We always go to Aruba around the end of Jan. or early Feb. We had some things come up this year, that caused us to need to change the timing of our trip. We decided to go in Nov., and celebrate my husband's birthday while we were there. We had a great trip, but I knew that when the weather gets really lousy this winter, I would miss being in Aruba. This past Friday, I fell on our front porch, while carrying in packages, delivered by UPS. I broke my right ankle. Right now, I can do nothing. Poor Mr. Hatteras is having to do everything. If we had scheduled our trip at our usual time, I'm sure that we would have had to cancel. We love spending time in the water, and do lots of beach walks, along with long walks to restaurants, etc. I'm glad that I was able to do that, just two weeks ago. I'm sure that I will enjoy Aruba through all of you this winter.