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RE: Posting pictures within text messages
testing
Flickr is not forum friendly - any forum. From their quidelines:
The direct link to a photo file is no longer shown on the page. Per the Flickr Community Guidelines "pages on other websites that display content hosted on flickr.com must provide a link from each photo or video back to its page on Flickr." Linking directly to the photo file doesn't do this.
To display a picture on this forum requires a direct link to the photo. If one can find the direct link, it would work, but violate their guidelines. Here is what a direct URL looks like,
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8011/7137244483_480d252ef8.jpg
In fact, that is the URL for your picture.
I suggest that you choose another host site. In the FAQs at the top of Forum Technical Support, you can find tutorials for on how to use 4 different host sites. Look in the Posting pictures in text section.
RV.Net Tutorials and Picture related FAQ's
Tom
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TwoMaineiacs
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05/06/12 05:45pm |
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RE: Trip Report - Maine to ???
Good strong wi-fi at last in a Virginia State Park. I'll post a series of messages with photos for those of you who are interested. If not - just skip them! (Note - got all the URLs for the photos captured and ready to post and then found out Flickr has changed how you get the URLs - aaarrgg)
Okay - I give up on posting photos here. Go to our blog at On The Road Again for the rest of the journey with a lot of photos. And yes I've read the help section here and on Flickr. Wish we could just post photos straight.
April to Who Knows - On the Road in 2012
Starting from Maine, headed to Assateague National Seashore, then an annual rally of truck campers at Tall Pines in Sanford, VA., Hatteras and onward. We plan on continuing to Arizona but have a feeling that our intolerance of high heat will get in the way. AZ may wait until a winter trip.
Our adventure started by heading over to Truck Camper Warehouse in W. Chesterfield, NH to have a crack in our Chalet camper's bath ceiling fixed. The wire chase as designed was so wide it was bending and breaking the vinyl ceiling cover. Bill Penny cleaned it, put in a thin wooden floor and foamed the wide opening. Worked perfect and the vinyl is holding well with no flexing. We also had a Max Air cover put on the bath fan so it can stay open in the rain.
April 13-17
Half way down from NH to VA we stopped in the Delaware Water Gap and camped at Dingman's Ferry at a National Park campsite. Love that Golden Age pass half rate. Clean, wide sites with power. Skirting Philadelphia and only getting on I-95 briefly, we kept southward to Assateague National Seashore. A local told us about The Southern Grille so we stopped for lunch. If you are ever near Ellendale, stop! They serve southern food like my grandmothers used to cook.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76052486@N00/6991145676.jpg
Had reservations for Monday and Tuesday night at Assateague on the Bayside C loop where it isn't as windy as the ocean. We lucked out and got the same site for Saturday and Sunday. What a wonder this National Park is. Roaming herds of wild horses, baby turtles and huge terrapins, shore birds, and endless miles of walking trails to explore. Even the boardwalks out into the marshes have horse dung as the horses go everywhere. Toni/Ron from MA, Bob/Carol Ann from NY, and Rob/Jennie from MA were also camped there. Lots of chat about places to go and see and sharing of food and drink with us TCers and a tent couple who were there also. After even a mild winter in Maine, it was such a delight to walk the warm beaches, pick up shells and then, feet up, sit and knit in the sun.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76052486@N00/6991144532/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76052486@N00/6991145870/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76052486@N00/7150311685/
The last night there we were all thinking tornado? The clouds were awesome but stayed where clouds should - up in the air.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76052486@N00/6991144672/
April 18-22
Time to gather at the Mid-Atlantic Truck Camper Rally at Tall Pines Campground in Sanford, VA. Campers gather from the far west to Canada to spend days visiting, attending seminars, a band with line dancing, pot lucks, rodeos and a good bye breakfast. Michelle and Ron Humphress do a great job organizing this much enjoyed rally.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76052486@N00/6991196502/
As usual the North East group gathered for drinks and a buffet at Mike's tent. We also all participated in the rally's pot luck, raffle, line dancing and general fun.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76052486@N00/7137229365/
The weather held until Sunday morning when the deluge bagan. We travelled across the Bay Bridge Tunnel and were very glad to see the land appear through the rain. As usual we made a wrong turn in Norfolk to head south but at least were able to stop and turn the propane back on.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76052486@N00/7137229439/
OBX is a real mix of tourist commercial, bare beaches, national land and sea birds. The folks who live out here continually live with washed out roads and drifting sand with deep puddles on the roads.
One temporary bridge put up after a storm cut the island in half will be there a long time according to the locals.
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Huge flocks of seabirds land on the bare sand at low tides. We don't get these sands in Maine and they are a hard but interesting walk.
