Day 194 - Driving on the left

We have received one very brief message, each of the past two days with a location and just a few words. The crew is a little discouraged with all the heavy weather they have had but they have developed a strategy for skirting around the next one and, hopefully, will be in port before the following system comes through. The mileage left to travel is about 700 miles, so five to seven days. We anticipate we will be back on the boat by next Thursday.
We had a fairly mild trip over on Delta Airlines, Finn and I managed a three seat row for the two of us so he was able t spread out and catch, at least, half a night's sleep. A few delays but we had built enough extra time in the trip to compensate. We are now at a neat little bed and breakfast not far from the airport. This allowed for us to make an easy transfer from the airport and the kids were asleep within an hour or two of landing. They had a nice afternoon nap followed by an early evening out in the village of Bunratty.
The excitement of the day was fetching the rent-a-car, which left me navigating my way back to the B&B through Friday afternoon Limerick, rush hour traffic, driving on the left, with a stick shift. I was mentally prepared round-a-bouts, left hand wheels and city traffic; I was not quite ready for shifting with my left hand. I did fine and made it back unscathed, although I did have just a bit of that adrenaline shaking thing Bob has been analyzing.
We begin exploration tomorrow with a visit to the Bunratty castle and will head north Sunday. Thanks everyone for all the well-wishes.    -Kim