We rented a Ford Explorer, and after 900 miles at about 14.5 miles per gallon, we got our shiny boat back to Buffalo. Seeing that type of mileage astonished me, and it hurt my tree-hugging sensabilities to see how much gas we went through. I'm glad we have our tiny Saturns that get over twice that rate.
The boat is a Catalina 22, and I need to call today about finding a slip for the summer. Otherwise, simple jaunts out on Lake Erie will require a truck rental and an hour+ of driving, in addition to setting up the mast, the motor and dozens of other little chores.
Unlike our last sailboat (RIP), this Catalina comes with a roller furling (sp), portapotty, lots of other awesome features, and everything is labelled. We even have the original manuals for everything, down to the trailer's brakes.

This was the best purchase of the weekend. The second-best purchase was white cherry blossom spray and lotion . Ever since they discontinued the Flowering Herb line, I've had no reason to go into Bath and Body Works. I remember when they brought Flowering Herb back for a few weeks one summer, I called all the BBW's in Buffalo and found a few left at McKinley Mall; I promptly left work and bought them all. This new product comes close to matching the fruit-flower combination that the Flowering Herb scent that I loved so much.

I want to plan a honeymoon. Right now we only have the general idea that "it'd be cool to go to Ireland ... sometime ... and do ... things, and stuff." We have friends who have gone there, but they had family to stay with throughout the country.
Has anyone travelled there? Do you have suggestions on getting there and getting around? Anything we should know before we buy tickets to the Emerald Isle?