Humble beginnings...Where it all began

[jsb5717]

Seems like most of us on the forum have been hauling trailers for many, many years. I just retired and was reminiscing about life back in the day and was curious about some of our stories about when we first started trailering.

DW and I have been married 39 years. Right after we tied the knot she informed me that her idea of roughing it was Motel 6. We both grew up tent camping but she wasn't having any more of that. We didn't have a lot of money and our first towable was a disreputable, ancient, tent trailer. It was old and ugly but we used it for 2 seasons. About year 3 of marriage we bought our first TT. It was a 23' 1977 Layton. It wasn't fancy but we were delighted to have it. It served our young family well and made many great memories. We used that thing for 10 years and sold it for what we paid for it. Not bad. Our next rig was a 5er and we've been pulling 5ers ever since.

We have loved trailering since that first TT and look forward to more of it since we have both retired.

Anyone else? How did it all begin?