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 Chad when it happened.
Oh yes, please call Chad'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 him in the dark if it hadn't been for the
lightning. Scoutmaster Walt got mad at Chad for going on a hike alone
without telling anyone. Chad 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 can will blow up? The wet wood didn't burn,
but one of the tents did. Also some of our clothes.
David is going to look weird until his hair grows back.
We will be home on Saturday if Scoutmaster Walt gets the car fixed.
It wasn't his fault about the wreck. The brakes worked okay when we
left. Scoutmaster Walt 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 the car. He let us take turns riding in the trailer
until
the highway patrolman stopped and talked to us.
Scoutmaster Walt is a neat guy. Don't worry, he is a good driver.
In
fact, he is teaching Terry 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 Walt wouldn't let me because I can't swim, and Chad 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 Walt 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 Dave dove in the lake and cut his arm, we got to see how a tourniquet
works. Wade and I threw up, but Scoutmaster Walt 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 figured out how to get things done better while he was
doing his time. By the way, what is a paedophile?
I have to go now. We are going to town to mail our letters and buy
Vaseline.
