Orient_Express
Fire Base Ripcord Association
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- Feb 24, 2007
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Dear Mom and Dad,
Our Scoutmaster told us to write home in case you saw the flood on TV and
were worried. We are all okay. Only one of the tents and two 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's okay. He can't write because of his cast. I got
to ride in one of those search and rescue jeeps. It was cool! We never would
have found him if not for the lightning. Scoutmaster Walt got mad at Chad
for wandering off and not telling anyone. Chad said he did tell him but
it was during the fire so he must not have heard him, did you know that if
you pour gas on a fire, the can will blow up? The wet wood didn't burn, but
one of our tents did. Also some of our clothes. John is going to look weird
till his hair grows back. We will be home Saturday if Scoutmaster Walt gets
the car fixed. It wasn't his fault about the wreck, the brakes worked fine
when we left. Scoutmaster Walt said with a car that old you had to expect
something to break down. That's probably why he can't get insurance. It's
a neat car, he doesn't care if we get it dirty and sometimes if it's hot out he
lets us sit on the fenders. It gets pretty hot with ten people in a car.
He did let us take turns riding in the trailer until a Highway Patrolman
stopped and talked to us. Scoutmaster Walt is a neat guy. Don't worry,
he's a good driver, in fact he's teaching Terry how to drive on the mountain
roads where there isn't any traffic. All we see up here is logging trucks.
This morning all the guys were diving off rocks and swimming 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 we took 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 other Scoutmasters, he doesn't even get
upset about lifejackets. He has to spend a lot of time on the car, so we
try not to bother him.
Guess what? We all passed our first aid merit badges. When Dave dove into 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 just food poisoning from the leftover chicken. He said he got sick like that with the food they serve 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.
By the way, what is a pet-o- file? I have to go now. We are on our way to town to mail our letters and buy more bullets.
Don't worry about anything, We're all fine.
Love, Jordie
P.S. How long has it been since I had a tetanus shot?
Our Scoutmaster told us to write home in case you saw the flood on TV and
were worried. We are all okay. Only one of the tents and two 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's okay. He can't write because of his cast. I got
to ride in one of those search and rescue jeeps. It was cool! We never would
have found him if not for the lightning. Scoutmaster Walt got mad at Chad
for wandering off and not telling anyone. Chad said he did tell him but
it was during the fire so he must not have heard him, did you know that if
you pour gas on a fire, the can will blow up? The wet wood didn't burn, but
one of our tents did. Also some of our clothes. John is going to look weird
till his hair grows back. We will be home Saturday if Scoutmaster Walt gets
the car fixed. It wasn't his fault about the wreck, the brakes worked fine
when we left. Scoutmaster Walt said with a car that old you had to expect
something to break down. That's probably why he can't get insurance. It's
a neat car, he doesn't care if we get it dirty and sometimes if it's hot out he
lets us sit on the fenders. It gets pretty hot with ten people in a car.
He did let us take turns riding in the trailer until a Highway Patrolman
stopped and talked to us. Scoutmaster Walt is a neat guy. Don't worry,
he's a good driver, in fact he's teaching Terry how to drive on the mountain
roads where there isn't any traffic. All we see up here is logging trucks.
This morning all the guys were diving off rocks and swimming 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 we took 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 other Scoutmasters, he doesn't even get
upset about lifejackets. He has to spend a lot of time on the car, so we
try not to bother him.
Guess what? We all passed our first aid merit badges. When Dave dove into 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 just food poisoning from the leftover chicken. He said he got sick like that with the food they serve 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.
By the way, what is a pet-o- file? I have to go now. We are on our way to town to mail our letters and buy more bullets.
Don't worry about anything, We're all fine.
Love, Jordie
P.S. How long has it been since I had a tetanus shot?
