Dear Mom & Dad,
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 2
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 anyone. 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 something 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 made for 24. 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 is a good driver. In fact, he is teaching Jessie
how to drive on the mountain roads where there isn't
any cops. All we ever see up there are logging
trucks.
This morning all of the guys were diving off
the rocks and swimming out to the rapids.
Scoutmaster Keith wouldn't let me because I can't
swim, and Adam was afraid he would sink because of
his cast, it's concrete because we didn't have any
plaster, so he let us take the canoe out. 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 the
life jackets we forgot to bring. He has to spend a
lot of time working on the bus so we are trying not
cause him too much 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 & buy some more beer and ammo. Don't
worry about anything. We are fine and tonight it's
my turn to sleep in the Scoutmaster's tent.
Love, Jimmie
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 2
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 anyone. 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 something 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 made for 24. 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 is a good driver. In fact, he is teaching Jessie
how to drive on the mountain roads where there isn't
any cops. All we ever see up there are logging
trucks.
This morning all of the guys were diving off
the rocks and swimming out to the rapids.
Scoutmaster Keith wouldn't let me because I can't
swim, and Adam was afraid he would sink because of
his cast, it's concrete because we didn't have any
plaster, so he let us take the canoe out. 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 the
life jackets we forgot to bring. He has to spend a
lot of time working on the bus so we are trying not
cause him too much 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 & buy some more beer and ammo. Don't
worry about anything. We are fine and tonight it's
my turn to sleep in the Scoutmaster's tent.
Love, Jimmie
