Scouts Camping Trip - Letter Home
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 2 sleeping 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 it hadn'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 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.
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 expect
something 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 hot with 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 (it's concrete
because we didn't have any
plaster), so he let us take the
canoe out. It was great. You can
still see some of the trees
under the water 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 on the 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 was
probably 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 and tonight it's my
turn to sleep in the
Scoutmaster's tent.
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