.....but it's another oldie. I think those of us that raised/are raising boys will appreciate it more than those with sweet, well behaved little girls.

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Dear Mom,

Our Scoutmaster told us all to write to our parents in case you saw the flood on TV and worried. We are OK. Only 1 of our tents and 2 of our sleeping bags got washed away. Luckily none of us drowned 'cause we were all up on the mountain looking for Chad when it happened. Oh, yes, please call Chad's mother and tell her he's o.k. He can't write 'cause of his 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 lightning. Scoutmaster Webb got mad at Chad for going on hike alone without telling anyone. Chad said he told 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 our tents and some of our clothes did. John is going to look weird until his hair grows back. We will be home on Saturday if Scoutmaster Webb get the car fixed. It wasn't his fault about the wreck. The brakes worked OK when we left but he said with a car that old you have to expect something to break down and 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 when it got hot with 10 people in it, he let us ride on the tailgate 'til the highway patrolman stopped and talked to us. Don't worry, he is a good driver. In fact, he's teaching Terry to drive but only lets him drive on the mountain roads where there isn't any traffic. All we ever see up there is logging trucks.

This morning all of the guys were diving off the rocks and swimming out in the lake. The Scoutmaster wouldn't let me 'cause I can't swim and Chad was afraid he'd sink cause of his cast, so he let us take the canoe across the lake instead. It was great. You can still see some of the trees under the water from the flood. Webb isn't crabby like some scoutmasters. He didn't even get mad about the life jackets being lost. He has to spend a lot of time working on the car so we're trying not to cause him any trouble.

Guess What! We 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. Webb said it probably was just food poisoning from the leftover chicken. He said they all got sick that way with the food they ate in prison. I'm so glad he got out and got to be our scoutmaster. He said he sured 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 and buy some bullets. Don't worry about anything, we are all fine.

Love,

Billy

P.S. How long has it been since I had a tentanust shot? I forgot to tell you about Scoutmaster Webb's assistant....her name is Bambi, SHE is REAL COOL!!!!!