We departed from Coinjock Marina at 0710... there was dense fog alert issued until 1000 however there was not a trace of fog to be seen... it was a very clear morning.

We found the fog as we exited the North River in to the Albemarle Sound... it was like passing through a wall... clear on one side... dense fog on the other with at most 500 feet of visibility.

This fog remained with us all the way across the Albemarle Sound and into the Alligator River. As we approached the Alligator River Bridge we could not see it and had monitored on the VHF that it was not opening due to the dense fog... reason... It was not safe for car traffic and they feared they would not see the flashing lights and gates down.

We waited about 30 minutes before the fog had cleared enough to allow to swing the bridge open for us and the other 5 boats waiting for an opening.

About a mile past the bridge the fog just disappeared... again like walking through a wall... pea soup think to nothing.

We continued down the Alligator River and were soon approaching the A&P Canal. (Alligator River / Pungo River Canal) when we heard a tug and barge hailing another boat on the VHF asking them if they were anchored. The other boat responded... Yes, we're anchored... do you have enough room to get around us? The tug captain responded are you broken down?... the other boat replied... no we stopped and anchored to have a little picnic. The tug captain replied... Not to wise to anchor in the middle of the channel... you need to move... they replied... no problem we were just doing that as we are done with our picnic.... Too Funny! We passed this boat about an hour later... small sailboat with a young couple sailing it.

Sun was setting and we decided we would stop and anchor at the far west end of the A&P Canal. There is a nice anchorage area to the northwest that we have anchored in many times.

We arrived to anchorage at 1730 and were securely anchored for the night at 1740. Our position tonight is N35°33.460', W076°28.128'. We traveled today for 10 hours and 30 minutes covering 68.4 nautical miles averaging 6.5 knots.