My wife and I have been married 14 years.  We took our first trip to the Q only three years ago.  I had been up there with "the guys" a few times, but always wanted her to go with me.  Finally, our children were old enough to leave with the grandparents and we took our first trip.  She is now addicted, and swears she will never go a year without at least one trip to the Q or Boundary Waters.  

We also paddle around here now all the time.  We took our children (three girls ages 10,7,4) to the B-dub this past summer for their first trip.  Has it changed our family?  You betcha!  One of the best things that ever "happened" to us.