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covetsthesun
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Jul 18, 2020

Been away for a while

Hey Folks, I've been away from the forum for a long time...a few years now. Life got in the way big time. It still is...but I've pretty well decided it's time to take a new direction. DH thinks the ship has sailed on RVing...towing a trailer etc. Just get a good traveling vehicle and stay in cabins or hotels. I want a truck...but we're looking at Traverse and Tahoe too.

My question is... how old is too old to RV? What special steps do you have to take? Do you stay in dedicated senior parks??

What say you?
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  • I'll be honest - after we bought a condo in FL to enjoy for Snowbirding, we sold our 5th wheel; and bought a Transit T-250 mid-roof cargo van that I converted into a "steel tent" with a nice bed, a portapotty, fantastic fan, and small sink. We took some fun sightseeing trips, and if we encountered weather that was too hot/cold/rainy, we simply stayed in hotels. Worked great.
    Enter Covid - now I'm not so keen on sharing a hotel room; or using the campground facilities that had been our "missing bathroom" for the Transit. Well, the Transit is going to get sold because this week I bought a small TT - I suspect our camping experiences will be weekends spent site-camping with our adult kids who also own RVs. I really want to be self-contained while the virus is raging....
  • How old is too old? .....How's your overall health? Your eyesight? Your reaction time? Your physical ability to do things necessary to carry out the lifestyle? Your true love and comfort level of driving something really big rather than the ease and maneuverability of a regular vehicle?

    I know people that are 65 and, frankly, too 'old' to even drive due to limitations. I also know people in their mid-80's that could run circles around me. Not all seniors are created equal!!
  • I am 65, the wife and DH is 76 and there has certainly been a slow down. However, the last few campers that we have purchased I made sure that I would be comfortable driving our truck, towing, setting up and tearing down. Presently we own a truck camper, which I LOVE, him not so much and a 21 foot travel trailer. A few years ago we had a 32 foot 5th wheel and sure am glad that thing is gone! Get something you are comfortable with or can get comfortable with. Life is short enough.
  • I will be 77 next month and still traveling by myself with my cocker spaniel. I am currently pulling a 23' travel trailer and find it is a little harder to set up and break down then it used to be a few years back. A small Class B would suit me better at this point. But, I am hoping I still have 3 or 4 more years at least.

    I stay in regular campgrounds, a lot Passport America or Corps of Engineer and also have Thousand Trails Zone Pass.
  • My take: I am 84 and my wife of 62 years is 83 and no way do I want to pull a big travel trailer any more.
    With that said, we bought an RV lot in Key Largo and put in a brand new forty foot long TT where we now snow bird, and the trailer is there permanently.
    However we commute to and from it with a small pop-up and then use the pop up as a base camp for journeys into the Everglades NP where we take off kayak camping for a week at a time.
    As long as we have our health, and they lick this Corona virus we'll continue doing what we do know.

    Guy

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