Well, thought I'd join in and try not to boor anyone.

Gretchen and I have been married for 26 years :) and will celebrate our 27th with a one night post cruise in Copenhagen :) after the BAT Cruise. We have two children (Sarah 24 who will accompany us on the BAT (a graduation present) and Geoffrey, 21)both of whom live in Tucson. 75 miles away is a good distance from which to watch your adult children continue to grow up ;) . Gretchen and I met on an airplane as she was on her way back from Officer's Basic at Bethesda (Navy Medical Service Corps) and I was on my way home from a PsyOp Warfare course (USMC Artillery). We sat across the aisle from one another. She was stationed at Great Lakes and I was at 29 Palms, CA so we did the long distance thing for three years before we got married. Gretchen is now an Occupational Therapist for the School system and about to retire from the Navy Reserves. I'm a systems engineer and test Command and Control Systems for the Army. We're both in our mid-fifties but Gretchen would be quick to point out that I am older ;) . First cruise was Big Red Boat, followed by two on Carnival (including a family reunion) and now have done three on Radisson; Mariner Caribbean, Navigator Alaska (with Denise, Alan, Ngaire and Ken) and Navigator trans-canal. Doing a Back to Back on PG weeks of 13 and 20 March (only three weeks :D :D :D ) and BAT in August. We have made our home in Sierra Vista, AZ for the last 12 years. Prior to that did 7 years in Niceville, FL (Eglin Air Force Base), 6 years in Albuquerque, and a year in Carlsbad, CA.

Gretchen is from Wyoming and I was born in Louisiana (but I moved around a lot growing up as my Dad was in the USMC or "rough necking" in the oil field). For those of you who may have wondered about my signature, I am a Naval Academy alumnus from 1972.