Saga of a Lost Wallet

 

We left Mission Beach on the 16th for Tucson.

  The Saga of a Lost Wallet

   In El Centro, we stopped for gas and a driver change and Mark left his wallet on the gas pump. Two hours later, when we were gassing up again, he realized what had happened. We called the 711 there and the woman very rudely said that she was too busy to go check outside and to call back later.  We then called and cancelled the Amex card. We did call back later and again, she hung up on us.

     In Tucson (Country Inn and Suites), we filed for a new license with the Mass. DMV which has no process for expediting a lost license. But, later that night, Mark got a text message from a woman in Mexicali, Mexico that her husband had the wallet. We were initially hesitant to respond, but did. He asked her to have her husband take it to the El Centro Police Station and she said that he would the next day or the day after that. 

    When we got to Las Cruces, we called the police station and they said that the wallet would have to be entered as evidence and that we'd have to contact the "evidence technician" who was not in that day.

      The wallet was not turned in that first day and our optimism began to diminish. But, through various texts with the woman, Arabella, she said that her husband had been too busy that first day.  But, on the following day, her husband did turn it in. Hurrah! (Mark told the couple to keep whatever cash was in the wallet for being honorable and honest people.)

   Getting the wallet released from custody involved a few hoops to jump through including signing a release and setting up a FedEx account. But, Moises at the police department, made the process as smooth as possible. So, the wallet was sent by FedEx to Michael and Nancy's house in Florida.

  And, the Amex card also came via FedEx to Las Cruces.

  So - all's well that ends well. And, have faith in our fellow humans.