Alligator River

I open the companionway cover and look out at the cockpit and Bimini and they are covered with bugs. I think they are midges. The little bastards, aside from being all over the boat, they have pooped all over the back end of the boat. Little green spots all over. The only way to get rid of most of them is to move and create a breeze. Unfortunately, the poop presents stay and Linda does a lot of the cleaning after we get underway. The topsides are a mess and we will clean the rest of the boat at Coinjock marina tomorrow. 
 

 I think I killed the State Bird (horse fly)

We cross the Pamlico River and head up the Pungo River to the Alligator River Pango River Canal. The Canal is about 23 miles long and straight except for one bend in the middle. We hope to anchor at one of my favorite anchorages, Bear Point, in a very remote section of the Alligator River, no cell service, no light pollution. Coming south we could not stay there because of the wind direction and again it is blowing out of the same direction, Southeast, so we go another couple miles to another anchorage. 

The start of theAlligator River Pango River Canal