Troop 281 Cincinnati, OH

 We had many advancements and one new scout on this campout of greatly mixed weather. In survivor Light, Many scouts advanced a rank and some. The night of our arrival at Achewon, It rained like crazy and nobody wanted to leave their tents. They were eventually coaxed out by the mouth-watering smell of breakfast on a warm fire. The weather of Saturday was a rather unpredictable rain, which no one was happy about. But we did get some stuff done. We had a fire building, wood cutting and first aid advancement station set up in on site. After dinner, We all sat around the fire until we could stand no longer. We woke up the next day to a surprising snowfall. After returning to the church, Some scouts  went to camp Micheals to get an orienteering requirement which I am pleased to announce they all earned.-Nate S. Historian 

   Last weekend's camp out started with a weird coincidence when Mr. Todd’s van got a flat. When Mr. Wilson pulled off to find a tire shop, his car was hit hard on the back by a white Dodge Grand Caravan. Fortunately, Everybody was fine. After restarting the journey on Saturday, we visited the National Corvette Museum and had a totally awesome time! Otherwise, the journey there and back was uneventful. Caving was also really fun. We first went on a 1 hour headlamp spelunking tour and then some went on a lighted tour. After that, we turned in for the night. The next morning we packed up and departed for home.- Nate S. Historian

This meeting was a slide show on this year’s activities and sign up for Peterloon and New Scout Induction campout.   This year we have lots of fun activities planned such as skiing and whitewater rafting.   Five Scouts were awarded the Tenderfoot rank at this meeting.

Hot Hot Hot is the word!  The temperatures have made camping conditions quite challenging.  We are coping... some better than others, but everyone is still here and healthy.  A few scouts have become overheated because they weren't drinking enough water, but recovered nicely with a cool towel, water, and fans.  Everyone was very greatful to Mr. Zink when he brought in a cooler full of ice and gateraide.  Our troop exceeded our goal of eight scoutmaster conferences and was rewarded with pizza, cold drinks, and ice cream for lunch today.  After lunch, the scouts worked on cleaning up camp and packing their personal gear, and keeping hydrated.  Fishing and card games continue to be popular activities between merit badge classes.  Everyone is looking forward to seeing their parents this evening! Swimming Merit Badge Swimming Merit Badge Snake Skin! Swimming Merit Badge It's so Hot! Falling into formation Lining up ...

A HOT day at camp today! The temp is 98 and still climbing. The cool camp breeze off the lake mentioned yesterday is now a hot breeze:) So far, we have not seen any adverse impact from the heat. Fortunately, Friedlander is full of shade trees, and the humidity is low coupled with a steady breeze. Water is available at all merit badge classes, and there is air conditioning in the dining hall and trading post. Slushies and ice cream are hot selling items at the trading post today. Last night, there was a lot of advancement work completed. We have 6 scouts ready for their rank advancement board of review and several more that will be completing tonight. We ate in camp last night instead of the dining hall. We missed our patrol boxes, but the chicken and salad sure tasted good...food always tastes better in the woods! The patrol leader council set a goal to have 8 advancements to be rewarded with a pizza party for lunch tomorrow... its looking like we will reach that goal. ...

We past the half-way point in summer camp. New scout parents will be happy to know that there has been some home-sickness, but less than usual... and nothing that we couldn't handle and get quickly under control. Yesterday evening was a perfect day at camp. No humidity, and very comfortable temperatures. 281 scouts participated in shotgun and rifle shooting, paintball piccaso, open swim and archery.  The highlight was Ben M. and Alex S. coming to camp. Ben brought homemade cookies for everyone, and diligently worked with the new scouts on tenderfoot and second class requirements. Lakeview campsite is the best site at camp with great shade and overlooks the lake which makes easy fishing access and a cool evening breeze. Tonight everyone is looking forward to eating dinner in the campsite. I'm getting good reports back about most of the merit badge classes, and there were a lot of smiling faces today. First Year Scouts debriefing on their day Working on Tende...

Another great day at Camp Friedlander!  All were tired Monday evening and most were asleep by 10:30 last night... a big improvement from the previous night.  We noticed the racoons apreciated the earlier bedtime as they moved into camp much earlier looking for any food left out (we successfuly disapointed them).  We awoke to very cool conditions this morning- something that will be missed later this week!  A few highlights  -Hayden did a fantastic song for the troop this morning after loosing an item, some singing and dancing talent not noticed before:)  -Corey caught a nice bass Tuesday evening (pic below)  -We had our troop picture taken after lunch today, i think you will agree that we are the best looking troop at camp!  -Some good advancement is occuring, and we are expecting a lot more tonight after dinner.  I heard that some care packages have arrived at camp- the troop says thank you!  Some selected pictures since the p...