Scoutmaster

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Sunday, July 31, 2005 3:23 PM

Scoutmaster

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Mom And 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. Mathew 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. 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 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 the 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,

your son the Scout