Every mother's nightmare - second attempt!!!

February 19, 2004

For some reason, the other one got chopped off before the end!

Gwondanaland

Dear Mom,

Our scout master told us all write to our parents in case you saw the flood on

TV and 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 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 & rescue jeeps. It was neat. We never would 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 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 still didn't burn, but one of

our tents did. Also some of our clothes. is going to look weird until his

hair grows back. We will be home on Saturday if Scoutmaster Webb gets the car

fixed. It wasn't his fault about the wreck. The br worked OK when we left.

Scoutmaster Webb said that 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'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 10 people in a car. He let us take

turns riding in the trailer until the highway patrolman stopped and talked to

us. Scoutmaster 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 up there are logging

trucks. This morning all of the guys were diving off the rocks and swimming out

in the lake. Scoutmaster Webb 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 Webb

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