Rogers Ranch » Ludicrous Speed http://www.rogers-ranch.com/wordpress Living life at Ludicrous Speed! Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:56:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Where to get those cell phone accessories… http://www.rogers-ranch.com/wordpress/2011/07/where-to-get-those-cell-phone-accessories/ http://www.rogers-ranch.com/wordpress/2011/07/where-to-get-those-cell-phone-accessories/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:42:07 +0000 Trail Boss http://www.rogers-ranch.com/wordpress/?p=161 Continue reading →]]> Now I just hate to go into our local Verizon Wireless store anymore, you can’t seem to get in the door without someone trying to latch on to you and sell you everything in the store. And, when you politely tell them that you are just looking around, they seem almost insulted.

The reason for the visit was to find a new wall charger for one of the boys. It seems during one of the moves from the house, to the hotel and then finally the travel trailer, a wall charger got misplaced. Now this phone is not really that old, maybe 9 mos. max, but Verizon doesn’t stock any parts for it anymore. Since it’s not in their lineup anymore, they just stop stocking accessories for it. Of course, every 2 or 3 minutes, some sale person would interrupt my browsing, and wouldn’t leave me alone. Finding nothing I wanted, needed, or reasonably priced, I decided to try my luck online.

Amazon to the rescue…A quick search for Samsung Intensity, and for a little over two bucks each, I found not only the wall charger, but car charger and a siliconized hard phone case, all for about 6 bucks (the case was 88 cents). A single generic charger at Verizon is 19 bucks.

I also needed a rapid car charger for my phone. I found the OEM car charger for my HTC Thunderbolt, which was 5 bucks cheaper than the garbage chargers that Verizon will sell you. I’ve never had any luck with a car charger purchase from Verizon. First of all, they are not rapid chargers, and they do not last very long. I always opt for the OEM chargers whenever possible.

So for about the price of a single generic charger, I received a wall charger, 2 car chargers, and a phone case. You can’t beat that, ad using the standard shipping, I would have spent the same amount of money for gas just to get to the Verizon Store,

 

]]> http://www.rogers-ranch.com/wordpress/2011/07/where-to-get-those-cell-phone-accessories/feed/ 0 Yegua Creek http://www.rogers-ranch.com/wordpress/2008/12/yegua-creek/ http://www.rogers-ranch.com/wordpress/2008/12/yegua-creek/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:11:52 +0000 Trail Boss http://www.rogers-ranch.com/wordpress/?p=29 Continue reading →]]> Every once in a while, if you are paying attention, you can find a little gem off the road less traveled. Such is the case with Yegua Creek. Now I have been there a countless number of times with the boat, but never as a destination for a Cub Scouts. As the amenities go, it is a no frills park that offers RV spaces, tent camping and two boat ramps. I had heard about some of the trails in and around each of the two Army Corps of Engineers sites on Lake Somerville before, but I did not know a whole lot about them. If you are camping with Webelos, be sure you hit the nature trail at Yegua Creek. It is a fairly short hike with lots of our native Texas trees and plants identified through out the enitire 1 mile loop (about 40 in all). It is a perfect trail for teaching the Forester Activity Pin. Maps of the trails are available at the park office. As you are hiking the trail. be sure to point out some of the bridges along the trail, as most were built as Eagle Scout projects, the longest being about 62 feet long, total there are about 53 Eagle Scout projects around the Park. For those Star and Life Scouts looking for Eagle Scout project opportunities, The Army Corps of Engineers parks at lake Somerville (Yegua Creek, and Rocky Creek) provide a good opportunity for those boys looking for construction, or soil and water conservation projects.

Did you know about 2% of Federal lands is managed by the Army Corps of Engineers for use as recreational areas?

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