[at-l] RDUDLEY <rdudley@ARSERRC.Gov>:

[Robert L Dudley <grey_owl1@juno.com>]

As some of you know I am an assistant scout master with the boy scouts. 
One of my friends mailed it to me and I had to forward it to the list. 
Enjoy.

Grey Owl
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Dear Mom and Dad

Our scoutmaster 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 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 still didn't burn, but one of our 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 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 Walt 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 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.   Also 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 the food they ate in prison. I'm so glad
he got out and become 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 into 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 tetanus shot?      --


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