529. Brrr Rabbit North (aka "Doin' the Tri-State BunnyHop")
Just a hop, skip and a jump over the MA/CT border for this little "quick-carve critter"

Checked 10 May 2016
On our last trip to Texas in Feb/March 2014, we happened to have a few extra traveling' light rock stamps with us in case we found someplace we felt like leaving something behind. One was a stamp of bunny with a scarf based on our 2013 Christnmas cards that we had stuck onto the back of a beige rabbit-ear-shaped stone. We planted it as "Brrr Rabbit South" at the tail end of the 20-mile Four C Trail in the piney woods of East Texas when the weather suddenly dropped from 78 to 22 degrees in a single day - and stayed below freezing for almost a week, something practically unheard of in those parts!

Well, almost the same thing happened here in New England in mid/late April after we got back and temps suddenly dropped from the 70's one day to 30's the next. So, naturally we decided to plant another similar rabbit-ear rock the next time we went up for a "tri-state bunny hop". It seems we've been making that 150+ mile "rabbit-ear loop" drive from southwestern RI, north up through eastern CT to central MA, and back down southeasterly and southwesterly through RI quite often lately, since it doesn't seem to take long in these parts for a couple dozen new boxes to build up to justify another trip - especially since we always combine boxing with other things like dancing, shopping, museums, medical stuff or whatever!

Anyway, our "spring loop" though came just after the last snow/frost of the season and just before Easter, so we decided to leave this bunny near the top of the "rabbit-ear loop", hunkered down by a quaint bridge over the SNETT rail trail quite close to the tri-state borders. MA folks will probably want to use gate 19 off SW Main St in Douglas, MA, while CT folks might want to come in from East Thompson, CT. However you go, make your way to the rather scenic, rickety wooden bridge with green moss and tiny white pines growing on it that crosses high over the rail trail. Go to its SE side and carefully climb up the embankment (via the ATV path) to take a peak at the bridge from above.

Then hop back down just a bit to find the bunny hunkered down in a dark green artificial log (plastic peanut cylinder) deep within the dark lair under the third level of rock blocks from the the top - or 2nd up from the bottom. The crudely-carved critter is on the back of a rabbit ear shaped stone, which normally we would have left out by itself as a "traveling' light". However, because we were in a hurry to have the bunny hop over briefly to make an appearance at Evergreen Woods in North Branford, CT the week before, we used what we had available for that "quick-carve" morning - namely crumblier carving stuff and Elmer's blue (instead of the usual pink stuff and Gorilla Glue). So, since this particular bunny would probably not have been able to stand up to the elements, we've secured him in his own private dark green "log". Hope he stays warm and well tucked in there in his rabbit hole!

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