day fourteen - north to Belhaven

In the middle of the night, the hum of mosquitoes. Reach up on top of the centerboard trunk, find the Thermacell bug repeller. Click the starter button a couple of times, wait til I see the glow of a flame the size of a pinhead, the quiet hiss of the repeller. Soon mosquitoes are gone. Back to sleep. Wake to the calmest of mornings, the sounds of birds in the marsh. Look over the side to see…