Good Sam honors RVing dog rescuer Richard Daniels

Many of us are somewhat relieved to see 2008 go, just as we look forward to welcoming the new year. With luck, better economic times and a healthier stock market await on the horizon.

Despite last year’s problems, 2008 also brought some special memories. China seamlessly hosted the Summer Olympics. America elected a new president. The Phillies won the World Series. And, for the first time, the Good Sam Club has selected an individual as our RVer of the Year.

Naming the RVer of the Year will become an annual club event, and, beginning with the 2009 recipient, members will have the opportunity to use our Good Sam website to both nominate and vote for deserving individuals. To select the initial recipient, I sat down with a number of key Good Sam staff members.

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A very old stray {The Old Fella Story}

Went camping this weekend at a campground on the lake, had not been there for a few years. Once there I began to walk around looking at the different sites when I noticed a very old dog. He just lay there until I got too close then he got up on three legs and hobbled away. Just judging I would say he is at least 11 years old. Well back to my story. The next afternoon he wanders into camp and just sits there looking. He looked so sad, so the wife got a bowl of our dog's food and put it down for him and he came over and ate. He then walked over to our dog and the two of them sniffed each other over and then they lay down together for the rest of the afternoon. That night he disappeared.


The next morning he was back and was a little more receptive of me. I looked at his injured leg and found that half of his rear foot was gone. It had healed and was not causing any problem except that he was walking on the stub that was left with no foot pad which causes him to limp. His front teeth were gone except for one canine tooth and it looked decayed. His eyes were tired looking and showing his age. He spent the rest of the day just laying around looking for a handout and by afternoon the campground host came around and saw him. I enquired about the dog and was told he had been there for three years and that most of the campers were tolerant of him and gave him food.

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