54 Years of Marriage and RVing

[UTTransplant]

I have always said if I can’t pass a driving test, then I shouldn’t be driving. That includes physical dexterity, vision, and skills. It is why I have absolutely zero problem if some day my state would require a special license for driving an RV. If I couldn’t pass it, I shouldn’t be driving. I am only 71, a youngster to some here, but I hope I give up my keys before I become unsafe. Actually, I am pretty sure my oldest son’s take-no-prisoners honesty will make sure I know when that is. But I also know that age is just a number. My mom was an unsafe driver at 60; my FIL was safely driving cross-country at 89.

 

[Kirk]

Today marks our 54th anniversary of wedded bliss, but it is also 54 years of RV-ing.

Congratulations! We were married in 1962 but didn't get our first RV until 1972. We did do quite a bit of camping with a tent between 1968 and 72 and we owned an RV of some type nearly all of the time until 2024. I consider the best of our RV experiences to have been the years that we were fulltime, with no real estate anywhere.

 

[Utclmjmpr]

KIRK,,I will join you with being married in 1962, best thing to happen in my life >>>Dan

 

[Firstime RVer]

Married 52 years here. Started out with tent camping followed a few years later with a conversion van. When that died we went for a second conversion van. Kids came and camping got put on the back burner. Ended up with a TT that we really enjoy in our "twilight years" . I has all the comforts we want or need and allows us to enjoy the pleasures of mostly week long trips along with a few long weekends with friends, as well. All I can say is so far so good. Wish you all the same.
Safe travels and all the best.

 

[ButchW1]

55 yrs for us... We started camping before we got married... On our honeymoon (1972) we took her '68 VW bug up Hwy 1 from LA to Northern CA, across the state back thru the Sierras and down.. Favorite part was sleeping in a couple of sleeping bags along side the Klamath River... No tent, just the bags on the ground watching the stars... Woke up, made coffee, picked some wild blackberries, smashed them with some butter on some Wonder Bread... Best breakfast ever!!!... We didn't camp every night, but we did a few...
1st years camping were out of her VW or my '70 Opal GT (Absolutely no room), then to a '70 Ford Van, that I converted to a pop-up camper, then onto a couple of cab-over truck campers, trailers, 5th wheel to our present class A MH..
Butch

 

[joe&doreen]

This past August it was 56 years married been thru tents ,race cars, boats, and a class a motorhome and loving life

 

[UTTransplant]

This past August it was 56 years married been thru tents ,race cars, boats, and a class a motorhome and loving life

Good grief Joe and Doreen! Did you get married at 15?

 

[DonTom]

I wonder if RV'ers have longer relationships than most others.

-Don- Baker, NV (very windy here today)

 

[Ex-Calif]

I wonder if RV'ers have longer relationships than most others.

-Don- Baker, NV (very windy here today)

I've been married 40 years. For the last 14 to the same woman...

 

[ButchW1]

55 yrs for us... We started camping before we got married... On our honeymoon (1972) we took her '68 VW bug up Hwy 1 from LA to Northern CA, across the state back thru the Sierras and down.. Favorite part was sleeping in a couple of sleeping bags along side the Klamath River... No tent, just the bags on the ground watching the stars... Woke up, made coffee, picked some wild blackberries, smashed them with some butter on some Wonder Bread... Best breakfast ever!!!... We didn't camp every night, but we did a few...
1st years camping were out of her VW or my '70 Opal GT (Absolutely no room), then to a '70 Ford Van, that I converted to a pop-up camper, then onto a couple of cab-over truck campers, trailers, 5th wheel to our present class A MH..
Butch

I forgot boat camping.. Catalina Island, Lake Powell, other lakes around CA, on my 20’- IO…. Another trip to Lake Powell on a house boat.. How could I forget those…
Butch

 

[Rene T]

Catalina Island, Lake Powell, other lakes around CA, on my 20’- IO….

What is IO? Inboard/outboard?

 

[ButchW1]

What is IO? Inboard/outboard?

Yes, Inboard/Outboard…
Butch

 

[DonTom]

Another trip to Lake Powell on a house boat..

I was at Lone Rock (at Lake Powell on the Utah Side ) a few years ago in my Class C on a hot August day. I was right next to the water, so I would just jump in the lake as it got too hot during the day.

But will you have enough water in there for your house boat these days???

"3,518.13 ft MSL (as of August 28, 2026), per the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. This is 21.2% of full capacity (5.16 MAF of 24.32 MAF), about 182 ft below full pool (3,700 ft) and 28 ft above the minimum power pool (3,490 ft) — below which Glen Canyon Dam can no longer generate hydropower.

The lake set a record low of 3,519.91 ft on August 15, breaking the previous record of 3,519.92 ft from April 2023, amid a severe multi-decade drought in the Colorado River Basin. It has since declined another ~2 ft. The Bureau of Reclamation's 24-Month Study projects the lake will end water year 2026 near 3,516 ft (~22% capacity), and warns it could reach minimum power pool as soon as this winter without significant precipitation. "

-Don- Kingston Camp, NV

 

[ButchW1]

I was at Lone Rock (at Lake Powell on the Utah Side ) a few years ago in my Class C on a hot August day. I was right next to the water, so I would just jump in the lake as it got too hot during the day.

But will you have enough water in there for your house boat these days???

"3,518.13 ft MSL (as of August 28, 2026), per the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. This is 21.2% of full capacity (5.16 MAF of 24.32 MAF), about 182 ft below full pool (3,700 ft) and 28 ft above the minimum power pool (3,490 ft) — below which Glen Canyon Dam can no longer generate hydropower.

The lake set a record low of 3,519.91 ft on August 15, breaking the previous record of 3,519.92 ft from April 2023, amid a severe multi-decade drought in the Colorado River Basin. It has since declined another ~2 ft. The Bureau of Reclamation's 24-Month Study projects the lake will end water year 2026 near 3,516 ft (~22% capacity), and warns it could reach minimum power pool as soon as this winter without significant precipitation. "

-Don- Kingston Camp, NV

Yea, that is a real tragedy…That water and power supplies a lot of people..
Butch

 

[Firstime RVer]

We're still going strong at 52 years of wedlock. Started out tent camping went through 2 conversion vans took a few years off ended up with our current TT, for the last ten years.
All the best to all.
Keep on keeping on.

 

[Oldgator73]

We celebrated 53 years last February. We’ve been camping and RVing off and on most of that 53 years. Even tent camped in Japan. Full timed for several yeas after I retired from the AF. Now we just collect properties. Fixing up a small cottage on 40 acres in SW Virginia. Might move down there next year.