It could have been worse. In spite of my knowing better and normally taking precautions - at the start of

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the above trip - I had my xterra parked at a trailhead next to hwy 11, figuring I'd be fine that close to the highway, I didn't wire my vehicle or anything.

One of the little dirtbags crawled up in the engine compartment and sat around in the wiring harness, took a dump in it (so I knew what the culprit was) and chewed on the wiring harness a bunch.. Cost me 800 bucks to fix it, and at least that much in grief from the better half over "letting her truck get chewed up".