The back side of Mount Rushmore most never knew about
By Chuck Woodbury
ROADISIDE JOURNAL
Everybody knows Mount Rushmore, the most famous tourist attraction in South Dakota. The heads of presidents Washington, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and...
This is not the America I have known
By Chuck Woodbury
ROADSIDE JOURNAL
This picture originally ran in The Denver Post. It's a homeless camp right across a park from the Colorado state capitol....
My very own missile silo!
By Chuck Woodbury
ROADSIDE JOURNAL
Two Titan II missile silos are for sale, both in Arizona – one in Oracle and one in Benson. They are...
Editor update for Sunday newsletter
Saturday around noon, January 11, 2020
By Chuck Woodbury
Gail and I are still in Needles, California. We dined last evening at the Wagon Wheel, a...
Football helmets. Hard to believe this one!
By Chuck Woodbury
ROADSIDE JOURNAL
If you watch football in person or on TV, you know there's a lot of concern these days about preventing concussions....
The story I blew: The flyswatter repairman of Needles
By Chuck Woodbury
ROADSIDE JOURNAL
I would like to tell you a story from many years ago that I didn’t write about. It was back in...
News in Fresno reflects, I think, changing times
This was the front page of The Fresno Bee the other day.
I am not sure why I found this story so depressingly odd. It's...
My three duck buddies and their demands
By Chuck Woodbury
EDITOR, MOTORHOME DRIVER AND DUCK FAN
These are my new friends. They introduced themselves last evening, about five minutes after I had leveled...
The town that drowned
By Chuck Woodbury
ROADSIDE JOURNAL
Flaming Gorge Reservoir in southwestern Wyoming is known for its beauty and great fishing. But unknown to many visitors is that...
Fake! Fake! Congressman and sex offender buddy up
To the hotheads in the audience
Before you send off a nasty email to me about this, please try your best to understand that this...
Meet the voices of Rocky and Bullwinkle
This short clip of a television interview with Bill Scott and June Foray will warm your heart and tickle your funny bone. Bill and...
Editor’s Log: Half-crazed, brain-dead at 5 p.m. on Friday
By Chuck Woodbury
EDITOR
It's 5 p.m., Friday, and tomorrow's RV Travel Newsletter is pretty much finished. At least my role. Diane McGovern will now take...
