Happy Birthday, Dad (or Chuck Woodbury, as you know him)!
Working for a parent is an odd thing. Maybe some of you have done it. I’ve worked for RVtravel.com for almost seven years now, which seems hard to believe. Luckily my dad and I haven’t killed each other yet, or really even wanted to wring each other’s necks. Impressive, right?
He does like to tell the same story over… and over… and over again. And some days when he’s had three too many cups of coffee he can really blab, but wringing his neck? Nah, it’s not so bad.
I am his baby, his only daughter, and his only child. But this website, the one you so religiously read every day or every week, this thing right here is his real baby. It’s been an honor getting to know it.
I have traveled to 31 states and 6 countries with my dad. Some of those were on our long cross-country road trip when I was a toddler, others when I was a terribly emotional pre-teen, and others were when I was in high school (still terribly emotional).
When my dad took me to Four Corners I nearly burned my butt off on the hot bronze plaque (they don’t warn you about sitting on it!). When he took me to Badlands, we fed prairie dogs together. When he took me to Las Vegas he paid for me to ride the New York, New York roller coaster until I was green in the face (how did I not throw up after a full buffet-belly?). When he took me to Bryce Canyon, we hiked in the heat until chugging four gallons of water wasn’t enough and we had to return to camp for more.
When he took me to Death Valley, I was 21 and missing my college friends in New York City and completely furious that he took me to THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE… until the first night when I saw the stars. After that, the place stole my heart. That’s what ya gotta do, ya know? Take someone out of their comfort zone, throw them into something new, and watch their smile expand into another galaxy.
When he visited me in New York, I introduced him to arepas and empanadas and fancy cocktails and my friends and my jobs and my apartments the size of dollhouses. Even though he would’ve rather had me at home in Washington close to him all those years, he always smiled and tried to understand the things he never, and would never, could. That’s what it’s like to be a parent, right? You show them the world and then you send them off into it.
I have been blessed with two travelers for parents. Two parents who, throughout my whole life, have never stopped showing me the wonders of the world. Two parents who are explorers, two parents who are endlessly curious, two parents who will always choose the road less traveled, two parents who have graciously shared their wandering eyes with mine: “Em, do you see that?!”
My dad, a man who, even in his 70s, has a curiosity about him much like a young child. A man who could guide you across America from a phone call away: “OK, do you see a big dinosaur statue ahead of you? Great, OK, make a left and then in three miles make a right…”. He knows the highways, the byways, and the dirt roads like the back of his hand. A man who doesn’t drive fast because he knows there is far too much to see on roads that appear quiet. A man who loves cowboys and the old American West, ghost towns and live music in saloons. A man who loves reading – another thing we share. A man with soft hands, forever tanned from a Southern California childhood. A man with an even softer heart.
My childhood and teen years are filled with memories of the American West and the American Southwest. The red rock and the cactus and the lake-blues and the salt-flat whites paint a portrait of a life I am so lucky to have lived.
What you get to read on this website from my dad, these articles and these newsletters, you should be honored. He’s an expert in many fields, and his passion for writing to you is enough to spark a sunset. He works hard. We all do. But there is no “off” switch for him. If you told him to stop working it’d be like telling a chicken to stop clucking (even though he claims he’ll stop…) it wouldn’t ever work. But that’s why we love him so much, right?
Happy Birthday, Dad. I love you endlessly.
If you want to do something for Chuck on his birthday, he’d want you to eat mac n cheese in his honor. Or a box of Good & Plenty. Those are his favorites.
What a wonderful tribute to your Dad! How lucky you both are to have each other! Happy Birthday, Chuck! And many more!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHUCK and many more…Thanks for all you do!
Nice write up, Emily.
Happy Birthday Chuck, we love what you have created here and wish you many more years of blissful camping and travel !!
Happy Birthday Chuck. Emily you have your fathers gift. In 50 years when he’s ready to retire, I’m sure he feels good about you taking over. Nice article and pics. Thanks for sharing.
Happy birthday! Thank you and your team for RVTravel.
happy birthday, Chuck. Thanks for making my morning coffee more enjoyable everyday.
Emily, great job. You reminded me I need to call my Dad, Fathers and Daughters.
Have a good one, Chuck….. Or at least, have a cold one!
Happy Birthday, and THANK YOU for all you do!
