Picked up anchor in Long Creek in Bonner Bay around 8:30 am. Very pleasant anchorage--quiet and peaceful. We saw several boats when approaching the ICW north of Bonner Bay this morning all going north. They probably spent the night in Oriental. It's sunny and no wind.

We put up the jib sail when we exited Goose Creek and continued on to the Pamlico River. NW winds around 8 knots so the engine is still on.

Anchored at 1:15 pm in Belhaven near the bridge. We decided to wait the next few days of north winds here. We can at least go to shore and take walks. The anchorage further on in Alligator River would restrict us to the boat. Interesting twist here, however: two barges are anchored near the bridge during the construction. Hope they stay put.

We woke up that night to a smoke filled harbor. There is a 20,000 acre wild fire burning out of control on the Alligator River near Stumpy point, approximately 40 miles away. The wind is NE so the smoke as made it's way to us in Belhaven. Had to close up the boat and plug the dorades; everything smells like a campfire.