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Since we were lucky enough to get to the dock here and since the ferry whose dock we were occupying does not come until tomorrow, we decided to stay here. To give you a better feel for our luck, there are only 3 sailboats and 5 power boats here. John decided to do a major 10+ mile hike to the Brownstone Quarry at the west end of the Island. I went with Island’s ranger whose name is Tim on a more conservative 3.8 mile hike on the Tombolo Trail. BTW tombolo is the name for a sand spit which develops and eventually joins two Islands together which is how Stockton Island was formed. It was a great hike. We found lots of terrestrial orchids and lots of berries. Tim showed me winterberries. Think wintergreen gum to get an idea of the taste and I showed him Thimbleberries. We also found blackberries, bunchberries, sand cherries, cranberries and lots of both high bush and low bush blueberries. Neither of us was hungry when we returned. I baked a blueberry pie in the afternoon and Tim came over after his evening lecture for a piece. It was a gorgeous sunny and warm day and according to the forecast we can expect the same tomorrow. Let’s hope so.