And by the way, there’s a certain YouTuber out there who does “RVer on TV” [if you know what I mean 😉 ] … and travels around the desert Southwest. He happened to be in the Kingman area recently. Interesting stuff, if you want a short trip or two out of the park you’re in!
Since we live in the Las Vegas desert area, we’re always looking for nature day trips we can make, to get us outta here!, without endangering ourselves or others.
Happy Birthday Chuck! Thanks Emily for the memories and continued support for RVT. I hope you have a safe and memorable travel adventure on your way back home. Thanks for keeping all us (stranded somewhere folks), amused and educated on our RV’s while awaiting to go outside and play again!
Be safe! 😎
Happy Birthday Chuck…..you give us a gift everyday in this newsletter…..have a great enjoyable time….stay healthy, stay safe, and wash your hands!!
Happy Birthday and keep up the good work.
Happy Birthday young man. Keep enjoying life. And, you’ve done a great job of polishing Emily to write her stories.
Happy Birthday to you and hope you have a terrific one too. And thank YOU for all you do and for all you give for this Newsletter. It is much appreciated. So again, Happy Birthday.
Happy Birthday Chuck….your only as old as you THINK you are. So THINK 22 and enjoy the day. Thank you Emily for sharing a side of your Dad that we would have missed without your commentary.
Happy Birthday Chuck!! The gift you give us is inspiration. Inspiration to seek the road less traveled! Thank you! I hope you have a wonderful birthday!
Happy Birthday, Chuck! And may you be blessed with many more. BTW, your daughter proved again with her ode to you just how special our daughters are.
Another birthday wish coming your way, Chuck! Emily’s ode to you has left me missing my own father immensely. She is some good heart-string-puller!!!
Thanks for all that you do and enjoy your special day.
Happy Birthday Chuck….enjoy the day! Thanks for a great source of information and inspiration. It is rare when you read something and it brings a smile or thoughtful expression. That’s a gift of a lifetime and you and Emily have that. Stay safe and healthy…
It’s a wonderful day when your realize your grown children are also your dearest friends. This is the best birthday present ever for the two of you.
Well said!
Happy Birthday Chuck , enjoy it and stay healthy Please
Happy Birthday Chuck,have a super fantastic day!
Thanks for sharing your memories and wonderful pictures,was a very enjoyable read”Em”
Happy Birthday Chuck! And many, many more! Love RVtravel newsletters – keep on a-writin’!
From a couple of old folks full timing it (presently in Oklahoma), with love & best wishes!
Thank you Emily for the great tribute to your dad! Happy Happy Birthday Chuck. Thanks for all you (all) do.
Great tribute. Love the work Chuck does and also the work you do!
Each morning you have become part of my routine. I very much proudly read every word you publish. I learn so much for so little. You keep us up to date, even in these unusual times. It means a lot to keep up, even though we may not be currently traveling. Happy birthday, enjoy your day, then get back to work, we need to continue to know what is happening to out favorite sport, rving! Larry Sockwell.
Great story and tribute to your Dad. Thanks for sharing Emily.HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHUCK!
wow, my daughters don’t even know my birthday.
Happy Birthday Chuck! Thank you for the newsletter. It’s bright spot for me every day. Emily, great to get to know you and Chuck a little more. Very talented.
Thanks for sharing Emily. Thoes teen years and college years are what it’s about. Chuck, happy birthday old man, lol, not in my 70’s yet.
Hey Chuck, Happy Birthday!!
I think it is great that you and Emily have each other.
Happy Birthday Chuck! Thanks for all the great stories and great information. I have been an active RVer since 1968, been everywhere and done about everything, I still learn something or hear of something new in almost every newsletter! You and your staff are top notch! Keep up the good work.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday Chuck, yours is a few days sooner than mine. I celebrate my 77th on Saturday, ENJOY YOUR DAY.
Happy almost-Birthday, Bob! And many more happy and healthy birthdays to come! 😀 —Diane at RVtravel.com
Happy, Happy Birthday!!
Happy Birthday Chuck. This from your Canadian readers.
Happy Birthday on your 29 th. LOL. Have a great day. Stay safe.
Happy Birthday Chuck. I totally enjoy reading your stuff, and hope you have a terrific day in Exile in the Hotland. Hope to see you back in the PACNW some day soon!
Excellent tribute to your dad Emily! Thank you for sharing.
Happy birthday, Chuck! Thank you for sharing your writing talent and your wanderlust passion with us!
