Yup.  I think I like the way you put it, azalea.

And db, that was, indeed, a compliment.  I will take it as such.   ;D    There has been a thread on another site about "getting old", and I have been most amused about the guys turning 50 and saying that they are working out, they are stronger than they were in their 20's and it will just last forever.  They are NEVER going to get old and slow down!  And I smile and tell them to wait fifteen years and see if they are still on that track.   ;)

We started our canoe-tripping in our mid-twenties.  Our trips in the Q were in our thirties.  Our best and longest trips were when we were in our forties and early fifties.  I guess we didn't think we were ever going to slow down either, but guess what?   ::)