Lost interest in RV Travel

Gawd I miss RV'ing. It's been a brutal winter in the MidWest and we have not been out in the RV since October.
We flew to San Antonio for 5 days. Really did not enjoy the flight one bit, The hotel room was nice but terrible dry (not like my RV) Could not open the windows in the hotel to enjoy the smells and sounds of the outdoors. Quickly got tired of hotel/restaurant food.
Wife and I both got sick on the way home and ended up with Bronchitis for 2 weeks.

Enjoyed sights and sounds of San Antonio but can't wait to go back with our RV so we can really enjoy our time.
Can't wait to retire in 3 years so I can get the He+double hockey sticks out of these cold mid-west winters.
I think I am actually a little depressed this winter as we have traded RV's and are picking up our new RV in 3 weeks and I am not excited yet.
Not looking forward to likely still doing the PDI in snow and salty roads.
Mother Nature Please Bring on Spring yesterday:(

One has to wonder.. if you don't miss RVing then why are you here?

It's called "FRIENDS".

The OP lives in a state where it is harsh winter. What he is suffering from is called Seasonal Affective disorder - SAD. No joke... He doesn't need pills or thrarpy. What he needs is sunshine.

Maybe, maybe not. I live in a harsh winter climate. I suffer from SAD but that's not why I don't want an RV right now. I am just not interested in RVing at this point in my life. It might be more serious than that, it might be less serious. NONE of us can diagnose what's wrong.

The above said and judging by your post a few back, maybe some warm air and sunshine is the cure. It's finally warm enough here to run the dogs on the beach, which we are going to do this afternoon.

Agree with "judge lest ye be judged". Life changes. People change. Couples grow differently and want different things (I'll have been married 30 years this May so I know) and that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's how the couple handles it that is important. And sometimes we just hit the wall and we JUST DON'T WANT TO DO SOMETHING and nobody should force us otherwise or tell us there's something wrong with us.

RVTEN, go do what YOU want for a while. Stand on your head. Run around in your birthday suit. Sit on the couch with the dog. You need to clear your head and determine what your next step in life is. Keep up with the doc if necessary. Not a diagnosis but a gut feel from me-you've had the "epiphany of age" when you realize you aren't as young as you used to be. It's scary and sometimes it causes emotional pain. I may be way out of line or off base but been there done that. And as my MIL says "this, too, shall pass". Good luck and keep us posted.

Same thing happened to MIL and FIL. Except it is the other way around. MIL feels it is too much work packing, unpacking, cooking, cleaning, etc. says its easier to stay home.
We are sorry for them, but they are the ones who got us into the RV lifestyle 23 years ago, so we thank them for that.
Times change, and people change. Nothing wrong with it. Hope both of you are happy and are able to pursue your interests. Maybe your wife will feel comfortable over time taking off with the grandkids for extended weekends in the RV.
Best of luck to both of you. Just try to stay a little active because doing nothing all day makes you old quickly, both physically and mentally.

Thank you everyone for your replys.
Got two PM's. To them special thank you.

Now that weather is getting back to normal. Sunshine windows open.
I frame if mind may clear up.

Clay L wrote:
I understand completely. Like me the OP has enjoyed RVing for years and just wants to share the way he feels now.

We full timed for 11 years and snow birded for 1 year and have now decided we are ready to stop and start a new chapter in our lives. The rig will probably be put on the market next summer.

I joined this forum in 2002 and have over 6000 posts. I will continue to read and try to contribute to the forum as long as I wish. If that doesn't suit you that is your problem.

X2

Weekend jaunts small TT, bigger TT longer trips. Then a MH and then I just HAD to go Full-time. I thought I would never stop RV'ing!

Well the truth is "nothing" in this world as we know it lasts forever.
RV'ing gets old at different rates for each person. To each his own.

To those passing judgement on the OP:
Matthew 7:1, "Judge not that ye be not judged." :W

I think he's done.....married 49 years, so I'm guessing he's about 70ish. The average RVer (not everyone, so don't jump on me) is good to about 70-75 years old before they just aren't comfortable driving an RV, or want to RV anymore. Health issues often require you to stay closer to home and less interested in travelling.

