Hi Commanders, This is a good letter for a laugh. Hope you all enjoy. The original version used Scoutmaster instead of Commander. Commander Webb XXXXXXX Ops Cmd Bill Elliott > >Dear Mom, > >Our Commander 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. > >Commander 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. John is >going to look weird until his hair grows back. > >We will be home on Saturday if Commander Webb gets the car fixed. >It wasn't his fault about the wreck. The brakes worked OK when we >left. Commander 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. > >Commander 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. Commander 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. Commander Webb >isn't crabby like some commanders 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. >Commander Webb 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 > >Received from the Merry Heart List. > >A cheerful heart is good medicine... Prov 17:22a > > _______ To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks!" RTKB&G4JC! Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rangernet.org
