Well, we have 3 more weeks here in Ketchikan, Alaska! We are ready for the warmth of North Carolina -- personally, I'm a little tired of feeling chilled all the time. However, even though it is about 50 degrees outside today, it is very sunny and beautiful! Our daughter, Heather and her husband, Andrew, will be arriving for a week's visit on Friday, May 22. We are so excited to see them. Then after they leave on the 30th, we have one week left. We will leave on Friday, June 5, and arrive in Raleigh, NC on Saturday, June 6. Then we will drive on home to Wilmington.
Howard will then begin his month-long "retirement" before starting his next assignment in Norwood, N.C. on July 6. Norwood is about 10 miles from Albermarle, NC and about 40 minutes from where we used to live in Ellerbe. This assignment will go until about Oct. 16.
I'll update again before we leave -- we are planning on doing more "touristy" things while Heather and Andrew are here -- so I'll report on that later.