The Mail Seekers. Season Two, Episode One.

Long term readers will recall last season’s saga regarding the mail that arrived in Fairbanks 10 days late and was then forwarded to the wrong town by the USPS.  Season Two finds our heroes, Trish, Mike and Ranger the Wonder Dog, aka The Mail Seekers, in Lincoln, Canada, not far from Niagara Falls.  Episode One is entitled: 

DUMB, DUMBER & DUMBEST

The story unfolds..........

It’s 3:30 AM.  Mike awakes and lies in bed thinking about yesterday’s drive and today’s plan to visit the Falls.  Suddenly, like a lightning bolt, it hits him: we didn’t pick up our mail before crossing into Canada at Port Huron, MI.  Nuts!  The forwarded mail packet is resting peacefully in the Port Huron post office after an arduous round trip journey from Lake Havasu City, AZ (LHC) to Coon Rapids, MN, immediately followed by a one way trip from LHC to Port Huron.  The Mail Seekers stopped in Port Huron for lunch, gas, groceries, and WIFI access, totally forgot about the mail.  DUMB!

The plot sickens...........
Readers are no doubt wondering about that AZ/MN round trip: what was that about?  Well, it’s like this: Mike, although he knew better, had the mail forwarded to a PO that doesn’t accept general delivery mail.  When he called the PO to enquire about the mail packet, he was informed that it would be returned to sender.   DUMBER!!

And sickens further..........

But, why did Mike have it sent to a PO in the Twin Cities when he’s got all kinds of relatives there?  He could have had it sent to one of them and there would have been no problem.  DUMBEST!!!

And ends with......... 

The Seekers dutifully driving all the way back to Port Huron to get the mail, wasting a full day and $50 worth of gas.

Check back for the next episode of The Mail Seekers, to be published at a time and place as yet unknown.  These questions will surely be in the minds of our readership in the interim:

            1.  Will Mike need an operation to have his head removed from that dark abysmal place where, obviously, it is firmly stuck?

            2.  Will The Seeker Team be forced to replace Mike as Lead Seeker?

            3.  How many more round trips will the mail be subjected to?

            4.  Where will the next screwup take place: Maine, New York, Delaware, Massachusetts?

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