Subject: 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 Alan when it happened.
Oh yes, please call Alan'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 Alan in
the dark if it hadn't been
for the lightning.
Scoutmaster
Wayne got mad at Alan for
going on a hike alone without telling anyone. Alan 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. Billy is going to look weird until his hair
grows back.
We will be home on Saturday if Scoutmaster Wayne
gets the car fixed. It wasn't his fault about the wreck. The brakes
worked okay when we left. Scoutmaster Wayne said that with a car 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 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 patrol man stopped and talked to us.
Scoutmaster Wayne is a neat guy. Don't worry, he is
a good driver. In fact, he is teaching Brian 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 Wayne wouldn't let me
because I can't swim, and Alan 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 Wayne 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 Billy dived into the lake and cut his arm, we got to see
how a Tourniquet works. Brian and I threw up, but Scoutmaster Wayne said
it probably was just food poisoning from the leftover chicken. He said
he got sick the same way with food he 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 Vaseline. Don't worry about anything we are fine.
Love, Jerry
