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"Letter From Scout Camp"
Dear Mom and Dad:
Our scout master told us all write to our parents
in case you saw the flood on TV and worried. We are OK. Only 1 of our
tents and 2 sleeping bags got washed away. Luckily, none of us got
drowned because we were all up on the mountain looking for Chad when
it happened. Oh yes, please call Chad's mother and tell her he is OK.
He can't write because of the cast. I got to ride in one of the
search & rescue jeeps. It was neat. We never would have found him
in the dark if it hadn't been for the lightning.
Scoutmaster Walt got mad at Chad for going on a
hike alone without telling anyone. Chad said he did tell him, but it
was during the fire so he probably didn't hear him. Did you know that
if you put gas on a fire, the gas can will blow up? The wet wood
still didn't burn, but one of our tents did. Also some of our
clothes. John is going to look weird until his hair grows
back.
We will be home on Saturday if Scoutmaster Walt
gets the car fixed. It wasn't his fault about the wreck. The brakes
worked OK when we left. Scoutmaster Walt said that a car that old you
have to expect something to break down; that's probably why he can't
get insurance on it. We think it's a neat car. He doesn't care if we
get it dirty, and if it's hot, sometimes he lets us ride on the
fenders. It gets pretty hot with 10 people in a car. He let us take
turns riding in the trailer until the highway patrolman stopped and
talked to us.
Scoutmaster Walt is a neat guy. Don't worry, he is
a good driver. In fact, he is teaching Terry how to drive. But he
only lets him drive on the mountain roads where there isn't any
traffic. All we ever see up there are logging trucks.
This morning all of the guys were diving off the
rocks and swimming out in the lake. Scoutmaster Walt wouldn't let me
because I can't swim and Chad was afraid he would sink because of his
cast, so he let us take the canoe across the lake. It was great. You
can still see some of the trees under the water from the
flood.
Scoutmaster Walt isn't crabby like some
scoutmasters. He didn't even get mad about the life jackets. He has
to spend a lot of time working on the car so we are trying not to
cause him any trouble.
Guess what? We have all passed our first aid merit
badges. When Dave dove in the lake and cut his arm, we got to see how
a tourniquet works. Also Wade and I threw up, but scoutmaster Walt
said it probably was just food poisoning from the leftover chicken,
he said they got sick that way with the food they ate in prison. I'm
so glad he got out and became our scoutmaster. He said he sure
figured out how to get things done better while he was doing his
time.
I have to go now. We are going into town to mail
our letters and buy bullets. Don't worry about anything. We are
fine.
Love,
Your Son
P.S. How long has it been since I had a tetanus
shot?