New Uniforms

* This is mainly a "guy" post. No offence Bonnie, Charity, Bonnie's mom, or Marina*

Ok. I know that most (and by most I mean all) of the guys who read my blog are Boy Scouts. And you've probably heard about the new uniforms. BSA (Boy Scouts of America) says that they're functional and things like that. Well I for one agree that they are functional, but protest them for several reasons:

1. The uniform is not the usual fabric. It's either cotton/polyester or nylon depending on what you choose. Also, there is a pocket on the left sleeve. What can you even use that for? And lastly, it looks like just an outdoors shirt. It's taking away the pride and honor of our uniforms.

2. The belt is no longer "brassy" and is so dark that it blends right in with the pants. Also, because it is no longer "shiny" I do not think it is as pride inspiring as the brass belt.

3. The epaulets are a forest green, no longer the red color I believe they should be. Ever sense I was in Cub Scouts I looked up to the boy scouts in thier nice, khaki uniforms, with red epaulets and green pants. Changing the color is just wrong even if it is the hundredth anniversary.

4. The socks are now green or grey hiking socks. No longer are the socks different from what normal people wear. We need to be separate and not look like normal people, because Boy Scouts should not be normal.

5. The hat is now a forest green ball cap. I have no objection to this because this is the only part I like. The Troop number patches are also a green and tan mix, witch, I think, is better red.

6. The pants are now ONLY convertible into shorts. No longer do we have the pride of wearing pants that don't look like something a normal person would wear, now we have to look like everyone else.

TAG!! You're it! All my guy readers, I'm tagging you to post what you think about the uniforms.

~Will

Day 1
I left around 8:00 for Camp Strake in Conroe. Once there I walked around with my dad while he was trying to get things set up. While we were doing this we saw one of my assistant scoutmasters and had lunch with him. Me and my dad had already set up our tent and we went to a meeting where I saw my friend. We then went back to the campsite and waited for the rest of the troop to arrive. We talked for some time and then we found sticks and some scouts were playing with this tent steak bag filled with pinecones so we played base ball with it and a game called Winter Camp Lacrosse, Flick It, Fling It... There was also this tree that was going to fall over eventually so they cut it down. Did I mention that they cut it down IN OUR CAMPSITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had enough firewood for the whole week and then some! And on the way down the tree KNOKED OVER ANNOTHER TREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had a blast and for dinner we had chop steak.

Day 2
My first day of classes. I went to Citizenship in the world, then Cit. Nation, then Lunch (BBQ sandwiches), then First aid, then Cit. Community. On my way back from camp I met up with three of my friends from the troop and a guy I didn't know from a different troop searching for Togater(the thing we had to find on the GPS scavenger hunt) they were hiking with a guy I didn't know. We all went and found Togater. We then went back to camp and got ready for dinner.

Day 3
Classes were the same. When me and five of my buddies went Togater hunting with the GPS this other kid came along. Two of my buddies decided we should bushwhack to the creek and then follow it to Togater. We ended up getting muddy, I got mud on my shoes, the back of my pants, and the back of my shirt. But we found him! We then got ready for dinner. And we watched Miracle for movie night.

Day 4
The same. We found Togater quicker, easier, and less muddy this time.

Day 5
Last day of classes. I got my hat branded with a C S and we looked for Togater (only me and three of my buddies this time). On the way back I got my brothers some bamboo sticks.

Day 6
We left around 11:00