Tag: Editor’s Roadside Journal
It’s easy to confuse reality with pretend
By Chuck Woodbury
ROADSIDE JOURNAL
Sometimes I catch myself comparing real life to imitation life. I see places in my travels and I think, "Gee, that...
Don’t call me Pal
By Chuck Woodbury
ROADSIDE JOURNAL
Calm down, Chuck, just calm down! That is what I am telling myself at this very moment. The reason is because...
A change in how we camp not always easy for old folks
By Chuck Woodbury
EDITOR
Sooner or later you show your age whether you want to or not. I just watched the video below that was produced...
How do you eat artichokes and bananas?
By Chuck Woodbury
ROADSIDE JOURNAL
Some friends and I were sitting around a campfire gabbing about random stuff when the subject of food came up. For...
What have you found along the road?
By Chuck Woodbury
ROADSIDE JOURNAL
Here is a question for you: What is the best thing you have ever found along a road — something that...
How much of your holiday shopping are you doing online?
By Chuck Woodbury
ROADSIDE JOURNAL
After two years of full-timing, Gail and I recently bought a home just north of Seattle, in the "burbs." My home...
Flying buses: The future is (not) here!
This is the top half of a full page magazine ad for Sinclair Oil. I don't know the date it appeared. What do you...
ROADSIDE JOURNAL: My parents pay a visit. . . sort of
By Chuck Woodbury
ROADSIDE JOURNAL
After I drifted off to sleep last night, my parents paid me a visit. They died 10 years ago, so they...
Another reason to travel with an RV
By Chuck Woodbury
I just returned to Seattle from the big Hershey RV Show in Pennsylvania. This year, I flew; I didn't drive the motorhome....
KOA ad: Really? Ya gotta be kiddin’ me!
By Chuck Woodbury
Early in my career, when I was an aspiring capitalist, I subscribed to the weekly bible of the advertising industry, Advertising Age.
I...
Thank your lucky stars you live where you do!
By Chuck Woodbury
ROADSIDE JOURNAL
I imagine most readers of RVtravel.com live in uncrowded neighborhoods. Some may commute to work on gridlocked freeways or even subways....
It’s easy to take your stuff with you with a big RV and trailer
By Chuck Woodbury
ROADSIDE JOURNAL
This is my neighbor in the RV park. There's at least one motorcycle in the trailer, probably two. I don't know...