Looking at the calendar I don't have a Scouting event for a solid month which is welcome news to my wife. in fact on my first Saturday home in a while I'm going to plant a spring garden. While I have enjoyed my run of TORs and OA events its good to come off the road. The members...Read More
A trip to Society Hill, SC yesterday and Camp Coker was a good chance to see sold friends and hear about some great things underway. The revitalization committee shared that over a dozen projects are underway with shovels in the dirt or bids out for contract. The theme was that the look of the camp was going to remain...Read More
By now many of you have heard the news that it was announced this week the next National Jamboree is scheduled for the summer of 2026. The obvious question is what happens to NOAC. I'm sure that just like the BSA didn't want to have the WSJ and our NJ on the same page of the calendar it will...Read More
Today I'm going to force myself to set up the studio and film multiple unboxings so that I can process inventory. My Achilles heel in all of this has been getting the content edited. The college kid that was doing this for me dropped out and now I have a bunch of these sitting in the hopper. But I...Read More
By the time this goes out I will have come home from the IWC volunteer recognition ceremony where myself and others council Scouters will be recognized. I got to go up on stage with my mom to receive the Silver Beaver. She was there when my dad got his in the 1980s so this is very special for our...Read More
In January I printed 1,000 copies of my 1-page TOR calendar so I could include them in eBay orders and take them to the shows I was attending. Today I've spent a few hours adding newly announced shows to the calendar and updating my website. Holy Cow brothers there are a lot of TORs! Some weekends are three deep...Read More
Sunday I am traveling to my hometown of Sumter, SC to attend the volunteer recognition banquet. I've been honored as a recipient of the Silver Beaver from the Indian Waters Council. I've asked my mom to be my date and for my camp staff Yoda Austin China to walk me down the aisle. Plus Tripp Clark is running a loaded...Read More
I just got home from the camping trip and decided there was enough time to publish a Hot Finds. The peach cobbler was a special hit at the potluck. This was just a lazy cobbler that I learned how to make maybe 25 years ago from Steve Eaton or Earl Dutton. But those non-Scout people don't know all our...Read More
In what has become an annual Presidents Day trip I am taking my son camping this weekend with the VW Bus people down to Edisto Beach State Park. As I am not active in a unit right now my camping nights have shrunk to almost nothing. So I need to spend some nights under the stars to get my...Read More
Home from my 3rd T-O-R in three weekends and I'm happy to be off the road. My family is also ready for me to be home too! But one thing thinking back that I have enjoyed over the last three weeks is the chance to pull up a chair and talk to so many collectors in the hobby. ...Read More
This weekend I'm attending a local TOR that is making a come back after a hiatus of maybe 5 years. I think that having shows scattered across the country every weekend is healthy for the hobby. So it's also true that if we need to support these shows and help get the word out on them. That's what I'm...Read More
After 18+ hours of driving over thousands of miles I am home from the Indy TOR. I made a gigantic circle around the eastern part of the country. Leaving Charlotte going north through VA and WV before heading west into OH and IN. Then coming home I drove south through KY and TN before crossing the mountains near Asheville...Read More
I am ready to roll here in Indy for the big Crossroads of America TOR. I kept my spot in the 2nd room so ya'll come find me against the wall. I got a nice 80s-90s OA collection on the way up here that I'm going to be processing in-between talking to everyone that comes by to say hello....Read More
Thursday morning I am leaving for the Crossroads of America (Indy) TOR. I have a few stops to make on the way up but will hopefully be there in time to go out to dinner with some patch collector friends. I think the weather is going to cooperate this time to make for a smooth trip up. On the...Read More
I want to give everyone some examples of why going to a Trade-O-Ree is a good idea. There is no better place to pick up discounted (some might say cheap!) items for your collection. This weekend there was a family there that was selling stuff from a Scouters estate. On Saturday they said "he we are not taking all...Read More