RV.Net Open Roads Forum: Travel Trailers: How Many Seniors are Out There Rving?

RV Blog

  |  

RV Sales

  |  

Campgrounds

  |  

RV Parks

  |  

RV Club

  |  

RV Buyers Guide

  |  

Roadside Assistance

  |  

Extended Service Plan

  |  

RV Travel Assistance

  |  

RV Credit Card

  |  

RV Loans

Open Roads Forum Already a member? Login here.   If not, Register Today!  |  Help

Newest  |  Active  |  Popular  |  RVing FAQ Forum Rules  |  Forum Help and Support  |  Contact

Search:   Advanced Search

Search only in Travel Trailers

Open Roads Forum  >  Travel Trailers  >  General Q&A

 > How Many Seniors are Out There Rving?

Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  | 
Page of 5  
Prev  |  Next
Sponsored By:
travel-lady

Apple Valley

Senior Member

Joined: 11/10/2011

View Profile


Offline
Posted: 06/12/12 08:01pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

66 and 65 here and we go out at least twice a month and try to plan 3-4 extended trips.....Not ready to hang up our Keys yet....Five years ago we almost didn't buy this trailer my hubby was having some health issues and I was not sure about sinking the money into a trailer.....Can I say we have had FIVE great years of travel if it should end tomorrow we have made some truly great memories....So go out and make your own memories and have a super time together.....


08 PassPort 245RB
08 Dodge Mega-cab W/Hemi
03 Jayco 10X Quest Pop up
Years of Tent Camping
Pickles the camping Papillon

Leave nothing behind but your footsteps.


mydazeoff

Annapolis MD

Senior Member

Joined: 03/13/2007

View Profile


Offline
Posted: 06/12/12 08:45pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

Mid sixties, you're just starting your next round of go-go years. Buy what you want and hit the road, there is a great group of campers out there waiting to hear your stories. We started a few years ago with a travel trailer, now have a 5th wheel. The future might hold another upgrade to go longer and further.


2006 GMC Sierra 2500HD Duramax LLY, CC, LB
2005 Jayco Eagle 323RKS
Reese 15000 lb. 4 way hitch
Annapolis, Maryland


rfryer

Phoenix

Senior Member

Joined: 04/19/2005

View Profile



Good Sam RV Club Member

Offline
Posted: 06/12/12 09:16pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

Too old? That's BS. I'm 73 and have been camping with tents, a PU, and a TT for 50 years. I pull a small TT, 16', and for the most part I camp well off the road in mountain national forests. None of us have the strength and endurance we had 30 or 40 years ago, but at your age you're capable of doing any sort of camping or RVing you wish. I say go for it with no hesitation at all.

When I was working I made many trips, as many as 3 or 4 weekends a month except in winter. Plus 6 weeks vacation and add some scouting and hunting trips. I make less trips now, but they're a good deal longer, the longest around 3 months. I can't tell you off the top of my head what I may run in a given year, just say I camp a lot.

BrokenElbow

Valencia, CA

Senior Member

Joined: 12/29/2005

View Profile



Good Sam RV Club Member

Offline
Posted: 06/12/12 10:21pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

I'm 69 about to be 70. Started with a tt 6 years ago and now a 5th wheel. We have a great time. I think you are as old as you act and/or think you are. I still think of myself as an active person. Lucky not to have any health issues....If you are healthy..go for it.


2011 Montana 3455, MorRyde pin box, TrailerSaver BD3 air hitch, G614 tires, 2x6volt batts, 2 x Honda 2000i, Rotochoks, 6 pnt Levelup, TST TPMS, Arvika bike rack, Voyager Semi Wireless Rear Cam, Flojet Mascerator, 2008 F350 Lariat 6.4L diesel 4x4 SB CC SRW


stubblejumper

Saskatchewan

Senior Member

Joined: 11/28/2010

View Profile


Offline
Posted: 06/12/12 10:23pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

69 and DW 68. Started out 38 years ago with a canvas wall pop up, then an Apache hard wall pop up, then a 23 ft TT, then a 13 ft Boler fibreglass (kids were gone) and now a 35ft MH ( Too lazy to go through the set up BS when I can do it from the drivers seat). Too old... just getting to the best part. Go for it and enjoy the others are just jealous.


1999 Winnebego Chieftain
Wayne & Leila and Teddi (the Kid in the brown fuzzy pyjamas)
We are not 2 people that own a dog, we are 2 people that are owned by a dog ..

pawatt

Brainerd MN / Mission TX

Moderator

Joined: 01/19/2005

View Profile



Good Sam RV Club Member


Posted: 06/12/12 10:25pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

I thought RVing was designed for seniors.

Atlee

Mechanicsville, VA

Senior Member

Joined: 05/28/2002

View Profile



Good Sam RV Club Member

Offline
Posted: 06/13/12 03:53am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

We're seniors, but we do not RV (camp).

However, we use our RV to tailgate the entire football season. it's unfortunate, but I'm still working and get very little vacation, so we can't use our RV to do much traveling.

For the past decade, we've used a Class B to tailgate in. This fall we'll be using our HiLo trailer to tailgate.

After I retire late next year, we plan on using our TV/TT combo to travel across America.


Erroll, Mary, Duffy the Badger Dog plus "Ollie"
2009 HiLo Towlite 2209T
2005 F150 Supercab 4x4, w/ 5.4L

1996 RoadTrek 210 Popular, on 1995 Chevy Chassis


rockhillmanor

On the Road

Senior Member

Joined: 12/06/2003

View Profile



Posted: 06/13/12 05:12am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

I full time and most of my camping neighbors I have met have been 70+ and usually in better shape than me, and more vibrant than my grandparents who sadly just sit at home growing old. I think RV'ing helps keeps seniors young and physically fit!


"We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us".


ronfisherman

SE Michigan

Moderator

Joined: 06/05/2006

View Profile



Good Sam RV Club Member

Offline
Posted: 06/13/12 05:35am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

We are in our 70's and late 60's. Do a lot of RVing and enjoy it.


2004 Gulf Stream Endura 6340 D/A
TST tire pressure monitor system
Kodiak Chassis Class C Forum


RoyB

King George, VA

Senior Member

Joined: 04/13/2008

View Profile



Good Sam RV Club Member


Posted: 06/13/12 05:38am Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

72 and still pulling an OFF-ROAD POPUP... We will go until we cant do it anymore I guess...


My Posts are IMHO based on my experiences - PM me
Roy and Carolyn
RETIRED DOAF/DON/DOD/CONTR RADIO TECH (42yrs)
K9PHT (Since 1957) 146.52M
2010 F150, 5.4,3:73 Gears,SCab
2008 Starcraft 14RT EU2000i GEN
2005 Flagstaff 8528RESS
POPUP PHOTOs-Pg52-Pg56


Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  | 
Page of 5  
Prev  |  Next

Open Roads Forum  >  Travel Trailers  >  General Q&A

 > How Many Seniors are Out There Rving?
Search:   Advanced Search

Search only in Travel Trailers


New posts No new posts
Closed, new posts Closed, no new posts
Moved, new posts Moved, no new posts

Adjust text size:

© 2013 RV.Net | Terms & Conditions | PRIVACY POLICY | YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS