Nearly a Personal Record

[GowerGulch42]

But then a handful of years later I had met my current wife, Kathy, and as we were getting closer and closer I took her on a trip to DV, wondering if it would be a deal breaker if she did not like it.

Now you take your wife to DV *after* you got married. 1) You've been going there so many years, this might be a relatively new marriage for you? and 2) what would have happened if she didn't like it? !!!

She's never been a super outdoorsy person. She has trouble sometimes with sun and heat so I was happy to continue doing what I'd already been doing, going out and about with other people. In the last year or so, she's gotten motivated to do and try more things and push her own boundaries in part because I've been down there so much! It wouldn't have been a deal breaker, but it would have made me sad. I'm lucky to have other people to go with! We've been married a little over two years now.

DAW, I've had a similar experience - luckily, we were camped at Lemoigne so it was a short jaunt to Stovepipe to use their comfort station!