Happy Birthday Chuck. You are a part of my life even though we will probably never actually meet each other. And thanks also to Emily for a really splendid Happy Birthday essay!
Happy Birthday Chuck and many more!
Beautiful sentiment to your Dad (and your Mom).
Happy Birthday Chuck. Hope you enjoy your special day in the desert. Thoroughly enjoy reading the RV Travel daily.
Happy Birthday Chuck. Hope you have a wonderful day in the desert.
Happy Birthday. You are a lucky man. You have left two legacies: RVT and Emily.
Happy Birthday Chuck – 🙂
A very nice piece of work Emily – 🙂
What a great Birthday tribute! Happy Birthday to you and God bless!
Happy Birthday Chuck!!
Happy Birthday Chuck
Oh, Emily, that was beautifully written and quite a tribute to your Dad. How blessed he is to have you!, his beloved daughter. Thank you for sharing. And Happy Birthday, Chuck!
happy happy to a great man
What a great tribute. I hope that God continues to bless you with health, happiness and joy. Only He can do that.
Happy Birthday Chuck, and many more…
Happy Birthday, Chuck! Thank you for making our lives better!
Happy Birthday to Chuck! What a beautiful tribute Emily wrote in your honor! You both are blessed to have each other. Hoping you have many, many more safe miles ahead.
Happy Birthday Chuck. Reading RvTravel every morning has helped me get through this pandemic mess. I look forward to reading it every morning with my coffee. I really enjoyed Emily’s article, I bet that put a couple tears in those eyes.
Well done Emily.
Happy Birthday Chuck , How wonderful to see you daughter has inherited your , insight , sensitivity, and is honing her inherited journalistic to a near reflection of yours.
Thank you Emily for giving us a glimpse of life on the road with daddy at different stages of life. This is a very nice birthday write up for your dad.
Happy birthday, Chuck, and thank you for my beloved daily RVTravel.
Just washed my hands in your honor, Chuck. Have a super special day, stay healthy, and thanks so much for all the great info you share.
Happy Birthday Chuck! I hope you’re safe and wish you good health for many more years. Now I’ll go wash my hands!
Happy Birthday from sunny Cochise Co, AZ!
Happy Birthday Chuck. Sadly you are hunkered down in the most virus volatile area in the State of AZ. Stay safe and healthy.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
I look forward to your newsletter everyday. It is filled with so many useful tidbits for the newbies and the experienced RVerers.
Happiest of Birthdays to you Chuck. Emily, thank you for that wonderful message. Hope you all get back together soon.. stay safe!
Happy birthday, Chuck, thanks for everything you do. And thanks for the wonderful tribute, Emily.
Great article Emily! And Happy Birthday Chuck!
Happy Birthday Chuck! What a wonderful tribute from Emily, you must be so very proud. Off to wash my hands then sending you Good & Plenty virtually.
Congratulations on another lap around the sun Chuck. Hope you have a happy day, Happy Trails
Hey Chuck. Have a wonderful birthday while you soak in Emily’s delightful tribute to you. Look forward to seeing you when you “get home” but meanwhile, keep on enjoying wherever you are at the moment, one of your special skills.
I love Good and Plenty too! Happy Birthday Chuck. It’s great that you have a daughter who truly appreciates all you have done for her too. Have a GREAT day and do something you love to do!
Happy Birthday, Chuck I hope you have many more.
Happy birthday Chuck. Enjoy your day to the fullest
Happy Birthday Chuck. Continue to enjoy our great state of Arizona
Happy Birthday Chuck, have a fantastic day.
What a beautiful tribute to your dad! Happy birthday, Chuck!
Happy Birthday Chuck! I enjoy the newsletters and your stories every day. To everyone: Keep up the great work and Chuck: Have a wonderful birthday!
Very Sweet! I remember your college days and
That cathartic experience for BOTH of you.
I have a daughter in her mid thirties who is
A nurse in Chicago.
I fully understand his total love and
Commitment to you. You are a lucky girl!
Happy Birthday, Chuck! Many,many more! Thanks so much for all you do!
Happy Birthday, Chuck, I enjoyed your daughters’ writing.
Happy Birthday Chuck! May you stay healthy, happy and safe for many more years!
