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    Overnight on the John Wayne Trail

    I needed to get out in the woods and try out my 3 season Yeti. So a bike pack trip to Central Washington and the John Wayne Trail was where I headed. The trail is an old rail bed that used to go from Seattle to Chicago and is the longest rail to trail in the US. 2 hours and 90 miles later I arrived in Cle Elum, my camp was along the Yakima River about 14 miles east. My trusty Surly Straggler was loaded and off I went.DSCN1029.jpg

    It was warm for Veterans Day which made for a nice evening around the fire, I had a packit gourmet for dinner and sipped a little Crown Royal to toast what would have been my Dads 81st BD and my fellow Veterans. It rained off and on all night and a freight train came rumbling by about 130 am which was a good time to answer the call. My feet got a little cold using the Yeti and will try a different pad for my lower legs but overall I was very warm in my 20 degree Ghost Pepper tq thanks Loco Libre. Lots of condensation on the underside of my tarp, not sure why maybe humidity? I did have one side in porch mode all night?DSCN1040.jpgDSCN1039.jpgDSCN1038.jpgDSCN1044.jpgDSCN1032.jpg

    I saw lots of Mule Deer and one big 4 pt buck. Watched a family of Otters feeding in a pond and had about 50 Turkeys roost in some Ponderosa Pines just up the hill from me. I guess we all spent the night in the trees. I missed the fall colors by about 2 weeks, too much rain in October and the leaves littered the area.DSCN1051.jpgDSCN1041.jpgDSCN1033.jpg

    All in all it was a great trip about 30 miles total and some light rain on the ride out. I hope to ride the entire length of 300 miles which will take me to the Idaho border and the town of Tekoa Wa next spring.
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    Nice trip report and looks like you had a good time. I'm not sure if you realize but a couple of the pics are upside down or rotated.

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    Thanks Trailslug I thought I deleted those, those came from my iPhone and don't know why they come out like that

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    Thanks Trailslug I thought I deleted those, those came from my iPhone and don't know why they come out like that, anybody have any ideas how to fix upside down pics

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    Quote Originally Posted by 22hornet View Post
    Thanks Trailslug I thought I deleted those, those came from my iPhone and don't know why they come out like that, anybody have any ideas how to fix upside down pics
    I typically load all the images on my PC and rotate them using paint and then resave them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 22hornet View Post
    Thanks Trailslug I thought I deleted those, those came from my iPhone and don't know why they come out like that, anybody have any ideas how to fix upside down pics
    I have that problem, too. Seems to help if I go into edit and rotate the photos on my phone onto their side and save them, then go back into edit and rotate them upright and save them, then upload them onto my post on the HF. Time consuming but that's the only "fix" I've found so far.

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    You could upload them into an online picture album/photo sharing app such as Photobucket and use the image tag to show them.

    [ img ] url goes here [ /img ]

    Just like that without the spaces.

    Here's an example:

    [ img ] http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/f...Dawg/kntss.jpg [ /img ]

    Looks like this without the spaces-

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    Looks like a great trip! I'd like to try bikepacking, I live close to the Silver Comet rail-to-trail, just haven't taken the opportunity yet.

    Love all the wildlife sightings. Thanks for sharing!

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