Hiking with Spouses

“iluvbackpacking, why so glum? You must be meeting women in the wrong places. Try the local Sierra Club, hiking club meetings or outings. Or even some TT trips. There have been a couple of romances developed there!”

“Pathman... Good point. We have had two TrailTalk marriages that I know of so far--Nomad & Meerkat and Marmot (a.k.a. SARboy) & Trailartist--and a few romances besides that.

As I said, my wife doesn't like to backpack, but we both like dancing, walking on the beach, and hot tubs. We have been taking West Coast Swing lessons for over two years now. I am sure we will be doing a lot more dancing as the kids leave the nest.”

“Phil, I have checked out your website, checked out the photo sites and read a number of your recent posts. I have done some quick and dirty calculating and determined that you cannot possibly have enough time to do everything that you say you do. Are there two of you?

For those of us who are not so equally yolked from a BPing standpoint like Phil and me - it makes a lot of sense to invest time in other things with my spouse or I'll end up a "DWM - loves backpacking".

She Coop had a hard time understanding why I was laying in my sleeping bag in the backyard last night (first chilly night since I bought it.)”

“Phil is Superman.”