As of June 10, 2013 Carlos will  "officially" retire.  We will stay on the island of  Kodiak, Alaska however, since the ferry to transport us to the mainland won't arrive until the end of the week. It seems that the Tustemena Ferry was having repairs and won't be ready to come back until July.  Instead, we will catch a ride on the Kennicott Ferry.  It doesn't travel as often but it has a vacancy for us. This is lucky since all the departing Coast Guard families are also leaving about the same time.

Luckily, our landlord extended our lease for a few more days so we don't have to start camping too soon.  We will be spending a lot of "up close and personal" time together for the upcoming months.  Let's see if both of us can put up with the other during retirement.

More later.