Letter From a Scout Camp.

Dear Mom and Dad,

We are having a great time at Lake Typhoid.

Troop Scouter Webb is making us all write to our parents in case you saw the flood on TV and are worried. We are OK. Only 1 of our tents and 2 sleeping bags got washed away. Luckily, none of us got drowned because we were all on the mountain looking for Chad when it happened. Oh yes, please call Chads 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 was not for the lightening. Troop Scouter Webb got mad at Chad for going on a hike alone and without telling anyone. Chad said he did tell him, but it was during the fire, so he probably didn't hear him.

Do you know that if you put gas on a fire, the gas 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 untill his hair grows back.

We will be home on Saturday if Troop Scouter Webb gets his car fixed. It wasn't his fault abou the wreck. The brakes worked OK when we left. Troop Scouter Webb said that with a car that old, you have to expect something to break down, that's probably why he can't get insurance on it. We think it is a neat car. 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 ten people in the car. He lets us take turns riding in the trailer until the Highway Patrol man stopped and talked to us.

Troop Scouter 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 there are logging trucks.

This morning all of the guyus were diving off the rocks and swimming out in the lake. Troop Scouter Webb wouldn't let me because I can't swim and Chad was afraid he would sink because of the cast, so he let us take the canoe across the lake. Troop Scouter Webb isn't crabby like some troop scouters. He didn't even get mad about the lifejackets. He has to spend a lot of time working on his car so wwe are trying not to cause him any trouble.

Guess what? We have all passed our First Aid Interest Badge. When Dave dove into the lake and cut his arm, we got to see how a tourniquet works. Also Wade and I threw up. Troop Scouter Webb said it probably was just food poisoning from the left over chicken.

I have to go now. We are going into town to mail our letters and buy some bullets.

Don't worry about anything. We are fine.

Love Cole

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