Spartan2,
I admire your post and your marriage... congratulations on having found that perfect spouse that you can do the things both of you do together.  That is a special bond...  I re-married last December, and now I have found a spouse such as you have... she has been with me twice so far, even once before we were married.  But, we share every activity we can do together...  Hunting, fishing, camping, canoeing, everything outdoors... and yes I even go shopping with her too.  We are best friends and look forward to years of doing those things together.

Bruce

I did one trip with my wife. She had been car camping all of her life. She said the trip was "okay", but she has not been bugging me to go on another.

I applaud couples that trip together. I wish my wife was more interested in it. But that's the way it goes. I wouldn't trade my wife (of 24 years) for anyone. She has found a hobby that she is passionate about (quilting) and I have mine.

I try and do at least one of my trips each year with my wife.  She loves it there too.  It is a different trip with her than it is with my brother or buddies, but it is probably my favorite trip of the summer.  Sitting out a bad storm in the tent with a spouse can be much more fun than with a member of the same sex!  We have had about 10 trips together now to the BW/Q and hope to surpass the 38 year mark of the Spartans some day.

I count myself among the lucky ones... my wife is the one that motivated me to get into canoe camping in the bdub after many years of being too busy with other things. I had done some canoe camping in Quebec as a teenager with my Boy Scout troop, and had spent several summers in northern Minnesota doing field geology (including one summer during which I lived in a tent at a campground for 11 weeks) before we were married, but had not been in the bdub before beyond a day trip or two.

She suggested that we take a trip for our 15th anniversary in 2004. We took a short "proof of concept" trip just after ice out in 2004 for our very first trip together. It was awesome. Saw only one other person on a solo trip the entire time. Our friends who had been to the bdub thought we were nuts for taking that trip which covered 8 lakes and 9 portages in 2 and a half days literally right after ice out as our first effort. We had a blast. We then took a slightly longer trip over our anniversary in September that year.

This year, she took a trip with some of her female friends in mid May. I was thrilled that she wanted to go up there with her friends, but definitely had to fight pangs of jealousy and envy. We took a family trip with our two daughters in August, and the two of us took a short trip in October.

Suffice to say the bug has bitten both of us hard and we are now addicted. While I hope to do a solo trip down the road, I really enjoy our trips together and would be hard pressed to opt for a solo trip if she wants to come along. I expect our future trips will get longer and more adventuresome (into the Q instead of just the bdub?) now that we know we do well together in the wilderness. I couldn't feel luckier...   

My wife and I have been married for 28 years and have been paddling together for over 30 years. She introduced me to canoe camping. Each of us has other hobbies that we are passionate about (fishing for me, horseback riding for her) but we always make time for canoeing together. In fact, canoeing is the only hobby we participate in together with any regularity.