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The Long Trip Home...
The day began at an ungodly hour, about six in the morning.We rose from our beds fuled only by our eagerness as our excitement hadrobbed us of a good nights sleep. Quickly we made our finalpreperations and jumped into my car to begin a three and a half hourdrive that would take us to Alpine and to our new friends.
We met Peg and her family around 12:30 PM at Sul Ross University wherewe got a quick glimpse of these furry little familiars before we jumpedback into our cars to drive a bit further down the road to thepark. Once there, Peg's crew constructed a small playpen andone by one released the bunnies. After the bunnies had a bitof time to get used to their surrondings, my girlfriend Elsa and I wereinvited to join them.
That was a truly unique experience to be completely surrounded byalmost a dozen rabbits. All of them were so curious andpractically fearless of their unknown visitors. Sometimes Iwondered if they had an idea as to what our intentions were.Despite being pretty much completely uninterested in sweet treats thebunnies would cuddle up close to us. This was a real delighteven if we realized they were just using us for protection from theshade and possible the birds of prey that cawed their dark intentions.
The task at hand seemed impossible. Our goal was to choosetwo bunnies to take and make a home for. Yet it seemedimpossible to narrow our scope down so far as we were positivelysmitten by all of these friendly little guys. We struggled tonarrow the choices down to five which included one orange, one blue,one black, and two chestnuts. The other rabbits were takenfrom the playpen and put back in their cages to help us concentrate onthe five left. It was a simple stroke of fate that after Ihad stood up and moved away, that four of them ran and threw themselvesat my feet. It was as if they really knew what was going onand were pleading with me to take them home. I could notresist and our thoughts of two became our chosen four.
We packed the four of them away in a small pet carrier and place themin the car along with many other goodies that Peg had bestowed onus. In exchange all I could offer her were two homemade applepies and a thousand thank you's that could never compare to the giftshe had given us. We parted ways and made our long journeyback to El Paso.
Upon arriving at my apartment, we introduced our new friends to theirnew home. Our black buck followed shortly by Calabacita werethe firsts to check out the new digs.
Phoebe and our blue buck were the lasts one to leave the safety of the carrier so they could munch on some fresh hay.
These guys were quite quick to explore all the features of the firstfloor of their new home and make use of all the facilities as well astake note of weaknesses in the buildings security.
The trip home incurred a small water mishap which along with playing inthe grass at the park left all of them looking far from theirbest. Certainly not wanting their first photos of them intheir new home to show them looking so disheveled, they quickly set togrooming themselves and each other so that they might appear morepresentable.
Displeased in their progress they demanded that I cease and desist withall the picture taking till they had a better chance to get themselvesput together for tomorrow.
After I told them I would stop taking pictures, they told me that theywere just going to go to bed and we could continue the photoshoottomorrow. Little did they know that I had crossed my fingersbehind my back and snapped off some more pictures for good measure.
After a few death threats I put the camera away for real and allowed the bunnies to rest till the next morning.
