1279 October 8, 2025 Mouse In The House

I had a great walk this morning even though it was misting and then a little more than misting.  I got to spend time talking to my mom and my Uncle Fred and Jen. 

I stopped at the grocery for a couple of things.  When I got back to the campground, Tim was pulling in the slideouts and getting ready to move to a full hookup site.  It was raining but we got resettled.  I saw this little green frog hopping in the grass.

Tim went to dump the tanks and I went to put water and tablets in and I saw that the toilet paper stored beneath the bathroom sink had been shredded…I immediately knew what that meant…mice!  I was hopeful that it was the only place that the mouse or mice might have been but that was NOT the case.  Suddenly our plans for the day were clear.  We removed everything from the lower cabinets in both bathrooms, and then from under the kitchen sink where they had also had a party and then all of the kitchen drawers had mouse poop…

Tim went to the hardware store for sticky traps.  I kept moving things and cleaning.  The mice had begun to create a nest under the couch in the living room.  They chewed one of my favorite blankets and left a mess.  Now we have stuff sitting on every available surface.  We hope to catch the little critters quickly.

We did pack a lunch and we drove to the northern end of the island.  We took the dirt access roads to the bayside and I was thinking we might have our picnic there but the mosquitoes drove us away.  We have seen a truck spraying in town but in the National Park areas, I am sure they do not spray.

We took Ramp 59 and found an isolated stretch of beach.  We ate lunch and then took turns walking along the shore.

It rained for a while this afternoon.

This evening, the RV was too torn apart to cook anything complicated and so we had eggs.

We went out after dinner to see if we could catch a glimpse of the sunset but it began to rain again.  We got out and sat under the cover at the tram station.  As we sat, the rain stopped and we could see color.  We walked to the deck at the ferry terminal to watch the sky.