12/21/12 - Well, the Mayans were wrong and we are all still here! With Christmas almost here it's time to savor our shore leave and get into a traveling mindset.  By the way, we are creaky Cruisers in body only.  In my mind, I am still a teenager (albeit a much wiser one) and hopefully will get a chance to act like one during our journey. We have done all we can to geezerize the boat so hopefully we won't creak much along the way.  You'll know me when you see me.  I'm the guy whose days of leaping joyously from boat to dock are long gone! But I still have a big smile on my face while we are cruising and the sundowners still slide smoothly down my throat.