Dear mom and dad
02-03-2006 | 02:01 PM
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Dear mom and dad
Dear Mom and Dad
Our Scoutmaster told us to write to our parents in case 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 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 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 to break down; 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 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 got to see how a tourniquet works.
Steven and I threw up, but Scoutmaster Keith said it probably was just food
poisoning from the leftover 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 mail our letters and buy some
more beer. Don't worry about anything. We are fine.
Love, Billy
Our Scoutmaster told us to write to our parents in case 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 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 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 to break down; 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 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 got to see how a tourniquet works.
Steven and I threw up, but Scoutmaster Keith said it probably was just food
poisoning from the leftover 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 mail our letters and buy some
more beer. Don't worry about anything. We are fine.
Love, Billy
02-04-2006 | 12:06 PM
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I went on ONE Scouting trip. The troop stayed up playing penny ante poker all night. I made the mistake of mentioning that when my dad was in hearing distance. That was the end of my scounting career. 
