If you don’t laugh, you might cry . . .
There was a mouse in my house!
That was an expensive cup of coffee
I got screwed
After a near miss . . . on a remote beach . . .
Dinner with an unexpected guest
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After a week of backpacking up into Berg Lake,Mt Robson Provincial Park, Canada, we found a mouse had chewed through our snacks when we returned to the trailhead! Luckily nothing essential was gone, but the initial panic to tear everything apart and find the mouse was quite amusing afterwards.
That’s exactly how I felt. I was extremely lucky as I had a week of backpacking food in that green bag. He made holes in several ziplock bags but only gained entry into one package. He ate a bag of corn nuts which seemed to satisfy his appetite. I also later found a candy he’d eaten under one of my seats.
I set traps before leaving my car parked for another week. Thankfully I was leaving car at a friend’s house and had her check it daily. No captured mouse and no further damage or evidence. Whew!
I think this one got in when I left my sunroof open one night while camped next to a river in Washington. I have vague memories of being awoken by that scratching sound. URGH!
The border patrol made me think of a funny day. My friends and I were birding along the Cali/Mexican border and with highway birding, sometimes you’re going a little too fast to see that bird on a fence post or in a tree, so you brake hard, back up or make a quick u-turn, to see what it was. Meanwhile, as you are just getting good looks at that “lifer” or ready to take a picture of the perfectly posed bird……..the unexpected visitor pulls up, the bird flies away, never to be seen again. Grrr!!! We made contact, actually, THEY made contact with us 6 times on that stretch of highway between San Diego and Yuma. They have eyes everywhere!
This was up by the Canada border. I was at a PNT trailhead.
I had a scary experience that night. Usually I’m quite a soft sleeper. But on this night I awoke when a vehicle was turning around near my car. They’d made it all the way up the road without waking me. It was a civilian vehicle but I wondered if it was the officer getting off duty checking on me . . . or if this is a routine drug transaction zone . . . .
I bet you don’t sleep there again.
Highly unlikely. LOL
Have you actually used the power bank as a jump starter? I have always been skeptical about those.
I haven’t and worry about the same but they are getting pretty good reviews. I noticed some on Amazon have more power. The one I got at Costco doesn’t hold a charge so I’m going to exchange for their newer model.
BTW I hear emergency road service vehicles are carrying these devices now.
The one I got also says limited to 1000 charges. That would go fast of I was using for cross purposes and or having to keep plugged in as not holding a charge.
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