Diesel was $4.03 near Assateague, $4.18 in Norfolk, and a whopping $4.38 at the end of OBX. It's got to get here somehow so the price goes up. We'll diesel up tomorrow after we get off the ferry at Cedar Island. We'll head on down the NC coast with the eventual goal of Florida Panhandle and Arizona? Who knows?
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TwoMaineiacs
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05/06/12 05:24pm |
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RE: Trip Report - Maine to ???
At - Joe was mostly First District on buoy tenders. Also did the Arctic and Anarctic on ice breakers, duty in Greenland for a while, and went on the old Duane to Vietnam. We met just as he was getting out after 20 years so I didn't get to follow him around from post to post.
We'd really like to make that MT rally and are talking about if there is any way.
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TwoMaineiacs
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05/01/12 07:21pm |
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RE: Trip Report - Maine to ???
Many more days posts on our blog at On The Road Again with a lot of photos. We don't have a personal hotspot for the computer. One of the disadvantages of staying on the smallest roads possible is not good wifi access. Tonight we finally went into a campground near Natchez, MS for laundry and internet but it's spotty at best. Once I get home or better access, I'll post more photos. Wish we could post photos to this forum directly from the computer.
Camper and us are working well so far. An amazing $3.82 for diesel today just when we came into MS. Weather has been HOT HOT HOT but no rain or big storms. The AC in the Chalet is a chill blast.
Tomorrow we wll tour Natchez and then head up to Vicksburg. We've enjoyed the Florida panhandle, and several good Corps of Engineer sites. There is a lot of history in this area so we take in as much as we can.
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TwoMaineiacs
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05/01/12 07:19pm |
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RE: Trip Report - Maine to ???
Art - I seriously doubt we will still be on the road in mid June but that rally is really tempting. We made a whole trip out there to go up the "Going to the Sun Road" a couple of years ago but it still had 20' of snow on it. Looks like the group will be able to bus up it this year. We'd love to make it even as a last second tag along.
Skipbee - take a look back on our blog at http://otrafrommaine.blogspot.com and search for Glacier. We did a lot around that area in addition to the park you might be interested in. It's one of the most beautiful places we've seen in the USA.
We've been in Myrtle Beach State Park for two nights. Walked our feet off on sand, boardwalks, piers. Had a very good seafood meal down in Murrill's Inlet today. Long time since I'd had fresh oysters. Tomorrow we head for Hunting Island off of Beaufort, visiting friends along the way. Weather has been great for us, mid 60s and sunny. The natives are freezing but we've enjoyed it. Truck passed all its checkup today including tires and brakes. On the Road we go.
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TwoMaineiacs
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04/25/12 06:07pm |
Truck Campers
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RE: Trip Report - Maine to ???
Weather radio went off last evening with a warning of 40-50mph winds, quarter size hail and heavy rains. We watched the small storm cell with the red eye as it rapidly approached us from the west remembering that tornado we ran into last year. Then it just seemed to disappear and the larger rain dipped south of us. We got only a minor shower. I don't know if those weather radios and I phones are a curse or a blessing. Worry or don't know? Guess it's always better to know what's coming.
We'll explore a bit today after the oil change/service and then head south to Hunting Island near Beauford, SC.
Don't know about the Farctics. Last seen they were tucked away in City of Rocks looking quite content to be a stone.
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TwoMaineiacs
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04/25/12 06:22am |
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Trip Report - Maine to ???
Who knows where we will end up this year - we don't but sure enjoy getting there.
I've posted the travels so far on our blog On The Road Again. We started in Maine, small TC repair at TC Warehouse in NH, and then on to Assateague to meet up with TC friends and enjoy four days of beauty.
Was good to see so many who read here at the Mid Atlantic TC Rally. From there we travelled to OBX, camping at Frisco Woods in an almost underwater site. Ferry to Ocracoke and incredible beach walking, then on to Cedar Island to the Croatan National Forest. Tonight we are in Myrtle Beach State Park. It is amazing that the state was able to save this stretch of wooded beach area from developers. Truck will get serviced tomorrow and then onward to ???? We know we're headed in the general direction of Vicksburg with the thought of continuing on to Arizona if it isn't in the 100 degree temps by then. Retirement is wonderful, diesel is probably as inexpensive as it's going to be for a while, so we'll go til we can't any more.
Lots of photos on the blog link above. Anne and Joe / TwoMaineiacs
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TwoMaineiacs
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04/24/12 03:58pm |
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RE: Tall Pines campground
Go over to Chincoteague to the visitor centr. Lots to learn there about life on the marshes. Drive, bike or walk the trails back onto the dunes and see the wild horses. The timeing might not be right but there ar awesome flocks of migratory birds that use that area as part of their flyway.
