SBT Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 Fox - To load photos, are you using the site's embed feature or the site's load feature? Copy the URL of the photo you want to embed, and click the icon. Paste the URL and click OK Click the icon and the scroll down to load from URL. Paste your photo URL in one of the two available boxes, and Click the Load button. The embed feature works as long as the link is working. If the link breaks, the photo goes dead on the site. The load feature copies the photo to the site's server and it remains whether the link is broken or not. The full how-to is on the home page. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox212 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Fox - To load photos, are you using the site's embed feature or the site's load feature? Copy the URL of the photo you want to embed, and click the icon. Paste the URL and click OK Click the icon and the scroll down to load from URL. Paste your photo URL in one of the two available boxes, and Click the Load button. The embed feature works as long as the link is working. If the link breaks, the photo goes dead on the site. The load feature copies the photo to the site's server and it remains whether the link is broken or not. The full how-to is on the home page. Thanks SBT. I've been using the embed feature, following the instructions in the how-to. I'm pretty sure the problem is with Google Photos. There's some weird thing going on where some forums/websites won't display embedded photos that have URLs generated by Google Photos. I've tried every workaround I'm aware of to modify the URLs to play nice, but still it doesn't work sometimes. I'll see if loading them onto the site server works, but I suspect its still an access/permission issue with Google Photos and the URLs it generates. FWIW the previews always looks fine - photos show up for me. If you have any other suggestions or insights, I'm all ears! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox212 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Ok, just loaded the first image on post #340 instead of embedding. It works on my end...let me know if y'all can see an image on that post. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Ok, just loaded the first image on post #340 instead of embedding. It works on my end...let me know if y'all can see an image on that post. Thanks! Looks good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 Nice pic. Loaded perfectly and clicking on it blows it up to full-size. Anxious to get back out there. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF1GG29 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 I do see it, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox212 Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Dinkey Lakes Wilderness was awesome! Excellent weather, not too many bugs, and mostly great company made for a very enjoyable long weekend. I got a new toy to play with on this trip - a Mountainsmith Slingback chair. I was very skeptical of this thing at first, but after watching a few videos and having a few ideas I took the $25 plunge and grabbed one before this trip. Summary: It's awesome! And not nearly as fiddly as I thought it might be. Surprisingly comfy, stable, and versatile. I added a couple of guy lines. One at the front, around the clip. I ran this out to a stake in front of my feet to keep the chair from sliding back too much. The other one I wrapped around where the poles cross, and tied to a small rock at the other end. This acted as kind of a counterbalance, and prevented the chair from falling over when it wasn't occupied. I also figured out that you can extend your trekking poles, and put the chair seat up on rocks, logs, etc. for a full-on lounge chair experience. The group caught a few trout as well, which was lots of fun. And tasty. Good times all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted August 6, 2018 Author Share Posted August 6, 2018 That pond/small lake looked like it was ripe for fishing. Given the winter, I'd expect the fish were biting, hard. Beautiful location. Thanks for the tip on the chair. May check that out. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox212 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 We camped at Island Lake. Ripe for fishing, indeed! Those trout are HUNGRY and will go for just about anything, a few times. Gotta keep swapping out tackle to keep them from getting wise to your game. I use a spinning reel with a torpedo bobber and various flys. It has worked very well for High Sierra lakes and streams. About 5oz for the whole fishing kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJBerk Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 We camped on the Mighty St Lawrence, as we do. I swam to Canada. It was a great week at camp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 That looks so relaxing. I remember swimming the length of Bit Trout Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park. Cold, spring-fed water. It's also the lake where a rogue wave in high winds slapped my canoe paddle back and up into my glasses (just purchased before this trip) knocking them off and over the side. We always joke that there's a "big trout" somewhere in that lake wearing someone else's glasses. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daywalker007 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 With western half of the continent seemingly covered in wildfire and the accompanying smoke, how have your backpacking plans been affected? My wife is hoping to do the Northern Loop at MRNP this month, but that's looking iffy now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF1GG29 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 I was actually going to fly into Seattle to try to tackle Mt. Olympus this summer, but not so sure because of the fires. Would've pushed it out to the fall, but might be doing South America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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