Of Bunny Rabbits, Fox Urine and Denver International Airport

"We must travel in the direction of our fear."  - John Berryman

I love to travel.  And it is no secret to those who know me that my favorite way to get to the places I am going to visit is by packing up kids, car and Kahuna and hitting the road in Ol' Sundance for an old fashioned Family Road Trip.  Andalsohateflyingandamscaredtorideinairplanes.

Not only do I enjoy singing to all our favorite songs, listening to audiobooks and conversing with the family while on the ground, but I also appreciate the freedom the open road extends travelers!  We can stop when we want, we can eat where we want, we can even park where we want!  No such liberties are available to the poor innocent that travels by airplane.

I realize that my blog is starting off sounding more like an anti-air travel advertisement than excursion encouragement, but besides writing about great places to visit, I hope to also advise tourists of pitfalls they may wish to avoid, and alternative modes of transportation to consider.

And also....the hazards of rabbits.

Yes, rabbits.  After I posted yesterday about my escapades at Denver International Airport, my friend, Paula, wrote me about an interesting infestation that is occurring in the very parking lots that imprisoned me at DIA.

Apparently, wildlife agencies are removing up to 100 "bunnies" a month from the parking lots at Denver International Airport.  Why?  Because, it seems, that the "bunnies", as the news agencies continue calling them, are chewing through the ignition wires of the parked cars!  The airport claims no responsibility for the damage and insurance won't cover the destruction of these crucial car wires.  The only option is to try to rid the lots of the "bunnies" and ask the travelers to protect their own cars.

How do you protect your cars from "bunny wabbits" you ask, Elmer Fudd?  Get this....with FOX or COYOTE URINE!  Now, perhaps I am overstating the obvious, but....if you can round up foxes and coyotes to collect their urine, why not just turn them loose on the rabbits instead?  That seems like it would be a whole lot easier than having foxes and coyotes pee in a cup.  But before you despair about your upcoming trip to DIA and start setting traps for foxes, let me let you in on a little secret.  They SELL bottled fox urine in stores!!!  Yes, they do!  Really!  Supposedly, the effective fox urine smells much like cat urine.  Lovely.   And Denver International Airport recommends you get some and spray all your wires in your car with it before you come to park in their lots.

Don't believe me?  Check out this news report:
Bunnies Attacking Cars at DIA Video
I am just going to come right out and say it.  At some point, when adorable, little animals become destructive beasts, we need to stop calling them by cute names ("bunnies) and start calling them by what they really are...

WERE-RABBITS!

So, as you can see my list of reasons to travel by car grows and grows, while incentive to fly is quickly fleeting.  But don't let me dissuade you from this mode of travel, if you prefer it.  My recommendation is either cough up the extra bucks to fly out of Colorado Springs, or "hop" to it and get some fox urine for your car wires and clothes pins for your noses and continue to fly out of DIA!  As for me, the next time I travel I will be traveling by scenic highways and byways in my sweet smelling Sundance Party Car.  But right now, I

Gotta Mosey!