There must have been a thousand pine cones, along with a lot of squirrel poop. We had to pull out the majority of the insulation that we could access and trash it. Also some of the wiring was chewed.
All of this was done on our backs, arms over head, under the 5er, on gravel. We are not sure if we found all the wiring issues or all the mess. There were some places that we were not able to access. We put it all back together and left some traps in the basement. When we return next weekend hopefully we will find that we have managed to close off all entrance ways.
It is almost time to have her put away for the winter. We will have to see about getting her up on a hoist or over a pit when we take it in for storage and see what other damage has been done and get her re-insulated.
It has been an interesting first summer with the 5er. I guess the fun never stops. I hope everyone else had a betrer long weekend than we did.
Our friends Dave and Helen left on Sunday in their 5er to spend about a month on the road. They are heading to Memphis to visit Elvis and Graceland. They plan to spend their time touring around Kentucky and Tennessee. Should be a beautiful drive in the fall with all the colors appearing. Take care and watch out for those signs Dave - they bite...lol.
We were in Memphis in 2008. Graceland is certainly a place worth seeing. The decor is over the top tacky but we were blown away by the number of awards that Elvis actually had. I am a huge Elvis fan. He was pretty awesome - what a waste. It was one more thing on my bucket list that has been taken care of.
Until next time - safe travels.
those rascally squirrels can create quite the mess!..we had one hitch a ride a couple of years ago..he made himself at home..pooped in the bed and everything..ewww..
ReplyDeletehope you slammed all the holes and doors on them!