Troop 281 Cincinnati, OH

A surprise visit Monday night from Magilla Gorilla (with his friend Nathan Millette) Flag Raising at Lakeview Campsite Morning Chapel with "Pastor Mike" from Troop 200, Cleves, Ohio Clay Pigeon shoot on the Shotgun Range .22 caliber bolt action rifle Will and Greg, budding artists at the Handicraft Class Trailblazer Class for young scouts: the Flaming Arrow Patrol Young Brit gets NO respect from his comrads. (Parents please click on the "comments" link and give us your thoughts.)

The chow hall seems crowded and chaotic -- it is! This is one of my favorite breakfasts -- the meal where everything is in disk form! (non-disk shaped banana was optional)

Normal Scout tent! Best tent I saw this morning! BZ!

Hello mudda, hello fadda - Here I am at Camp Friedlanda - Camp is very entertaining, And they say we'll have some fun When it STARTS raining!

(click on pictures to enlarge) Good Morning Friedlander- The calm before the storm Happy Flaming Arrows- They have no idea of the LONG DAY that awaits them! Here's a visitor to camp There's a lot of card playing between merit badge classes The Griswold is out . . . The Moosewold is in! Noah's been working out! Bring on the Tartar Sauce and fire up the grill! Today was a very pleasant day at camp. Nice breeze all day, no rain, and lots of fun. Our scouts were working hard on their merit badges today. Today we are featuring the Viking Patrol. A few members have sent home messages: Jack:- "Hey Mom, Send $$$" Brandon:- "COPE was fun" Dante:- "OA Trail = PAIN!" Brent:- "Dad, pick up my tab at the Trading Post"

Moosehead 1 points the way . . . and the adventure begins Team Photo Conga Line unloading the luggage Trading Wampum at the Trading Post Hey Steven, can I have my Trading Post money back. Alex reads from the Chuck Norris Joke Book Troop 281 met today at Anderson Hills United Methodist Church at 1:00 PM. Moosehead 1, aka Bill Ossman had the trailer already in place behind the TMY (The Mighty Yukon). After roll call, the troop embarked on this newest adventure. We parked in the "overflow" parking area. The camp committee delivered our trailer to our campsite, "Lakeview" while we checked in. We were then led by our guide to a 2 1/2 hour tour of Camp Friedlander and all it's nooks & crannies. At 4:30 we were finally released to Lakeview . . . to begin setting up camp. The troop set up a Conga Line and all the dry goods were passed down the line from the trailer to the camp shelter. We then paired up to our tents (already erected) and cots. 5:45 PM began the f

We had a great weekend of boating, birthdays, biking, and small run-ins with camp security. We had many people contribute their boats, including three big power boats from Mr. Neuhart, Mr. Carlson, and Mr. Rye. Brett Carwile, Andrew and Vic Black, and myself went off to ride bikes on the East Fork mountain bike trails on the south side of the lake. The day finished with a showing of the movie, "Happy Feet" at the camp's outdoor movie theater, but most of us left early to enjoy Mr. Siebenburgen' freshly-baked cobblers. The next day, before departing, we cleaned up the beach as a troop service project. Nick Burnley

At the latest troop meeting, the main focus was on planning the next campout, the Water Sports campout. So, the first half of the meeting was pretty much the individual patrols planning their menus and deciding what gear they need to bring. Patrol Leader elections were held after the menus were decided, and after all patrols had voted for their candidates (or in the case of the Hurricanes, simply usher in the guy who volunteered for the job, that guy being Greg Brinkman), the scouts fell back in to get the results. The game of the meeting was the ever-insane classic, Spud! However, before long, the scouts abandoned the indoor game in favor of playing outside, and so the game was changed to Ultimate Frisbee. When it was time to fall in, Scoutmaster Dr. Reynolds had everybody gather outside, more specifically at the flagpole that had been Dillon Whitehead’s Eagle Project – a change of pace from the usual indoor procedure in order to honor the incumbent Eagle Scout. Otherwise the tr