You say you are in your early 60s so I assume you have been married a long time, so you should know this..."your wife is right!" (they usually are lol). <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Wink.gif" alt="" />
Go and enjoy your vacation your way. If anyone wants to judge you, that's their problem, not yours!
John <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Cheers.gif" alt="" />