55+ RV Parks
In my search for places for my wife and I to stay next winter, I've looked at dozens of RV Park/Resort websites. Many advertise as being 55+ parks. Although my wife and I qualify, we barely qualify. I...
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Thunder Mountain wrote:A few years ago we walked into a clubhouse and the posters and flyers were all about the upcoming tribute concert of the Andrews Sisters music and the next week was a nightclub show featuring Borscht Belt entertainment. That wasn't our best winter destination choice.
Nine winters ago we were in the same situation as you. Many of the people we met in the 55+ RV parks were old enough to be our parents. We had very little in common with them other than a love of RVing and enjoying life on the road.
The social activities were mostly geared toward that generation such as crafts, line dancing etc. The tribute concerts and clubhouse background music was early 50's to very early 60s. Our idea of fun is hiking in the desert, mountain biking and ATVing.
Things have definitely changed in some parks. Baby Boomers are turning 65 at the rate of 10,000 per day. I assume that the older generation is leaving the road at about the same rate. About four years ago we were sitting in the hot tub at Canyon Vistas after a day of hiking when I noticed that the 60s rock tune "Gloria" was blaring over the speakers. I quipped something to the effect, "When you hear that tune in a RV park, you know you have arrived." We see far more hiking groups and ATVers than before. Pickle ball seems more popular that shuffle board. Tribute concerts are definitely geared more towards the rock generation. We've got a good friend who makes the rounds doing John Denver tributes.
We've also noticed a change in the types of RVs. Yes, we see boomers in new $1,000,000 coaches. But we see lots more small RV such as those built on the Mercedes chassis driven by recent Boomer retirees.
