Yesterday was a rare meet up for me. Two brothers came to Charlotte to bring me their parent's Scouting collection. Both parents had been active including the dad serving as a council commissioner. The boxes contained books, tshirts, patches and more. It's not as easy for me to recycle some of that but since they were bringing these items from several states away I was not going to turn them down.

Many of the projects I've been working on are about to be paused as I travel out to Philmont. I am oh so close on the major one to get my merit badge dupes pushed out on eBay. I have sorted and photographed everything except for the Type G which is the fully embroidered cloth back stye. Soon I'll have everything available on eBay and the most modern issues on my Shopify Store.

When I get back from going out west I'll have 8 weeks before I leave for summer camp. Last year I literally made a count down clock on a dry erase board in my office. I don't think I'll have to go there to motivate myself to make progress daily as I have developed a journal habit works pretty well. By the end of April I hope to have everything that is sorted either scanned or just about there.

I have 76 auctions running on OApatch with that group including dozens of really good OA including a $1k+ first flap. On Santeeswapper you will find the tip of the iceberg when it comes to camp patches. Right now I have 235 auctions and mixed in there is the beginning of my camp patches which are sorted, scanned and ready to launch. All told I think I have about 5,000 of these from all over including some felts scheduled to go to auction.