Friendship 2003

 

The traditional Friendship trip was as always, an overall good time, although this WAS as my first time going. The ride to and from was very luxurious in the church bus, especially because everyone had their own seat.

The first morning we awoke to the peaceful sounds of the gunfire, and the excitement of the crazy rednecks dressed as pioneers. We were very excited as well, and couldn't wait to go into town and look at the priceless objects and eat "state fair" food. All of us walked many miles that day, up and down the rows of tents and motor homes. The adults spent alot of the time under the dining fly talking about Todd's new roommate Keneth (said with a lisp).

That night, although very tired from the walking, the older boys played a friendly (competitive) game of football with the other troop led by Nick Volk, aka The Blob. The game went on till it was pitch dark in the playing field, and even thogh we lost, i thought we were still the better team (mainly because we were winning 7-5 and then decided that  "next point wins") but oh well.

Later that night while Todd, Hank, and I were sitting at the fire we were disturbed by a redneck who drove his truck into the middle of the field and tried to light a fire with nothing but gasoline. I say he was burning dead bodies but others may say he was just a drunk guy that didnt know how to camp.

The last day was a little rainy, but we still managed look around the town for a few hours before we packed up and left. As I said the trip was a good time, and there will be many more to come.

Chris Fenzel