General Delivery

We had our mail sent, the first since early December. Only main post offices will accept 'General Delivery,' and in this area, the only main post office is West Palm Beach, near the airport and not particularly close to our location. To make sure it was at the post office and not to waste a trip, we paid for tracking and were notified when it was delivered. We decided to drop our back stay at the riggers and then go on to the post office, plotting out our bus routes, which would require three buses and two transfers in each direction. The closest bus route to the rig was on the wrong side of I-95, so we had to get off either before or after the street, and find a way under or over I-95. We got off before and began what we thought would be about a one-mile walk. After going under I-95, we turned and started working our way toward our destination, but soon found nothing but dead ends in a residential neighborhood. We asked a resident who was coming out to her car how to get through, and she informed us that there is a canal between here and there, and we would have to go back around, which would be probably three or four miles. The good news is that she offered and we accepted a ride right to the riggers ' front door. By the way, the whole time on buses, while walking, and in car rides, we were carrying the back stay with us. Having dropped the back stay off, we were back on another bus and off to the post office. All was going well until they went looking for our package, reporting back that it was not there. I said this tracking number indicates that it is. They entered it into their system, decided to look again, and returned with our package. We will always pay for the tracking after this experience. Three more bus rides and we were home in time for dinner, having started our journey right after breakfast. We are seeing a lot of the area and becoming somewhat familiar with it through these excursions. In our package were all of our Christmas cards and letters, so we had a very enjoyable evening.