I live just east of Portland and have seen some weird shipping agendas, too. But your DHL shipping from Portland to Auburn and back to Portland via USPS is really weird! (For you non-Northwesterners, Auburn is between Seattle and Tacoma, WA.)

Thanks for the report on the bag! It sounds good. I have several sizes of Evernew bags, but of course they do not have the opening at the top so are hard to fill from the water source.
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