Update on the fun-loving 'Sisters on the Fly' and their vintage trailers

Maurrie, Sister #1 (left) and Becky, Sister #2

The 2014 season will be The Sisters on the Fly's 16th year of: "Offering empowerment and sisterhood through exceptional outdoor adventures.”

Maurrie Sussman of Phoenix, Ariz., and her real-life sister, Becky Clarke of McCall, Idaho, are the driving force behind Sisters on the Fly, a unique group of women who love to fly fish, ride horses and caravan with vintage trailers.

It all began in the summer of 1999, when Becky and Maurrie were sitting on a drift boat in Montana. “We were happily drinking a glass of wine in celebration of catching an 8-pound Brown trout,” recalled Maurrie, “and we thought it would be fun to share this with friends.”

Since then their “sisterhood” has grown to more than 4,000 women ranging in ages from 21 to 95. “We are average women having extraordinary adventures,” she said.

Sisters on Caravan.

"Along the way we decided it would be much more fun to outfit some vintage trailers and drag them down the road with us," said Maurrie. "How good it is to fall into your own feather bed at the end of a long day of fishing and wake to the smell of coffee right outside your door in the morning. Pretty good, I’d say."

 A number of the rigs are from the 1950s and '60s and range from 12 to 16 feet. Models include Shasta, Scotsman, Aloha, Airstream, Scotty, Holiday, Aljo, Leigh, Crown and Empire.

“These trailers took on personalities of their own, and that of their owners," said Maurrie. "They are proudly, and some fantastically, decorated with kitschy themes and love.”

There are a number of Caravan Events on the books for 2014 including:

May 9-13, 2014	Mazie's 95th Birthday Bash
June 5-12	Cowgirl College
July 25-28	Grammas on the Loose
July 31-4	Montana Rivers of Awe
August  9-14	Fishing School 101
August 22-28	Cowgirl Boot Camp
Aug. 31-Sept. 7, 2014	Dude Ranch Retreat
September 15-20	Epic Glacier & Craig Trip
October 4-8	Couples on the Fly

Maurrie and Cowboy

The one-week Cowgirl College, set for June 5-12, 2014, "Is pure heaven for all cowgirls and I mean pure heaven. You don’t need to know how to be a cowgirl, but it helps if you know the front from the back of a horse," said Maurrie.

You can reach them through their Web site, www.sistersonthefly.com. You can join this incredible group of women for an annual fee of $60.

Photos: Courtesy of Sisters on the Fly.

Read more by Julianne G. Crane at RVWheelLife.com