Hop, Hop, Hop!

.. to the Bunny Trolley Hop!  This is a relatively new event, and today it seemed to go extremely well.  Everybody I talked to seemed to be having a good time.   The weather was rather cold and windy, but that didn't seem to be a big problem.  As we have mentioned, tomorrow will be worse.  I was too busy to take many pictures, so you'll just have to be there in person to see for yourself.  Bring any small children you have available, they'll love it!

I spent the day running the 3142 on the car line.  It has been nicely decorated for the occasion:

Actually, I'm not sure who deserves all the credit for the work that went into this, but whoever you are, thanks!

We had two cars running in regular service on the car line, the 3142 and IT 415, which you may have seen before.  The special trains running on the mainline were the 431 and 409, seen here:

And the 749:

They have nice magnetic signs attached to the sides.  I can hardly wait to see what happens when somebody decides to run some of MY cars in this service....

You meet the nicest people at IRM:

Among other things, the Galt House was open and used as a venue for coloring pictures and other special activities:

You may not think of Nick Kallas as a wedding planner, but he's one of the most versatile people you'll ever meet.  Today he was showing a small group of people around who were looking for a great wedding location, and we seemed to have what they were looking for.  This is a wedding people won't soon forget.  So if any of you out there are thinking of getting married... we've got the solution!

Then I met some people from Portola, who were visiting for the first time.  And at least one visitor who was impressed with how clean the windows were on all the cars, and remarked on how that made the visit much more enjoyable.   Hey, don't tell me we're out of Windex!

There are, of course, plenty of activities for the children.  This year there are just two Bunny days, but next year there may be more.  Anyway, the main thing is that our Museum is constantly trying new things to bring in more people and improve the experience for everybody.  It's always great to see that things are really hopping.