Letter from camp....
mdm
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Sorry about the length. Have a great weekend. I'm am taking a mini vacation. I'm leaving work at noon.
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 drown 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. Savid is going to look wierd 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 with a car that old you have to expect something to breakdown; 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 woth 10 people in the 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 simk 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 was probably 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.
I have to go now. We are going to town to mail our letters. Don't worry about anything.
We are fine.
Love, Cole
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 drown 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. Savid is going to look wierd 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 with a car that old you have to expect something to breakdown; 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 woth 10 people in the 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 simk 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 was probably 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.
I have to go now. We are going to town to mail our letters. Don't worry about anything.
We are fine.
Love, Cole
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OK, OK... I am Sonny's elder by about a week and a half.
And who can forget, Tough kids, sissy kids, kids who climb on rocks, Big kids, little kids, even kids with chichen pox love hot dogs, Armor hot dogs. The dogs kids love to bite....
They just don't make them like that anymore....
Thanks for the memories,
Dutch2
>weiner; that is what I truly want to beeeeeee.
>Cause if I was an Oscar Meyer Weiner, everyone
>would be in love with me.
>
>And who can forget, Tough kids, sissy kids, kids
>who climb on rocks, Big kids, little kids, even
>kids with chichen pox love hot dogs, Armor hot
>dogs. The dogs kids love to bite....
>
>They just don't make them like that anymore....
>Thanks for the memories,
>Dutch2
Hey Dutch,
Ever notice that the kids that sit by you in the restaurant are never that cute!!!
Cherrye