A Letter Home From Scout Camp

Dear Mom,Our scout master told us all write to our parents in case you saw theflood on TV and worried. We are OK. Only 1 of our tents and 2 sleepingbags got washed away. Luckily, none of us got drowned because we were allup on the mountain looking for Chad when it happened. Oh yes, please callChad'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 neverwould have found him in the dark if it hadn't been for the lightning.Scoutmaster Webb got mad at Chad for going on a hike alone withouttelling anyone. Chad said he did tell him, but itwas during the fire so he probably didn't hear him. Did you know that ifyou put gas on a fire, the gas can will blow up? The wet wood stilldidn't burn, but one of our tents did. Also some ofour clothes. John is going to look weird until his hair grows back.

We will be home on Saturday if Scoutmaster Webb gets the car fixed. Itwasn't his fault about the wreck. The brakes worked OK when we left.Scoutmaster Webb said that a car that old you have to expect something tobreak down; that's probably why he can't get insurance on it. We thinkit'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 tailgate. It gets pretty hot with 10people in a car. He let us take turns riding in the trailer until thehighway patrolman stopped and talked to us.

Scoutmaster Webb is a neat guy. Don't worry, he is a good driver. Infact, he is teaching Terry how to drive. But he only lets him drive onthe mountain roads where there isn't any traffic. All we ever see upthere are logging trucks.

This morning all of the guys were diving off the rocks and swimming outin the lake Scoutmaster Webb wouldn't let me because I can't swim andChad was afraid he would sink because of his cast, so he let us take thecanoe across the lake. It was great. You can still see some of the treesunder the water from the flood.

Scoutmaster Webb isn't crabby like some scoutmasters. He didn't even getmad about the life jackets. He has to spend a lot of time working on thecar so we are trying not to cause him any trouble.

Guess what? We've all passed our first aid merit badges. When Dave dovein the lake and cut his arm, we got to see how a tourniquet works. AlsoWade and I threw up. Scoutmaster Webb said it probably was just foodpoisoning from the leftover chicken. He said they got sick that way withthe food they ate in prison. I'm so glad he got out and became ourscoutmaster. He said he sure figured out how to get things done betterwhile he was doing his time.

Have to go now, we are going into town to mail our letters and buy bullets.
Don't worry about anything.

We are fine
.Love, Camden

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