Two More Days

Two more days until the big trip to Ireland. Today, we started to pack. We were having trouble deciding what to pack until I checked the weather report in Shannon (that's the city we are flying into) and it said for the next 5 days "light rain and in the lower 60's". That sounded pretty darn close to the weather we've been having here, so, it will be hoodies, jeans and dressing in layers.
Another challenge was to decide what to pack our clothes in since our rental car will be pretty small (some form of a Mazda 06). Of course Ron took the smallest suitcase, packed in 5 minutes and was relaxing on the couch. In the meanwhile, Darilyn and I were still deciding on how many pairs of shoes we could get away with..... We decided that 2 small suitcases and one larger one should fit into the car. As a side note, the rental cars in Ireland are mainly stick shifts, you have to specifically request an automatic when you reserve a car. ( which we did )
Tomorrow we will finish packing and hopefully on Tuesday everything will go smoothly. We leave from Flint at 5:12 pm and land in Atlanta, GA. at 7:25pm. At 10:10pm, we depart for Shannon, Ireland. We land there at 10:50 am. Ireland is 6 hours ahead of our time.
Our travel plan is pretty simple: rent a car, stay at Bed & Breakfasts, and experience the true culture of Ireland one county at a time. ( Although, it could all backfire and turn into "National Lampoon's European Vacation"............)