We headed up the Pungo River and entered the Alligator River - Pungo River Canal which was about a 20 mile run in an excavated canal. The smoke haze was good.
Lots of people crabbing.
This led to the Alligator River which is a fairly open body of water to the west of the Dare Swamp which has 45 square miles of peat bog on fire. Luckily the wind was blowing from the west and reduced the smoke haze considerably.
We passed through the Alligator River Bridge at around 13:25
The next leg of the trip was through the Albermarle Sound. A fairly large body of water with a nice ride. This was where we had to decide on the route northward and we chose the Dismal Swamp route.
This has been the highest density of crab pots we have seen so far. We dodged at least 1000 crab pots on our trip today.
We continued on through the sound and entered the Pasquotank River to Elizabeth City. There was a very interesting blimp servicing complex on the way into the town.
We stayed at the Pelican Marina, an interesting facility with low power capacity.
We had supper on the boat and Chris and I took a walk into the town to check out the harbour area.
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