Chuck's Backpacking Bonanza is gone because after 13 years, AOL has stopped hosting websites. My replacement site is now Bike, Hike, and Paddle. I appreciate AOL's sponsorship for these 13 years and for having allowed me to create Chuck's Backpacking Bonanza way back when websites were quite new, but the way AOL simply stopped hosting has many users extremely angry. I happened to notice AOL's announcement a month ago while visiting Chuck's Backpacking Bonanza because a banner had been placed across the top of the page. AOL stated they'd notify everyone by email but never did, so many users were caught unawares and lost all their pages and photos yesterday and now are up in arms. I spent dozens of hours over the last 4 weeks revising 200+ pages and re-uploading the pages of Chuck's Backpacking Bonanza as well as 500 photos to another host.
We all wish AOL had at least allowed a re-direct so people who had bookmarked Chuck's Backpacking Bonanza over the last 13 years would be sent to the new Bike, Hike, and Paddle, but such is not the case. So please forgive my constant repetition of Chuck's Backpacking Bonanza but I am posting this message (and its many uses of the name Chuck's Backpacking Bonanza) hoping search engines pick it up and re-direct those looking for Chuck's Backpacking Bonanza's to its new location at Bike, Hike, and Paddle.
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