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TwoMaineiacs
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04/09/12 11:14am |
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RE: Our NEW Arctic Fox 811S!!!
Looks great. I envy you all the trips through Alaska you are going to be taking.
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TwoMaineiacs
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04/09/12 11:11am |
Truck Campers
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RE: Trip report: First trip of the year - North Wales
Thanks for the post. Truck campers go anywhere! Love the sheep photos.
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TwoMaineiacs
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04/04/12 02:48pm |
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RE: Anyone using TorkLift quick disconnect StableLoads?
We do. Now that we've been released from "non-disclosure" I can say that they were installed on our F350/Chalet out in Oregon at Torklift last year. We were part of the "test them as hard as you can" preview group. Jay Taylor of Torklift had Casey install them as a test on a heavy camper. We were having issues with some side to side sway after installing some heavier springs prior to our trip. We weren't even out of Kent, WA before we noticed a HUGE difference. The sway was gone, the truck even seemed to handle better. Immediate first test was driving up the LoLo Pass in a snowstorm. Easy handling.
During this past winter, the times we had the camper off the truck, we disconnected the QDSLs (we called them that for quick disconnect stable loads) very easily. They turn outward from the springs very easily which we had wondered after six months of road dirt. Even though we keep the truck as clean as possible including underneath we had wondered how easily they would work. Easy! The truck rode very hard without a load so disconnecting them until the camper was loaded again made sense.
As always, Torklift is a great company, giving personal service and answering questions quickly.
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TwoMaineiacs
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04/03/12 04:29pm |
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RE: So what did you do to your Truck Camper today?
Batteries are in and showed 5 of 6 bars on the solar panel meter. Yes! Moved the camper to be more in the sun and will start the packing of the permanent stuff Thursday after two days of expected rain. No signs of any winter damage anywhere in the camper. That big back storage lift door is slightly bowed out but is dry and closes fine. 52F in Maine today which is like mid summer. Makes me want to hop in the camper and go.
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TwoMaineiacs
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03/12/12 09:58am |
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RE: So what did you do to your Truck Camper today?
Chopped up the ice/snow left by the plow in the last storm from woods entry to where the camper is stored. A little bit more sun on the cover and it will come off and fingers crossed, we'll check to see if there is any winter damage. We've peeked a few times but not made a full entry.
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TwoMaineiacs
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03/08/12 07:13am |
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RE: So what did you do to your Truck Camper today?
Got out the tubs of "stuff" that gets put in the camper and started going through it all to see what doesn't really need to go. Refreshed the first aid kit, washed the linens. Supposed to be 50F here this coming week so we'll take the cover off and think about putting the batteries back in. Joe will do the load test on the batteries to see how they wintered with the trickle chargers. Last two snow storsm, the town plow left us a big mound in front of where we store the camper. That's got to be chopped through before we can load it.
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TwoMaineiacs
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03/04/12 03:31pm |
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RE: stay safe,
The devastation being shown on CNN is incredible. Just being beside a F1 last year in Nebraska was terrifying and it was at least a half mile away. Cannot imagine being in one.
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TwoMaineiacs
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03/03/12 07:36am |
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RE: A visit to the Rinkle Ranch----- TC trip report
Thanks for sharing those incredible photos. Kept expecting you to come around a corner and find Wazoo and FarcticOx standing there.
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TwoMaineiacs
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03/03/12 07:30am |
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RE: Does anyone have any snow yet?
Agree with Silver that winter seems to have finally put in an appearance. Been snowing since last night with probably 10-11" on the ground. At least it is the light fluffy stuff though we'd better get it up tomorrow. Rain/sleet coming in Saturday and don't want that on top of the driveway snow or we'll never move it til June.
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TwoMaineiacs
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03/01/12 03:00pm |
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RE: Silversand has a site for yore eyes, IPO by Whazoo
Astonishing! What a gift to the truck camper community. Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge in such a useable format. I totally agree that Wazoo should send you what he has left of his marbles. :)
Hope to see you and Silverdunes on the road this year.
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TwoMaineiacs
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03/01/12 02:58pm |
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RE: The Whazoos camp with Bear and the Beehive Ovens
It isn't that the rig is so nice, it wouldn't FIT! One of the major disadvantages of having a big rig is that we can't Wazoo. Joe often points to interesting roads as we travel and says "that's a Wazoo road". We've been on many a road we shouldn't have been on but not Wazooesque.
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TwoMaineiacs
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02/25/12 07:18am |
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RE: The Whazoos camp with Bear and the Beehive Ovens
Joe took one look at the road you were on and said NO WAY. You are a road engineer and bet those ATVs will be looking for you in the back roads for a long time. Thanks as always for taking the time to post the trip.
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TwoMaineiacs
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02/24/12 07:32am |
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