Fresh off my bicycle high I thought it would be cool to setup our bicycle trailer. So I went to the shed to get it out. We bought this trailer at a tag sale back when we only had two children. My wife was so excited that I could actually see visions of us pedaling down the local rails to trails path in her eyes. Of course, my visions were more akin to me toppling over and killing our precious little kids. As I’ve said, 
I just don’t feel comfortable on a bike. But this latest experience really has me excited for it.
So, I go to my shed and pull the thing out. It hadn’t been used yet and was almost certainly feeling neglected, or so I thought! However, as I pulled it off of its shelf I got the unmistakable aroma of rodent urine. Late last summer I pulled my also neglected hammock out of the shed only to find that mice had moved in and chewed through the ropes. Why on earth would they do that I wondered, ropes aren’t food. I just figured it was an isolated incident from a time when the hammock was left in the yet to be sealed off garage. Of course now I know that they were chewing the ropes to build a bed in their little mouse condo on the shelf below.
It was horrible, a pile of cotton that used to be a hammock, and lots of little piles of what used to be mouse food. Ugh, I was sooo mad. Oh mouse why have you forsaken me! See, that’s why people make mouse traps. You guys can’t be content with hanging out and eating food, maybe causing a plague or two, no you have to mess up all of my stuff with your chewing and your …grrr. Take a deep breath Nelson.
OK, so the good news is that the damage was minimal, I guess nylon doesn’t taste as good as cotton. So I scrubbed it with a disinfecting cleanser, hosed it off and let it air dry. I think I just have to do it a couple of more times and maybe hit it with febreeze once or twice before I put my little guys in there. Then it’s off to the local trail.