I've penned a number of blog posts expressing my appreciation for the music of Great Big Sea. So, when they announced that they'd be playing in Massachusetts this Summer, I bought tickets right away. Last year, they played in Lowell, which is only 15 minutes away. This year, they were playing in Edgartown, a town I didn't recognize.
I know, I should have Google-d, MapQuest-ed, or researched in some other way where Edgartown was, but I figured it'd just be a drive away in any case. The show was 21+, so my 8-year-old wouldn't be able to join us this time; we'd leave her with my Mom, who'd be visiting.
So imagine my surprise when I found that Edgerton is a town on Martha's Vineyard, which requires a ferry ride to get to. The round-trip ferry is about $200, and you need reservations. But for that price, we may as well see MV, since I've never been there, so we'll stay for 2 nights, and since we'll be gone that long, we may as well take my mom and Rachel with us. Of course August is high season at MV, so the hotel room is going to run us more than $400 a night, including taxes. The term "slippery slope" comes to mind.
$75 for concert tickets, $800 for the hotel, $200 for the ferry. And three days of eating out for four people. Oh well. I've never seen Martha's Vineyard, and it'll still be a lot cheaper than our trip to Florence.