all that I had available to spend.