Dear Mom and Dad,
Our Scoutmaster told us to write to our parents incase 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 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 breakdown. 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. 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
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 Keith 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 across the
lake. 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 spent a lot of time working on the bus so
we are trying not to cause him any trouble.
Guess what? We 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 Scourtmaster Keith said it probably was just
food poisoning from the leftover chicken. He said they got
sick that way with foold they ate in prison. I'm so glad
he got out and became out 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 some more beer.
Don't worry about anything. We are fine.
Love,
Chris | 
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