Most longtime RVers have made friends on their journeys. They meet some when wintering in the same snowbird park year after year. Others befriend strangers they meet just once in an RV park or campground who they hit it off so well with that they know there and then they don’t want to lose touch with them.
Especially outgoing RVers can end up with friends from one corner of the country to another, even those in far-off lands. For many, visits with such people can become wonderful stops on their RV journeys.
What about you? Have you ever made a really good friend (or couple) while RVing? Or maybe you have many such friends. Please answer the poll below and be sure to tell us about your encounter and the friendship that ensued.
Strong yes. Camping with rally grouping develops a common interest. Strangers are friends we have not met
Yes to a few. We have stayed for years at a campground in upstate NY for the annual Americade motorcycle rally. It became a sort of reunion every year. We do communicate with them throughout the year, exchanging emails and phone calls.
I spend 2 months in a little Mom and Pop campground in Florida every winter. I have met several folks there that I keep in touch with and even go to visit or travel with. When I get to the campground in winter, it is like a homecoming event that lasts 2 months.
Over the years, having been around the lower 48 states twice, through most of Canada and up to Alaska , we have made many RV friends. One couple who we met in 2008 at the Daytona 500, we still visit with them every year we travel south. One couple that we met in Alaska we communicate with very often. There are many others we keep in contact with. You can not have too many friends Stay safe and Stay well.
We made lifelong friends on our very first RV trip. We met the managers, Margie & JC, of our very first RV park in Yellowstone country. Starting before we arrived, they were helpful and friendly. They both have an energetic enthusiasm for life that sets them apart from most people. Margie & JC helped inspire us to live the RV life. When I saw just how much fun they were having, I realized this was the kind of life I wanted to live. We have managed to meet up with them about once a year every since, for the last ten years. We always look forward to our next meetup. We have made many RV friends over the years, but Margie & JC were the first.
Is that what the RV life is about?
Seeing new places and meeting new friends
re: Is that what the RV life is about?
For some people. Others have their own reasons for RVing.
Have been on 10 RV trips with Fantasy RV Tours and have made many friends along the way. Many were made on the 62 day Alaska trip and they remain today….especially those from MA, NY, PA, RI and CT. WE had a reunion of the Alaska travelers in MA this summer and it was GREAT! …..PA Mountains Travelers.
No, not yet anyways
I chose the smaller yes. It has been 6 years since we met. So far we are very friendly and arguably friends. But, six years is not long. We’ll see in another 5 or 6 years. I guess we’ll know for sure then.
I wonder what the look of this subject would have looked like had it been taken 10 years ago?
Part of my enjoyment of wandering in “Lucy.”….Meeting new folks, even for a day. So many stories to share with new “friends” if even for a night or more.
If you consider camping at NASCAR races then yes I’ve met and stayed close to a few couples.
Yes, a Canadian couple we met in Florida on our way to the Keys. Said our goodbyes, then saw them at the same RV park in the Keys (never asked where they were going when we met them😂). Then again in Naples, Fl…never asked. All serendipitious. Must have been a sign. So we stayed in touch. Invited them to come to Daytona 500 race we attend every year. Husband brought his brother. Then we saw them another time in the Keys and as recently as last year when we were going to drive down to see them (they have a lot in S FL) and they surprised us by getting a reservation where we were staying. Had a great 4 days.
Met some folks in a Mexico RV park in 2007 from Vancouver Island. Have stayed friends, them visiting us and vice versa. They finally bought a winter place a mile from us.
We met cruisers (boating) in 1989 and still connect when we can. Christmas mail goes back and forth every year.