A Letter from Camp
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. 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 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’ll 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.
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 & buy some more
beer and ammo. Don't worry about anything. We are fine.
Love, Chris
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