23rd Anniversary of My Websites

Twenty-three years ago (January of 1996) I began a website called Chuck's Backpacking Bonanza which documented with photos and information my 60+ backpacking adventures across the country. There were very few Internet gateways to online information back then (pre-Google) and my site became one of the three go-to tools for such information. For those who recall, uploading photos and webpages back then was slow and arduous and done by telephone modem. What takes seconds now took minutes back then and the resolution of the photos was poor.

As the years progressed and technology improved, I added my biking, rafting, kayaking, and canoeing adventures to the site as well as my volunteer trail projects and changed the name to Bike, Hike, and Paddle which now serves as the index for my Chuck's Adventures site. Together the two sites have had over 587,000 visits and contain over ten thousand photos. A decade ago I began making videos of my adventures, and my YouTube channel has 150+ movies with 468,000 views. It's rewarding to share my outdoor adventures with so many people!

You'l find this index in the sidebar on the right: