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Letter from camp
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 OK.  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 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 and rescue jeeps.  It was neat. We never 
would have found him in the dark if it hadn't been for the lightning. 
Scoutmaster Walt 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 didn't burn, but one of the 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 Walt gets the car fixed. It wasn't his fault 
about the wreck.  The brakes worked OK when we left.

Scoutmaster Walt said that with a car 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 
car.  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 10 people in a car.  He let us 
take turns riding in the trailer until the highway patrolman stopped and 
talked to us.

Scoutmaster Walt is a neat guy.  Don't worry, he is a good driver. In fact, he 
is teaching Terry 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 Walt 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 Walt 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. Wade and
I threw up, but Scoutmaster Walt 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 pedophile?

I have to go now.  We are going to town to mail our letters and buy bullets. 
Don't worry about anything.  We are fine.

Love,
  - Cole

P.S.  How long has it been since I had a tetanus shot?


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