I'm still able to only use my right eye - I will hopefully be fully discharged from care this coming Monday, and hope to have a satisfactory lens for the left eye within a week. I mention that because I have found it awkward and difficult to work without depth perception, and I am not yet cleared to resume driving until I get that new lens.
As for "critter proofing", I am more than familiar with the problem here in the back country of Colorado, and it's not just the little critters, either. Last night I woke in the wee hours to hear a coyote serenading our female Rottweiler - who is in heat - from just outside of our backyard fence. We're now referring to him as "Pavorotti..."
For the little critters, we have some outdoor cats, one of which is a female Manx with an attitude and an appetite for small, furry things.
The good news is that I don't need both eyes to begin stripping out the trailer, insulating and closing the walls and that sort of thing, so I can begin that, and I have been chewing up pencils in an effort to fine tune a decent track plan. I will also be running grade tests on my loco stable to confirm that they can handle the job before finalizing the track plan. I hope, however, to post at least a couple of photos, including an image of the countryside itself, before the end of this year.
I am looking forward to sharing this adventure with all of you.