Dear Mommy and Daddy,
Our Scoutmaster told us to write to our parents in case you saw the
flood on TV and are worried. We are okay. Only one of our tents and
two sleeping bags got washed away. Luckily, none of us got drowned
because we were all up on the mountain looking for Adam when it
happened. Oh yes, please call Adam's mother and tell her he is okay.
He can't write because of the cast. I got to ride in one of the
search and rescue jeeps. It was neat. We never would have found Adam
in the dark if it hadn't been for the lightning. Scoutmaster Keith
got mad at Adam for going on a hike alone without telling any one.
Adam 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
will blow up? The wet wood didn't burn, but one of the tents did and
also some of our clothes. Matthew is going to look weird until his
hair grows back. We will be home on Saturday if Scoutmaster Keith
gets the bus fixed. It wasn't his fault about the wreck. The brakes
worked okay when we left Scoutmaster Keith said that with a bus
that old you have to expect some thing to break down; that's
probably why he can't get insurance. We think it's a neat bus. 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 45 people in a bus.
He let us take turns riding in the trailer until the highway patrol
man stopped and talked to us. Scoutmaster Keith is a neat guy. Don't
worry, he's a good driver. In fact, he is teaching Jesse how to
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
Keith wouldn't let me because I can't swim, and Adam 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 Keith isn't crabby like some
Scoutmasters. He didn't even get mad about us not wearing life
jackets. He has to spend a lot of time working on the bus so we are
trying not to cause him any trouble. Guess what? We have all passed
our first aid merit badges. When Andrew dived into the lake and cut
his arm, we got to see how a tourniquet works. Steven and I threw
up, but Scoutmaster Keith said it probably was just food poisoning
from the leftover chicken. He said they got sick that way with 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. By the way, what is a pedal
file? I have to go now. We are going to town to mail our letters and
buy some more beer. Don't worry about anything. We are fine.
Love,
Chris
Our Scoutmaster told us to write to our parents in case you saw the
flood on TV and are worried. We are okay. Only one of our tents and
two sleeping bags got washed away. Luckily, none of us got drowned
because we were all up on the mountain looking for Adam when it
happened. Oh yes, please call Adam's mother and tell her he is okay.
He can't write because of the cast. I got to ride in one of the
search and rescue jeeps. It was neat. We never would have found Adam
in the dark if it hadn't been for the lightning. Scoutmaster Keith
got mad at Adam for going on a hike alone without telling any one.
Adam 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
will blow up? The wet wood didn't burn, but one of the tents did and
also some of our clothes. Matthew is going to look weird until his
hair grows back. We will be home on Saturday if Scoutmaster Keith
gets the bus fixed. It wasn't his fault about the wreck. The brakes
worked okay when we left Scoutmaster Keith said that with a bus
that old you have to expect some thing to break down; that's
probably why he can't get insurance. We think it's a neat bus. 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 45 people in a bus.
He let us take turns riding in the trailer until the highway patrol
man stopped and talked to us. Scoutmaster Keith is a neat guy. Don't
worry, he's a good driver. In fact, he is teaching Jesse how to
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
Keith wouldn't let me because I can't swim, and Adam 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 Keith isn't crabby like some
Scoutmasters. He didn't even get mad about us not wearing life
jackets. He has to spend a lot of time working on the bus so we are
trying not to cause him any trouble. Guess what? We have all passed
our first aid merit badges. When Andrew dived into the lake and cut
his arm, we got to see how a tourniquet works. Steven and I threw
up, but Scoutmaster Keith said it probably was just food poisoning
from the leftover chicken. He said they got sick that way with 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. By the way, what is a pedal
file? I have to go now. We are going to town to mail our letters and
buy some more beer. Don't worry about anything. We are fine.
Love,
Chris
