Morehead City Mah Jongg Madness

Following the spirit of my whole week I had to pack as much as possible into today as it was my last day in Beaufort and teaching Mah Jongg in Morehead city. So Shannon, Annette and I were up early and in our kayaks before most civilized peoples had finished their first coffee.

Shannon and Netta were in the tandem kayak and I rode solo. The tide and wind were against us as we paddled out past Carrot Island with the plan to go into an estuary. It was tough getting there and once we did we changed our plan so we could stop fighting the water. Basically I decided we had paddled hard enough. So we turned back and it took one quarter the time to get back thanks to a favorable tide and the wind at our backs.

So we spent a lovely hour on the porch over looking the water watching other kayakers suffer the current. This was our last morning there and we still needed to clean up and pack, but once we did we had plenty of time to walk the 100 yards to the Front st. grill to have salads for lunch. Then we meandered through the fabulous maritime museum before I had to go to work and Shannon and Netta went to Play Mah Jongg at Coral Bay.

I had my final class at the Morehead City country club with 20 new Mah Jongg enthusiasts. There is nothing more exciting than making your first Mah Jongg. Congratulations to all the students. My friend Mary Jo came to fill in for a missing student. She had a fabulous quints win, which I think was a first for her.

After class Shannon and I made our get away to Durham. On our way we stopped in New Bern and had a yummy seafood dinner. Our only real dinner of the week since we had been in class at dinner time every night. We got back home at nine and Shannon finally met Russ and Shay.

It’s been an action filled week. I am ready to sleep, maybe all weekend. I need to rest up to go back to the beach next week. Mah Jongg never sleeps.