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It rained most of last night, and it was still raining lightly when we left the dock at 0700. We had light , variable winds all day with intermittent rain and typically 1 mile visibility which often lowered to a 1/4 mile. Late in the day as we approached Stokes Bay the visibilty improved somewhat so we were able to locate the entrance bouy and finally the range which led us safely into the Bay. Docking at the Tamarac Inn was a little “hairy”  as the reported 10 feet turned out to be more like 4.5 feet. I went in first and was aground by a wall and then Windchaser came in and rafted off me. We went up to the Inn to have a beer and make reservations for dinner at 1800. The Inn is a quaint spot but the roast beef dinner served family style and the accompanying dishes were excellent. Bill Schultz , the owner was extremely nice to us and even sold us a home made cherry pie for tomorrow’s dinner.  Kerry and Getchen picked wildflowers on the walk back to the boat . All of us were tired from the grueling day of keeping lookout and watching the radar screen so we were all in bed by 10pm. The best news was the NE wind had settled down letting more water into the bay and we were once again floating!