Nice words for a very proud father~ Happy Birthday Chuck
Chuck, we have never met, and probably never will. Yet I think of you as a friend and look forward to reading what is on your mind. I am envious of your Roadside Journal musings. I wish I could do the same. Even though I have in the past made my living as a writer, it was always on assignment, rarely something I came up with on my own. So have a happy birthday and many more of the same. Keep on writing, both about RVs and anything else that crosses your path.
Happy Birthday Chuck. Em says it best. She seems as proud of you as you are of her.
Been reading your dad’s writings for many years. Always new places to not miss. Very important.
Our box of Good and Plenty emptied before we got to the post office…Sorry ’bout that.
He’s pretty lucky to have you too.
Happy birthday Chuck Give Gail an extra hug from us. Hope you have a nice day. Know you would like to be with Emily but you are in each other’s hearts.
Chuck hope you are having a fantastic day and taking the time to read all these wonderful comments about you and Emily. Looking forward to many more years of reading most helpful RV information.
Tried but was unsuccessful to Paste in a Good & Plenty picture for you but your IT guy must have made sure that we we could not cut and paste in the Comments area and that was probably a wise decision.
Emily, great tribute to your dad. I’m happy that you have gotten to work with him for several years and hope for many more. Reading that tribute has me remembering the saying how the older we get the smarter our parents become.
Chuck, Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday Chuck. I’ve never met you but I feel we are close friends. I find you and I think a lot alike.
Very nice tribute Em. He’s lucky to have both you and Gail.
Happy Birthday, Chuck! Hope you have a blessed day!
I enjoy RV Travel. Have learned a lot from you.
Great tribute, Emily!
Happy Birthday Chuck – you are a lucky man, you have a really great daughter and she wrote a really nice tribute to you. So happy birthday lucky man and nice going Emily. You are a gem. Keep up the good work you two and to your team.
Happy Birthday Chuck, Thank you for all that you do and have done for all of these years. Or should I say darn you now three RV’s later after I started reading your newsletter. You have helped me see many parts of the country with an appreciation for things I might not have noticed or really paid attention to before. Your Dreams have helped inspire ours. Thank you.
Happy Birthday Chuck! We too have been hunkering down in the desert since March. When it opens back up, make sure you stop by the Route 66 museum in Kingman.
Happy Belated Birthday Chuck! I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to write for you. I had no idea how much your love for the outdoors was and still is! You can see and feel the love and respect your readers have for you, let alone your family.
I hope you get to come visit us on your way back home and we can finally meet in person. Safe travels Chuck and enjoy those desert sunsets!
Happy Birthday, Chick. Wishing for you a most wonderful day. Hoping you and Gail are staying safe and enjoying your sojourn in the sunny spaces. Take care. Stay safe. All the best to you both from Newfoundland-Labrador, Canada.
Darn auto correct, changed Chuck to Chick, but you know who I meant. That and crappy typist skills. LOL😂😂
Happy belated birthday Chuck! Bet you are getting HOT in Arizona.
The weather is just right in Eastern Washington. Walla Walla to be exact. The tasting rooms are closed so are the wineries for now. But soon they will be open.
Happy birthday Chuck and very nice tribute to your Dad Emily. Like your Dad, I grew up in Grass Valley and am fortunate to still live there between RV trips. I lost my dad a month ago after a long decline of his health.
Many stories of my dad involve travel too, but they were from the passenger seat of a logging truck, in and out of the woods and hauling long poles to the Bay Area in the 1960’s to deliver them for bridge pilings and construction projects. I miss my parents and the fond memories of our adventures. It’s nice to see you thanking Chuck for yours while he can understand how much they now meant to you.
Chuck is fortunate to have an amazing daughter like you (my wife and I share four!), and you are fortunate to have a loving guide who has obviously encouraged and supported you, while letting you make the “mistakes” we all need to experience to grow.
I’ve been enjoying the newsletter for quite some time and will continue to contribute to hopefully Help it carry on for many years. You are a great writer and I’m sure Chuck is tremendously proud of who you’ve become. Keep up the great work.
Tony, Sorry for your recent loss of your Dad. I would have loved to experience the logging truck trips!
Happy belated Birthday 🎂 Chuck!
I hate to be just one more birthday wish, but, Happy Birthday Chuck. And thanks Emily, for your story about what it is/was like being Chuck’s daughter. Very touching – and informative.
Happy Birthday, Chuck. My husband and I love your newsletter. Keep up the good work. Oh, and PS. I washed my hands before writing this.
