The snowbird crowd is ageing

Executive wrote:
We are going to have to try this "snowbirding" thing out....:W...first thing we should do is define Snowbirding, Full Timing, Camping and RVing.....they all seem to run together. My definition of a snowbird was someone who lives in a northern climate and "migrated" to a warmer southern climate during the winter. These folks generally want to do the same things down south, they did up north. My parents, coming from Michigan, loved playing cards, any kind of cards. I grew up in Newport Beach California and I loved to surf, ski and go sailing. Very different lives and interests. We sold our S&B house, bought the bus and hit the road. Rare is the case we stay longer than a week at any campground. We don't partake in their parties, brunches, card clubs or pickleball. Instead, we're out in the toad looking for adventure and things that interest us. Traveling through Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and the southern states this past year was like a huge history lesson all over again, but much more interesting than it was in high school.

That said, what would we be called??? We still "winter" in Mesa where we bought a home for cash several years ago. The other 10 months, we travel the country adding to its' economy. Full timing snowbirds...???......Dennis

"Full-timing snowbirds"......chuckle, that's pretty good. I say that you are a good example of what I have tried to describe as today's baby boomers. We, as a demographic group, tend to be flexible, spontaneous, and adventuresome. "We roam from town to town". We don't fit into a pre-defined lifestyle, we make the lifestyle fit us. We tend to appreciate all different areas of the country for what is unique about that area and enjoy them.

You mentioned those southern states. Those states, as well as all other states are tremendously interesting to visit. The western states have definite attractions, but so do the others, just different things to enjoy. I think boomers appreciate diversity, even in our travels......and in snowbirding or whatever it's called.

I like your comment on defining those RVing terms. They do all run together and I tend to drop the distinctions and use them indiscriminately. I agree that the term "snowbirding" does bring to mind the people who tend to go south, plop down and play bingo in the clubhouse. As per usual, the boomers are probably going to change that image of "snowbirding" or develop our own term for what we do or how we approach winters.