I woke up this morning while it was still dark outside and headed for the living room to catch up on some TV. Just as I sat down, the motion-detector activated flood lights on my patio came on. I got up the check it out and watched a large racoon amble across my patio and then jump the short fence to the side yard where our trash cans reside. Shooed the poor racoon away before he got a chance to raid the trash can and make a mess...