Saturday, April 14, 2012 - Elephant Butte Lake State Park, Elephant Butte NM
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Braided Leather iPad Grip
Getting a grip
My new iPad is one slippery beast to handle and none of the available covers and cases pleased me so as usual I set off on my own course to try and solve this little problem.
It took a while to isolate the issues and home in on my solution. I started with a simple leather rectangle glued on the back of the iPad. That helped some but it still felt insecure in my hand. Cutting a hole in the center for my fingers to wrap into helped more. Then a friend suggested lacing the edges. Bingo! The grip is firm, friendly, and secure.
Simple. I like it. Now to make another one to reward my friend's suggestion.
Night camp
Site 10 - Paseo del Rio Campground - Elephant Butte Lake State Park, Elephant Butte NM
- Verizon cell phone service - very good
- Verizon EVDO service - very good
- Find other references to Elephant Butte on this website
- List the nights I've camped here
- Go to the Elephant Butte Lake State Park website
- Get a Google map of this area
- Check the weather here
Hobnobbing with Brigham Young
The day following my arrival in the flourishing City of the Saints, as they called it then and still call it, I very unexpectedly met and formed the acquaintance of Brigham Young. I was riding along at the head of my flock of sheep when a stoutly built, florid faced genteel-looking man, whose hair was just turning gray, walked down to the street from one of the most pretentious residences in the place and inquired whose sheep I had charge of.