We made it home after an all night drive to Panama City, two hours of sleep, a short flight to Miami, five hours or so bouncing around South Beach (including a very welcome if too brief nap on the grass), six hours back in the air editing photos, and an hour's drive through the fog back to Newport.

I was in bed by 1AM and asleep by about 1:02.

2011 was fantastic. Five vacations. Three all new passport stamps. And surfing in both the Atlantic and the Pacific.

Happy New Year. Get outside for 2012. Don't let it all pass you by.

You can see all of Panama's photos here .