A couple with a 21-year age gap who are sometimes mistaken to be father and daughter say "age is just a number". "

Hillary, 35, and her husband, Kris, 57, started dating in 2018 while working for the same Fortune 500 healthcare company in North Carolina, US.

They had both previously been married to people their own age but marriages broke down and the pair connected over their mutual love of travel.

Their relationship blossomed and now the couple travel around the US in their supersize RV.

Hillary says that Kris is sometimes mistaken for her father, but the pair usually just laugh it off.

Kris has two sons from his previous marriage, aged 25 and 23.

Hillary, from New Orleans, Louisiana, US, said: "We recognise that there is a 20 plus year age gap so we don't get offended when this happens and just let people know that we are in fact a couple."

The couple have widely different interests, Kris is a self proclaimed "petrol-head" while Hillary is passionate about hiking, photography, and dogs. "

The pair say their differing age most shows in relation to what music and TV they like.

Hillary said: "We grew up in different generations and have very different taste in those."

"When we first met I thought he was a lot younger and he thought I was older - we initially didn't realise there was that much of a difference."

"We both had big wanderlust, it just drew me to him, and we were able to travel to lots of places with our work."

The pair became official in late 2018 and eventually moved into an apartment together in Durham, North Carolina.

Hillary said: "Everything just seemed to work, we compliment each other really well."

"The age gap brings a unique aspect to our relationship - as we're at different points in life, they complement each other. "

"I trust Kris' experience - he is capable of handing a lot of things - especially mechanical fixes and stressful situations, while I am more technologically savvy."

"I am the planner where Kris is more the spontaneous one."

The couple made plans to travel all around the world, but then in March 2020 when the world came to a screeching halt due to the pandemic, their plans all had to be scrapped.



the couple went down a YouTube rabbit hole of watching channels with people who own RVs and became inspired.

Hillary said: "Neither one of us had ever travelled in an RV – it was totally new to us."



"We dove right in and found an RV online and made the spontaneous decision to start RVing."

"We flew to out of state to pick it up – we didn't even know how to start the thing and the whole way driving home we were like 'what have we got ourselves into?'. "

"But once we got the hang of it we just loved the freedom it provided." "

The couple travelled around the US in their motorhome for a year while still owning their house and working remote.

After the first year, they decided to fully invest in the nomad lifestyle, selling their home and most of their possessions to live on the road full time.

In there three years of RVing they've visited every single state except Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont.

Hillary said: "Once we started we realised how freeing it was to not be tied down to one particular location – we can explore new places and chase the good weather."



"We pick up and move locations every couple of weeks. "

"We are different to a lot of people online in that we are more focused on the luxury RV lifestyle." "

Their Class A American Coach 45A diesel pusher motorhome features two large sofas, a king-size bed, four TVs, office space, a dishwasher, a pantry, washing machine, and dryer, and a large shower - while a touchscreen controls the RVs air con and the heated floors.

A brand new RV of this kind typically costs $900k - the couple won't reveal how much they paid for their one but said it was less as they got it second-hand.

Hillary unlike, Kris does not have kids and says she has never felt a "maternal instinct" and doesn't want kids."

Hillary said: "I'm closer in age to Kris' kids than to Kris."

"He is Gen X and I'm a millennial but his kids are Gen Z – so Kris and I actually relate to each other way more culturally than I do to his kids."

Instead of having kids, the pair travel around with their "own baby" - dog Axle, a Labrador Doberman rescue - who they got during the pandemic. "

Hillary said: "Axle grew up in the RV."



"He's an RV dog through and through, he loves it." "

It is both Hillary and Kris' first time being in a relationship with a big age gap.

Hillary says their relationship works precisely because of their age gap.



"It's unique," she said. "

"We are different in a lot of ways, but fundamentally we have the same values."

Kris still works at the same healthcare company where the pair met while Hillary now focuses full-time on the couple's social media content through their brand, Fuel Your Wander.

Hillary said: "Lots of people make assumptions about why we're together - things like I'm a gold digger or he's only with me because he wants a younger woman."

"Stereotypes are not always true, and it can be a really beautiful thing if you're open to it. "

"As long as you're happy, age is really just a number."