Wow, congratulations Jim... I think it's fantastic what you plan to do in your retirement, fostering, B&B... so you are not retiring for a quiet busy-free life specifically! But it sounds very fulfilling, very exciting, and very much rewarding. Your house also sounds beautiful. I imagine it to be.

Yes, congratulations... 40 years is a long, long time to serve the army... time you do the other things in life that you want to do now! Best of luck.