But when she married in 1994 she and her husband took seven Elderhostel trips together before his death in 1998. She said Elderhostel is helping her do that. Mooers' first Elderhostel experience was from the seat of a bike instead of the seat of a desk. The 13-day bike trip through France's Loire Valley focused on some of the most notable of its 1,500 chateaux and their histories. She has taken six subsequent bike trips with women friends, including one in Italy this month.
People are healthier, they live longer, they're more active, they want more physical exercise.
People are younger at older ages these days. Another new and popular program emerging at Elderhostel is women-only courses. Daly said they were unsuccessfully offered in Minnesota 15 years ago, but she thinks their time has finally come. Smith said if a women-only program was offered at the right place and the right time she would definitely sign up for it. It would appeal to me because I have found that women's groups are just so interesting when they're by themselves.