The snowbird crowd is ageing

aauummm wrote:

You hit the nail on the head as far as I am concerned. I was going to get into what active Baby Boomers want in my previous post but decided not to as it would take too much time and effort to explain it. However, I will go ahead and address that. We enjoy doing a wide variety of active outdoor things just as you do.

We off-road (done Moab, etc.), explore ghost towns, desert and country hiking, rock hounding, nature photography, sight seeing, bicycling, National Parks, etc., etc. I got interested in Patton's WWII Desert Training Camps so we explored them on a whim (fascinating history).

We don't do bingo, potluck, cards, shuffle board, golf, park parades, structured craft classes, etc. We are very apt to do spur-of-the-moment things and avoid a strict schedule. For snowbirding we prefer to do different locations each winter. Same with traveling. I enjoy the desert SW for all of the variety and outdoor activities available and the RGV for their outdoor activities. However, in contrast, we might visit a museum or zoo on one day and then the next day explore the dunes on South Padre and then follow that up with a seafood dinner with a nice glass of wine at a nice restaurant.

I do notice that a lot of us boomers enjoy up-scale RV parks to have as a home base. We like to have lots of elbow room and a degree of privacy. We like the concrete pads, patios and drives, paved streets, landscaping, strong internet, quiet, etc. Those types of parks seem to be thriving from what we've seen.

At other times I love a more primitive Rving experience so we'll do boondocking or public campgrounds such as the Corps of Engineers or National Forest CG's, etc.

There's lots of wonderful things in this country to stick our noses into and we are going to try to do as many as possible!