Happy Birthday Chuck. Its nice to hear these kind words from your child while you’re still ABOVE ground. We enjoy your newsletter. Camp on! – Dann & Diane Yeager
Happy Birthday to a great guy. May you have many more. Keep up the writing. We love it and look forward to it. Your wisdom is endless. Keep up the good work. We share your love of the West.
Wishing you and yours good health
Bill and Karen Massicotte
Happy Birthday Chuck. We met in Buffalo, WY a couple of years ago! Fond memory! Have a good one!
Happy Birthday Chuck! Stay safe stay well.
Happy Barkday!! You have a very sweet daughter. Growing up my parents took us camping in our Coleman pop up trailer. If your ever down in Big Ol Texas! I can definitely tell you some fun places to go since you like the the Wild Wild West. Marfa, Alpine, Terlingua are just a few. I hope y’all can get home soon and Washington is somewhat back to normalcy. Enjoy your day.
Happy birthday, Chuck! We are relative new comers to RVing, and have been getting your emails for only 3-4 years. We soon became contributors, because we feel there is a lot of value in them, and we enjoy your style. When we sit down for breakfast and start looking at emails and news, RV Travel is always the first one I open.
Happy Belated Birthday Chuck!
Belated happy birthday, Chuck! I hope that you had a great one and that you have many more! 🙂
Like everyone else, happy birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Stay safe.
Happy Belated Birthday. Enjoy Arizona.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY my friend. You are an inspiration to us all. We look forward each day to your articles and they give us the reason to keep going. Enjoy your special day and may you have many more.
It is an honor to share your birthday (May 13….I just turned 79). Thanks for all you do to inform campers.
Know you are proud of your daughter. Yes, you did a super job.
We have had to limit our camping to surrounding state parks due to some health issues but not ready to give up yet.
Happy birthday!
Donnie Ray and Nelrea Southwell
Bascom, FL (That’s close to Two Egg, FL). Bascom is where Actress Faye Dunaway is from. We were classmates in Bascom until 6th grade….family moved to Germany.
Happy Birthday, Chuck! I call you “friend” because I have followed you since the very early days of Out West! You have, indeed, been an inspiration for many years. I’ve “known” Emily since she was born and loved her article honoring you (or maybe explaining you). I’m so glad we got to meet in person in Texas a couple years ago. Keep traveling and writing and I’ll keep reading. And have lots more happy birthdays.
Thank you Emily, for the nice tribute to Chuck, and to Chuck for providing the insight into the realities of the RV world. We don’t RV anymore, after having had a bunk-bed Wilderness travel trailer with 2 young kids years ago. That’s when I learned the joys of boxed wine, kept in place in the refrigerator with a spring-stick; the kids would go get me a plastic cup of wine while I got the campfire started.
Speaking with my now almost-50 son, I mentioned that my wife and I had a nostalgia dinner the other night with something we haven’t had in more than 40 years. His immediate response was “Bunwiches! We had those when we camped in the Wilderness!” Kids do remember the little things we parents share with them.
Safe travels.
When you have a wordsmith for a daughter and she loves you as much as you love her…(naaaw, not possible)…then you’ll get a beautiful tribute that makes grown men cry. “…passion enough to spark a sunset.” Really? That leapt off the screen and gave an intimate insight into the man I read numerous times a week. Yeah, Happy Birthday, Chuck, but we all get those all too often. It’s your pantry-raider that is the treasure and you know it. Thank you Emily. Cheers to you.
Happy birthday Chuck, you are certainly living a great story.
Happy belated Birthday, Chuck. Hope you had a great day and have many more. I have enjoyed and learned from your Newsletter for many years. Expansion hasn’t hurt it at all. Keep up the good work and safe travels.
Emily,
What a wonderful tribute to a wonderful man. Met him several times at Hershey, and have read his work ever since. Looking forward (I hope) to meeting you some day.
Chuck,
we admire your candor and dedication to RV life. As a fellow 74’er, we’ve experienced many of the same things over the decades. But I regret getting into RVing late in life. Wish I had met you sooner.
Wishing you a slightly belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY Chuck as well as many more years of good of adventures and good health. I started RVing ~ ten years ago and was lucky enough to find RVTravel.com early on. Much of what I’ve learned can be traced back to you. I look forward to each issue and am proud to be able to contribute monetarily you (and Mike Sokol). I STRONGLY recommend that others also do so (I know even modest amounts help). It’s great that you’re able to hand the reins over to your daughter. THANK YOU for all your hard work! Best wishes & regards!
