We were up early and left our anchorage at about 5:30. It was cloudy but the forecast called for improving weather. It rained as we motored up the east side of North Manitou and then cleared into a very nice day. There was never much wind but swells from the west rolled us most of the day. From North Manitou we set a course for west side of Beaver Island and spent the morning reading. We had a bit of a rough ride for a while, sailed nicely for a while, and then the wind died. It was a beautiful day, but still pretty cool. After anchoring in St. James Bay we took the dingy over to see Larry and Carol on "Third Bird." It was good to see them. We went to the Shamrock for their excellent thin crust pizza.

It was decided that we would spend Monday here to pick up some groceries, get to the library and complete a couple of boat jobs. I noticed last week that the fuel return line was cracked a little and need replacing. We also need to re-engineer the lifting points on our dingy davits.

Weather permitting, we will head north tomorrow through Gray's Reef and out of Lake Michigan.