The Adventure Nears an End.

I must admit that I am looking forward to getting into an air-conditioned room with an attached bathroom. I have enjoyed camping for the last several weeks and the sleeping is great with the sides of the tent up, but I am ready for my own bed. We are about to begin packing up the remainders of the Trading Post. They told us yesterday that our Trading Post alone had sold over a million dollars (most of it to me) and that we were the top Trading Post here at the Jamboree. There is not a whole lot of stuff left to sell. If we get it packed up tonight, we will be able to leave after we retrieve the cars from the "Dead Lot" tomorrow at noon. I need to drop a friend off at the airport in Richmond tomorrow afternoon and then off to Searcy.

I went up to see Ian and see if he needed to send anything back with me in the car. His group pulls out early tomorrow morning and will spend the night in a hotel in Knoxville, before getting home Thursday. I told him he better get a bath before his Mom picks him up. He truly had a great time. He took off by himself today so that he could get the most done. Most of his mates are not very energetic and Ian is so afraid he will miss something. He will get in trouble for not having a "buddy" but he seemed ready to deal with it. He weighed the consequences. He finished all of the activities that he needed to earn all the little patches but lost the sheet before making it back to camp. He will talk to Mr. Frank but I don't think he will get them. He knows, however, that he earned them.

Yesterday, he worked on his metal working merit badge. They had a great setup and he passed some of his requirements. He even made a present for his Mom. If she reads this, she still needs to act surprised.