Happy birthday Chuck from us the Canadian.
Happy birthday, Chuck. Have a great day and thanks for all the work that you have done and you and your staff continue to do. Cheers.
Happy Birthday !
Happy BD Chuck! Its been a pleasure reading your newsletter over the last 20 years. Thank you for your contribution.
Emily, this is a beautiful tribute to your father. Well written and filled with love and admiration.
Chuck, Happy Birthday. I am glad you haven’t quit working so hard to keep RV Travel going. I find it to be an invaluable source of information for me and other RVers. May today feel like a blessing and may you have many, many more years filled with blessings.
What a wonderful writeup Emily, your dad’s lucky to have you as a daughter !
We have been RV’n for 17 years and I believe I have been reading your newsletter for that long as well. Much appreciated and thank you! Happy Birthday!
What a wonderful and love-filled write-up on your dad.
Happy Birthday Chuck.
Sounds like you were raised right. He has a passion for life and wants to share it either with you personally or with the world through his writings.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHUCK and congrats on raising a wonderful child. Thank you Emily .
wishing you the best of birthdays
Happy Birthday, Chuck! I hope your day is wonderful!
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday Chuck. Your one comment reminds me of my son when he was small. One day in his underwear, he jumped up to sit on our ceramic storage heater. Since it was real cold out side it really heated up. As soon as his butt hit the top of the ceramic heater he was off it. Didn’t get hurt, but woke him up.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHUCK. Enjoy your information. Hasn’t camping changed over the years We’ve been camping since the 70″s with our kids. We are getting ready for our first campout this year we in our 80″s and Blessed to still be going strong.
Chuck—-may this be the start of your best year yet! Have a wonderful day and a wonderful year.
Happy birthday, Chuck! I’ve learned so much from your newsletter over the years, thank you! And thank you, Emily, for continuing his legacy.
Happy Birthday! Thanks for all you have done/do for the RV community!
Chuck, thanks for all the years of fine journalism along with candid opinions. Happy birthday
Happy birthday Chuck! Thanks for doing things the right way for the RVing community.
Happy Birthday Chuck!
OMG! 137 comments already?! DITTOOOOOOOOOO! I hope you get what you wish for today! Thanks to you, Emily and all the staff for following your lead! Now, back to work. Just another day, right?!LOL!
Happy Birthday Chuck. Thank you for all your articles and contributions and May you live another 50 years or else I dont know what I will read first thing in the morning !
Happy Birthday Chuck. And thank you for all the work you did to get this newsletter to where it is today. I have told so many of my friends about all the information that is not catering to advertisers.
Happy Birthday Chuck
Happy Birthday Chuck. Thank you for all the great articles and editions you tirelessly publish!!
Happy Birthday, Chuck! Thanks for coming into my life with trustworthy information and knowledge.
Happy Birthday Chuck. Thanks for everything you have done in your life for this newsletter.
Happy Birthday Chuck. Thanks for starting the magazine. Enjoy reading it every day.
Jim
A very Happy Birthday to you.
Happy birthday Chuck…and many, many more
Happy Birthday, Chuck! 13 is definitely a lucky number for you.
Happy Birthday Chuck!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎊🎈🎉
Happy birthday, Chuck!
Emily — your story about your wonderful father is one of the most beautiful I’ve ever read. You are blessed to have him for a father and he is blessed to have his wonderful daughter by his side and carrying his “baby” forward. You’ve put a smile on my face and warmth in my heart on this wonderful day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHUCK!
Happy birthday, Chuck. I’ve enjoyed reading your columns since “Out West” days. May you have many more birthdays.
Happy Birthday Chuck!!!!
I have been with you and RVtravel.com for only about 15 years but in life’s adventure for a little longer than you and still enjoying it. Fran and I have been enjoying our 56 year old Ultra Van on trips far and wide as well as short and near. Last year saw us traveling to Canton, Ohio and many side roads along the way. This year finds us in Canada, California and possibly that bucket list trip around the U.S. Maybe we’ll see you down the road somewhere. Have a great Birthday!
Happy Birthday Chuck. Hope there’s many more to come.
Happy Birthday, Chuck. I’ve been with you (and rvtravel.com) since 2008 and have learned so much from the information you and your team have provided.
