Lost and Found

shipping record for the "lost" packages

Early February, I sent three Quilts of Valor to Cheryl B., a volunteer longarm quilter in Elk Mountain, WY. She packaged the finished quilts and sent them back to me on February 12. A winter storm hit the area and high winds and accidents closed sections of Interstate 80 for a couple of days. It was at that point that the whereabouts of the packages was unknown: the most information I could get was that the packages were "In Transit." (I later learned that the "In Transit" notification is sent automatically by a computer after a specified period of time.) I knew there was a problem because typically the notifications give the site where the package was scanned.

Elk Mountain is about 61 miles from Laramie, so I wasn't too worried that the quilts would be permanently lost. After a week of no specific information via the tracking number, I went to the post office and asked the clerk if she was able to give me some idea where the packages were. She could not get any additional information, and filed a trace. When I got home, I also completed an online form about the missing packages, as did Cheryl.

Four days later, I received text and email notifications that the packages would be delivered with my mail. Saturday afternoon, the three Quilts of Valor were delivered to my front door - the lost was found, and I was relieved and thrilled.

two well-traveled packages - containing three Quilts of Valor
February 2019

These well-travelled quilts will be trimmed, labeled, and bound and then sent to Montana for distribution. I hope they don't get sidetracked again. . .