Talk About Horrible Irony... :o(

We got back a little bit ago from our day-long venture driving the Trinity bus to Lake of the Woods to drop off four girls at bible camp. We were supposed to pick up Funny Bunny, Snowball, and Daniel's new guinea pig, Rodney (named after the character in Dr. Dolittle). When we arrived at the bunny barn (cavy), however, Sandy Drevlow pulled me aside and informed me that likely due to the heat these past few days, Funny Bunny scratched herself low on her tummy and it was a matter of hours before the wound became infested and despite attempts to flush it out, she felt it best to have her put to sleep. It all happened in less than 24 hours, so it was quite a blow to Aaron. I mentioned "irony" above, as my last blog headline was "Hurray for Funny Bunny." Sandy, though, managed to set aside a couple of other bunnies and we ended up getting both of them, one for Aaron and one for Daniel. I believe Aaron's is a two-toned brown and white Dutch breed, which he named Sidney, and the other is a grey lop (mini?) named by Daniel "Funny Bunny, Jr." Both bunnies are around 8 weeks old, so still very young and should bond well to the boys.

We did have a good ride up to Lake of the Woods, our first trip that close to the Minnesota/Canadian border, and I volunteered to do the pickup trip this coming Friday. It's nice to get out on the open road for a few hours and see the sites. I FINALLY know more Minnesota geography!! For the longest time I've wanted to know exactly where the tiny outlying towns were around here and we drove through Greenbush, Middle River, Strathcona, Badger, Roseau, and Warroad. I had no idea they were all on one straight shot north of here. We never turned until the last road to get to the camp, so it was pretty easy figuring out where we were going. The church bus was pretty nice to drive too, as it's a newer model E-350 Super Duty van with seats for 14 people and a luggage area in the back. Very comfy ride.

Now that we have our new bunnies home and in their new quarters with the guineas underneath, we can all it a day and get ready for another busy week of baseball in the hot summer sun.