A long day to Harbour Village Marina

We got underway early Saturday morning , November 20 antcipating a 80 mile day to Harbour Village Marina 15 miles north of Wrightsville Beach. Normally this would be a long but not particually difficult day. Between runnung into at times very dense fog almost as soon as we got underway and dealing with bridge schedules that are not friendly to boaters it was a long day. In the Winter after DST is converted back to Standard time, the day is always cut short with the early sunset. A boat has to be secure for the day by 5 PM since it is dark by 5:15PM. We lost 1 1/2 hr travel time with the fog and just made the 4PM Surf City bridge opening. That left us very little time to reach the marina. We got there just as it was turning dark rapidly (you do NOT want to be underway on the ICW after dark). Anway we made it but with no time to spare. Normally if time is short you can drop anchor or swith to another marina but in this stretch of the ICW there were no suitable anchorages and alternative marinas. All ended well but it was a hectic day.