BOY’S
CAMP
Dear Mom,
Our scout master told us all
to write to our parents in case you saw the flood on TV and worried. We are OK.
Only one of our tents and two 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 OK. He can't
write because of the cast. I got to ride in one of the search & rescue
jeeps. It was neat We never would have found him in the dark if it hadn't been
for the lightning. Scoutmaster Webb 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 can on a fire,
it will blow up? The wet wood still didn't burn, but one of our tents did. Also
some of our clothes. John is going to look weird until his hair grows back. We
will be home on Saturday if Scoutmaster Webb gets the car fixed. It wasn't his
fault about the wreck. The brakes
worked OK when we left. Scoutmaster Webb said that a car that old you have to
expect something to break down; that's probably why he can't get insurance on
it. 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 tailgate. It gets pretty hot with 10
people in a car. He let us take turns riding in the trailer until the highway patrolman
stopped and talked to us. Scoutmaster Webb is a neat guy. Don't worry, he is a
good driver. In fact, he is teaching Terry how to drive. But he only lets him
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 Webb 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 Webb 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. Also Wade and I
threw up. Scoutmaster Webb said it probably
was just food poisoning from the leftover chicken, he said they got sick that
way with the 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. I have to go now.
We are going into town to mail our letters and buy bullets. Don't worry
about anything. We are fine.
Love, Jimmy
P.S. How long has it been
since I had a tetanus shot? (you gotta
admit that it takes a special kind of patience to be Scoutmaster.
Webb!!)>>