Happy Birthday, Chuck! Thank you for you vision and dedication to achieving your dream.
And thank you, Emily, for following in your Dad’s footsteps and keeping this unique publication alive and, hopefully, well!
Emily,
This tribute to your Dad is very moving- thank you! -And just like you, he loves you endlessly as well.
Happy Birthday, Chuck. Thanks for the education all these years.
Happy Birthday! Keep on telling it the way it is.
Happy Birthday Chuck!
And what a wonderful, and loving tribute Ms. Emily!
I know more than a few tears (of joy) were shed in writing that. What a gift!
May you share many more adventures together.
Wishing you a great Birthday Chuck; it comes with a few years of thanks for the memories reading this newsletter as well. Emily, you are so fortunate to have parents like yours and especially to have inherited the writing talents you dispense here. The readers of this newsletter obviously thank you as well.
Happy Birthday, a wonderfully written tribute.
Happy and Blessed Birthday wishes to you! Thank you for sharing your travel knowledge with all of us. Emily’s heartfelt tribute to you says it all!
Beautiful tribute to your Dad. I still really enjoy reading RV Travel even tho I haven’t been RVing since 2020. Long story. Keep up the great writing and work.
Happy Birthday, Chuck. Have a most wonderful special day,
Happy Happy Birthday, Chuck! Keep on traveling, there’s bound to be something you haven’t seen yet!
Happy Birthday, Chuck! Thanks for all the info over the years!
What a great complimentary intro to your birthday Emily did. She is lucky to have parents she has and you are lucky to have such an admiring daughter. Happy Birthday Chuck.
Happy Birthday, Chuck!🎂 Now you’re as old as me.😱😉 Well, until November, when I’ll be a year older than you again.🙄 Thank you for giving me the opportunity to work for/with, and learn from, such a wonderful/amazing person 11 years ago. —Diane
Happy Birthday Chuck !! I’ve been so lucky to spend time each day with you and your wonderful staff learning what to do, what not to do, and how to do it all safely. In your honor I’ll add mac and cheese to my roasted chicken dinner tonight !!
Happy Birthday, Chuck! Such a nice tribute from your daughter.
Thank you for RV Travel. We are never too old to learn!
Happy Birthday Chuck! Thank you for all you have given to Emily and us. May you have many more.
Happy Birthday, Chuck!
This is a good time to say thanks for all the effort you have put into the newsletter for many years. We do not tell you often enough how much we appreciate your honest journalism and refusal to be swayed by the establishment’s almighty dollar! I don’t always agree with your comments but I certainly respect your experience and dedication to the truth!
Take it as a compliment from an “old boomer” when he says well done sir!!
Chuck, I raised a great daughter and it sure sounds like you did too. That alone is what makes each birthday so great.
A little late but better late than never.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHUCK!!!!
You’re not late, Ed. There are 7 hours left of Chuck’s birthday.👍 Have a good evening/night. 😀 –Diane at RVtravel.com
Thanks Diane. But I usually read and respond to RV Travel early in the morning. I was on the road for my Business today and didn’t get back until late this evening. So for me, it was late. I hope you are doing well and that everything is going great for you. Have a great rest of your week Diane.
Thanks, Ed. All’s well here. I will have a great week, and I hope you do, also. 😀 –Diane
Happy Birthday Chuck! Hope that you are having a wonderful day.
Happy Birthday, Chuck. Glad you made it through another year.
Chuck, it’s been an honor to read your newsletters for years and I’m happy to be a subscriber. Happy Birthday!
Thank you, Emily! 🙂 Happy birthday, Chuck! 🙂 May you have many more! Safe travels! 🙂
Happy Birthday Chuck! We getting old!
Happy Birthday Chuck and safe travels!
May we cross paths and travel the same road one day. Until then…
Happy Birthday, Chuck. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wanderlust with us. My dad was much like you, and endowed me with the same love of travel and adventure. God bless you with many more happy, healthy years!
Happy Birthday Chuck!! Thank you for all you do for the Rving community. Happy Trails
Happy Birthday Chuck and we all hope you have many more. Thank you so much for this news letter. And of course your daughter who I believe will carry it on into the future.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHUCK, HOPE YOU HAVE MANY MORE
An absolutely wonderful tribute to your amazing father. Keep the great newsletters coming.
Happy birthday 🎈