Lettr home from Scout Camp
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Lettr home from Scout Camp
Dear Mum,
Our Scoutmaster told us to write to our parents in case you saw the
flood on TV and got worried. We are okay. Only one of our tents and 2sleeping
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 great. We never would have found Adam in the dark if ithadn't
been for the lightning.
Scoutmaster Ted 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 sohe
probably didn't hear him. Did you know that if you put petrol on a fire,it
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 Ted gets the bus fixed. It
wasn't his fault about the crash. The brakes worked okay when we left.
Scoutmaster Ted said that with a bus that old, you have to expectsomething to
break down; that's probably why he can't get insurance.
We think it's a super bus. He doesn't care if we get it dirty, and if
it's hot, sometimes he lets us ride on the bumpers. It gets pretty hotwith
45 people in a bus made for 24. He let us take turns riding in the trailer
until the policeman stopped and talked to us.
Scoutmaster Ted is a neat guy. Don't worry, he is a good driver.In
fact, he is teaching Horace how to drive on the mountain roads where there
aren't any cops. All we ever see up there are huge logging trucks.
This morning all of the guys were diving off the rocks and swimming
out to the rapids. Scoutmaster Ted 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 out. It was great. You can still see some of the trees under thewater
from the flood.
Scoutmaster Ted 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 onthe
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 all got to see how a tourniquet
works. Steve and I threw up, but Scoutmaster Ted said it wasprobably just
food poisoning from the left-over 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 post our letters and buy
some more beer and ammo. Don't worry about anything. We are fine andtonight
it's my turn to sleep in the Scoutmaster's tent.
Our Scoutmaster told us to write to our parents in case you saw the
flood on TV and got worried. We are okay. Only one of our tents and 2sleeping
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 great. We never would have found Adam in the dark if ithadn't
been for the lightning.
Scoutmaster Ted 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 sohe
probably didn't hear him. Did you know that if you put petrol on a fire,it
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 Ted gets the bus fixed. It
wasn't his fault about the crash. The brakes worked okay when we left.
Scoutmaster Ted said that with a bus that old, you have to expectsomething to
break down; that's probably why he can't get insurance.
We think it's a super bus. He doesn't care if we get it dirty, and if
it's hot, sometimes he lets us ride on the bumpers. It gets pretty hotwith
45 people in a bus made for 24. He let us take turns riding in the trailer
until the policeman stopped and talked to us.
Scoutmaster Ted is a neat guy. Don't worry, he is a good driver.In
fact, he is teaching Horace how to drive on the mountain roads where there
aren't any cops. All we ever see up there are huge logging trucks.
This morning all of the guys were diving off the rocks and swimming
out to the rapids. Scoutmaster Ted 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 out. It was great. You can still see some of the trees under thewater
from the flood.
Scoutmaster Ted 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 onthe
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 all got to see how a tourniquet
works. Steve and I threw up, but Scoutmaster Ted said it wasprobably just
food poisoning from the left-over 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 post our letters and buy
some more beer and ammo. Don't worry about anything. We are fine andtonight
it's my turn to sleep in the Scoutmaster's tent.
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