For the 4th time since we started building our house we have had an unwelcome visitor (UWV).

UWV #1 was a local tweaker last August. Saw him at the grocery store a week later, told him we had photos of him on our property at 11pm, and that he would be arrested for trespassing, and a few more threats, if he ever was caught on our cameras again. The thought of having his body spread across 5 counties kept him from returning.

UWV #2 was a guy named Korey Knighth, 50+ interactions with the court system. I'm sure he was trying to turn his life around when he was run off the road by the WSP and captured after a short foot chase across our property in February.

UWV #3 was Korey's dad, about 1.5 months later, looking for whatever Korey had thrown during the foot chase. A confrontation with me let him know that as a former deputy, I was not pleased with his presence on our property. These guys live in the 300 block of Arcadia Ave in Shelton, or one of the local jails, depending on which month it is.

UWV #4 caught me off guard. My security camera batteries had run down, and my father in law took down his cameras to clean them and install new batteries on Sunday. Well last night they show up. Didn't get anyone on film. Dammit! Got lucky. All I lost was a 100' 12ga extension cord and a 25' 12ga extension cord. Everything else was locked up. Figured that out after I got home from work tonight.

Cameras have fresh batteries, and instead of looping the chain over the fence post, I have securely locked the chain.

Hopefully they don't come back, but if they do they'll get their photo taken while they mess with the gate.

I'm also going to head out there at odd times of the evening, like in a few minutes, and then 2am, and 4am, etc.

No sleep for me for the next few nights, unless someone wants to camp out in our new home. Free beer, and excellent digs.

I hate thieves.