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Only a fool would believe these ads

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These two ads (one above, one below) popped up in articles I read this week. Who could possibly believe this scheme? No way do these...

I have fallen in love with a dead woman

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I fell in love with this woman, even though she is almost certainly dead. The headline above sounds morbid. But it's true. It was...

The day it rained whale blubber

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There was a big problem 55 years ago this month on an Oregon beach near Florence, when a long-dead, stinky, 45-foot, 8-ton sperm whale...

Do I have the power of a modern day god?

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By Chuck Woodbury PUBLISHER'S ROADSIDE JOURNAL Do you see the people above? I assume you do. You may wonder why I ask. The thing is, I created...

The crook who grew up to be a shoe

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By Chuck Woodbury Founder, publisher, and shoe historian RAWLINS, Wyoming— A while ago, at the Carbon County Museum, I checked out the display of Big Nose...

Roadside Journal: June 22, 2025

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By Chuck Woodbury Founder, publisher and wise, seasoned human being Get real about what's worrying you! Having a bad day? Look at the NASA photo below. That's...

The father who turned his boy into a pickle

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By Chuck Woodbury ROADSIDE JOURNAL I would like to tell you the tale of pickled Willie. I learned about Willie while passing through Raymond, Washington. Willie's claim...

RV Disaster: The RV that sank into the sewer

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By Chuck Woodbury ROADSIDE JOURNAL (I wrote this a dozen years ago, but just found it.) An item in the news last week caught my attention, and...

RVtravel.com in 2025: A year to celebrate, a year of the unknown

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By Chuck Woodbury FOUNDER AND PUBLISHER It’s 2025 and I am still alive and healthy, moving steadily toward the senior ranks of the elderly. This year,...

Everyone in this town’s cemetery is buried in Concrete

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By Chuck Woodbury ROADSIDE JOURNAL Everyone in the Concrete, Washington, cemetery is buried in Concrete. That is absolutely true! Okay, notice that I have capitalized Concrete....

Roadside History: The day a mob lynched Jesse Washington

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By Chuck Woodbury ROADSIDE JOURNAL The history of McLennan County, Texas, like the rest of the state and the nation, is marred by institutional racism sometimes...

Forget winning a lottery in central California. There’s another way

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By Chuck Woodbury ROADSIDE JOURNAL Driving California Highway 99 through the Golden State's Central Valley, you get the feeling after a few dozen miles that the...

My time-trip back to the Hollywood Old West

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By Chuck Woodbury ROADSIDE JOURNAL   The little boy in the black and white photo below is me — 4-year-old me along with my mother, grandmother and...

Why RVers are like kindergarteners

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By Chuck Woodbury ROADSIDE JOURNAL That headline may sound like clickbait, an attempt to get your attention with a sensational headline where the article that follows...

Random Act of Kindness: The young man at McDonald’s

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By Chuck Woodbury I came across this on a social media site. In a world that is often depressing, reading this made my day. I...

An amazing day to remember at RVtravel.com

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By Chuck Woodbury PUBLISHER Last Monday, May 22, I woke early at my Seattle home, made my coffee, then sat down to check that everything was...

Are my friends only four feet tall? I don’t know

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I had never heard of Zoom before the pandemic. I would very seldom do a video chat back then. Zoom, for those of you...

If only my dog could talk

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It's almost time for my dog Archie's breakfast. He is lying on the floor about 8 feet from me. "Breakfast?" I ask. He stares...

Roadside Journal: “Poo Poo” journalism

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By Chuck Woodbury PUBLISHER A headline got my attention last week. It was titled "The Top 15 Amenities You'll Find in a Luxury RV." It's written...