Swamp Fire

I heard it on the VHF.  Limited visability due to a swamp fire.  I didn't pay much attention to the announcement because,  there is so much swamp in this area, whats a little fire. We have been out of cell phone range for a couple of days and this is the first update I have been able to send. We anchored last night at a place called Pango creek.  It was a good anchorage but nothing else.  Today we traveled about 50 miles to the Allagator River Marina.  Now to all the folks that think we are living the life of Riely, please refer to the picture.  We are parked behind a Shell service station on a river that the water is the color of Dr. Pepper.  We can smell the grease from the deep fat frayer and hear the trucks go by.  Now if that is not bad enough the swamp fire is up wind about a mile from us.  I can't see across the river and ash is falling on the boat and the new lap top.  I wounder if that is covered under the computer warrenty.  I can't go inside because we can't get cell coverage from inside the boat.  So this is all you get today.  Tomorrow we should be in Elizabeth City.  That is a stopping point before the Great Dismal Swamp.  Hope it's not on fire.   Love M&D