Kathy,

Loving! That is so funny! lol. I love it! lol.

I'm keeping that one to share with others. lol.

Love,
Pat Ferguson
At 01:54 PM 7/9/04, you wrote:
>Hey guys,
>How about a laugh? Below is the letter that I hope that my daughter
>Lizzie never sends me while she is working at camp. GRIN!
>Kathy
>
>
>For those who remember Allan Sherman's famous song "Hello Mother..."
>Dear Mom & Dad,
>Our Scoutmaster told us to write to our parents in case you saw the flood
>on
>TV and are worried. We are okay. Only one of our tents and two sleeping
>bags
>got washed away. Luckily, none of us got drowned because we were all up
>on
>the mountain looking for Adam when it happened.
>Oh yes, please call Adam's mother and tell her he is okay. 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 Adam in the dark if it hadn't been
>for
>the lightning.
>Scoutmaster Keith got mad at Adam for going on a hike alone without
>telling
>anyone. Adam 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 will
>blow up? The wet wood didn't burn, but one of the tents did and also some
>of
>our clothes. Mathew is going to look weird until his hair grows back.
>We will be home on Saturday if Scoutmaster Keith gets the bus fixed. It
>wasn't his fault about the wreck. The brakes worked okay when we left.
>Scoutmaster Keith said that with a bus that old you have to expect
>something
>to break down; that's probably why he can't get insurance. We think it's
>a
>neat bus. 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 with 45 people in a bus
>made
>for 24. He let us take turns riding in the trailer until the highway
>patrol
>man stopped and talked to us.
>Scoutmaster Keith is a neat guy. Don't worry, he is a good driver. In
>fact,
>he is teaching Jessie how to drive on the mountain roads where there
>aren't
>any cops. All we ever see up there are logging trucks. This morning all
>of
>the guys were diving off the rocks and swimming out to the rapids.
>Scoutmaster Keith wouldn't let me because I can't swim, and Adam was
>afraid
>he would sink because of his cast, -- it's concrete because we didn't
>have
>any plaster --, so he let us take the canoe out. It was great. You can
>still
>see some of the trees under the water from the flood.
>Scoutmaster Keith isn't crabby like some scoutmasters. He didn't even get
>mad about the missing life jackets. He has to spend a lot of time working
>on
>the bus so we are trying not to caus him any trouble. Guess what? We have
>all passed our first aid merit badges. When Andrew dived into the lake
>and
>cut his arm, we got to see how a tourniquet works. Steven and I threw up,
>but Scoutmaster Keith said it probably was 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, Chris
>
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