PhillyPhan
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Hi-
I have what my husband calls a "fantasy" about wanting to travel by RV. I think I have finally convinced him to give it a try this May. My only camping experience was with my family when I was 16. After a year when my father was an exchange teacher in England, we borrowed a tent and set off for a seven week trip on the continent. My parents did not have much of a plan and my father could not figure out how to set up the tent, but of course, it turned out to be a wonderful experience---at least in retrospect.
Obviously, I would like this first RV experience to be a good one. My husband (a physician-scientist) has a conference in San Francisco this May, followed by another conference a week later in Seattle. Our plan was to drive up the coast, stopping at B&B's. (I must interject here that I had to convince my husband to stay at a B&B 25 years ago and we've been doing so ever since. I also had to convince him to go on a four day hike in New Zealand in 2002 which ended up being the highlight of our trip Down Under. I guess you can figure out the dynamic here.)
So, my first questions will be about renting an RV in San Francisco and returning it in Seattle and whether this trip makes any RV sense---especially for a first RV trip. I will explore the Forum to see if I can find suitable places to post my questions.
BTW, I'm a semi-retired lawyer and we live just outside of Philadelphia. Our sons are now 23 and 19, so we are pretty much empty nesters. Notwithstanding my husband's initial skepticism about some of my travel ideas, we both love to travel and travel well together---once the planning is done. Because of his work, my husband travels internationally and all over the U.S. We try to tack our vacations onto the beginning or end of his work travel when we can.
Did any of you experienced RVers have to initially convince your spouse or significant other to give RVing a try?
This seems like a very helpful website and I hope to be able to actually contribute some day.
Suzanne Fluhr
I have what my husband calls a "fantasy" about wanting to travel by RV. I think I have finally convinced him to give it a try this May. My only camping experience was with my family when I was 16. After a year when my father was an exchange teacher in England, we borrowed a tent and set off for a seven week trip on the continent. My parents did not have much of a plan and my father could not figure out how to set up the tent, but of course, it turned out to be a wonderful experience---at least in retrospect.
Obviously, I would like this first RV experience to be a good one. My husband (a physician-scientist) has a conference in San Francisco this May, followed by another conference a week later in Seattle. Our plan was to drive up the coast, stopping at B&B's. (I must interject here that I had to convince my husband to stay at a B&B 25 years ago and we've been doing so ever since. I also had to convince him to go on a four day hike in New Zealand in 2002 which ended up being the highlight of our trip Down Under. I guess you can figure out the dynamic here.)
So, my first questions will be about renting an RV in San Francisco and returning it in Seattle and whether this trip makes any RV sense---especially for a first RV trip. I will explore the Forum to see if I can find suitable places to post my questions.
BTW, I'm a semi-retired lawyer and we live just outside of Philadelphia. Our sons are now 23 and 19, so we are pretty much empty nesters. Notwithstanding my husband's initial skepticism about some of my travel ideas, we both love to travel and travel well together---once the planning is done. Because of his work, my husband travels internationally and all over the U.S. We try to tack our vacations onto the beginning or end of his work travel when we can.
Did any of you experienced RVers have to initially convince your spouse or significant other to give RVing a try?
This seems like a very helpful website and I hope to be able to actually contribute some day.
Suzanne Fluhr