Dear Mom

Dear Mom,	
	Our scout leader 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.
	Scoutleader 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 on a fire, the gas can 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 Scoutleader Webb gets the car fixed. It
wasn't his fault about the wreck.
	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.
	Scoutleader 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 take. Scoutleader 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. Scoutleader Webb isn't crabby like some scoutleaders. He
didn't even get mad about the life jackets. 
	We have all passed our first aid merit badges. 
	When Dave dove into the lake and cut his arm, we got to see how a
tourniquet works. Also Wade and I threw up. Scoutleader 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 become our scoutleader.
	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.

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