Yes, I drive our coach. It's not a 50-50 split, I drive it about 1/3 of the time, mostly because the Gryphon likes to drive. Of course, as luck seems to have it, when I'm driving, we run into thick fog, or road construction (love those extra-narrow lanes :-P) Or rush hour traffic in down town Portland.:E I can set up, and take down, and have taken the coach out by myself. I'm still working on mastering hooking up the toad, though, we've only had the tow bar for a short while.
One of our projects this summer is to teach our daughter to drive the coach, and set up/take down, while she is home from school. She has no problem driving the Ram 2500 towing the utility trailer, so it shouldn't be an issue. We were cruel parents, we made our children learn to drive in a manual transmission, and learn to drive *all* the family vehicles large and small. :-)
No doubt I'm opening a can of worms here, but could it be a generational thing? Many RVers are of retirement age or more, but I just hit the half-century mark. In my experience, my grandmother didn't drive much, and never drove my grandfather's truck (I can understand that - I did drive it in High School, and it was a beast). My dad always drove when the family was in the car, even though my mother was a perfectly competent driver (*she* taught us all to drive). On the other hand, I drove whatever was available, truck or car, small or large. The first car I owned, my boyfriend at the time was not allowed to drive my car, period, so I drove wherever we went. ( Which was probably a warning flag for the relationship - I dumped him, and kept the car for a long time :-) )
So what do you think, do societal and cultural expectations influence whether or not women drive the RV? What is your experience?
Mrs. Gryphon