We had a boat for 20 years, we were done and sold it when the kids got married. We then bought a large cruiser (motorcycle) and kept that for 11 years. My back wasn't great and we were done with the bike and sold it. We now have a RZR that we'll probably use for a few years and be done.

We bought our Monaco Diplomat new in 2005 when I was 48 years old and still working. I retired three years ago and in the last year, I started looking for a new coach. My wife loved the Diplomat and thought I was crazy. I told her that I thought we could reasonably RV to about age 70 an the Monaco wouldn't last (without constant repairs and upgrades) for another 12 years. This was the time to get a new coach and when it was worn out, we would probably be done to.

One thing I will say though....some days I could sit in my recliner all day and watch TV, but I know for my own health and the health of my marriage, I need to get out and be active. We're mixing it up to keep things fresh/fun. We bought the new coach and took it out for three days and will now park it for 8 weeks. We are heading out on a cruise and then helping the kids move into their new house. Come May 1st though, we're going to burn some diesel!

"rvten".....veg a little and then get out there and find some things to do....do it for your wife and do it for your health, both mental and physical.

I can understand RVten's point of view. I am comming from the other end. Spent 23 years in subs, traveled 100k plus miles a year. Spent 17 years as a gov't contractor, traveled 70K+ miles a year. Now going on 10 years as a govee worrying about threats to this wonderful country of ours. DW of 41 years wants me to give it up, retire, travel in the MH and see what i've (and many others) have been protecting all these years. Now at 67 and having survived a bout with cancer, i'm going to do it. Take my 38 footer, take my time, see those Federal and State parks and everything in-between (including that rediculously large ball of twine and that crater) and take my time enjoying it. I've been the full route with the DW. Backpacking, tent camping, Van camping, pop-up camping and Class A rving (11 years now). So who knows, maybe after a bit of time just chilling at the brick and mortar he will get the wander spirit again, maybe not, but his choice and his alone.

Just my opinion.

If your wife is reasonably cute, I'll take her with me. I'm just down the road from you. :)

We'll send you a postcard. LOL!

A lot of "liking to RV" is based on if you consider RV'ing as an end in itself ... or if you consider RV'ing as a means to some other end.

We use our RV because we need (at our age) a comfortable "go-anywhere-living-compartment" to make possible following our hearts doing something else.

Perhaps what the OP needs is a redirection to some other interest that just happens to require an RV ... so that he can both continue to be with his wife while she is RV'ing and also be "RV'ing by necessity" to make possible enjoying his new interest.

We wouldn't be happy RV'ing either if it meant only living in our mobile box sitting around in various RV campgrounds. Maybe that's what the OP is really not interested in anymore ... as opposed to using an RV as a temporary living space for indulging in something else new.

Caveman Charlie wrote:

rvten wrote:
OK been married 49 year this August. Same woman.
Started RVing in 67.
We both have gone down hill some.

Oh we are both X Yankees with Southern blood.
Pulling into an RV PK. Sitting outside sipping a brew and letting the wife go on her own Is fine with me. Tried that one time. IL ST PK Ranger did not like my brew. Cost me $70.00 fine. Think his name was Barney Fife.

Right now getting work done around the house so we can hit the road. But would still love to sell the MH. Upside down deal.

Ya'll enjoy the road this year.

See, but that's part of what I said.

Wrong parks!!!

Too big and expensive of a RV. Life is better when you keep things slower and more simple.

How about,,, Sell the RV you have and get something smaller that both you and the wife can enjoy??? It might, maybe, make you both feel younger again and be like starting over without all the "baggage". And by baggage I mean both in the form of what you haul,,, and what you are hauling around in your head.

Too many money/stress worries and not enough time to enjoy solitude in a nice peaceful place with your wife, good food, and a 6 pack.

Did that already. One reason we are in upside down ownership. From a 35' MH to a 29'
MH. Our bad decision. Like the size of our rig now. Just not interested and now wife wants to take the GKids with in a MH made for 2..