Having mail delivered to your home is something most of us take for granted. A Great Falls couple is unhappy tonight, after the Postal Service stopped delivering mail to their home. The Post Office says a parked camper blocks easy access to the mailbox, and they need to move the camper or the box.

Tom and Susan Thomas have lived at their 9th Avenue North home for 18 years. But last month, they were notified they would no longer receive mail because they park their camper too close to the mailbox.

"We park here because we unfortunately live close to an alley and this is the parking available," Susan Thomas said.

But Postal Service officials say they are just following the rules.

"If there is an obstruction, we have to get them to move the mailbox or move the vehicle, in order to deliver,” said Jacque Stingley of the United States Postal Service in Great Falls.

But Thomas says it would be simple for the mail carrier to get out of the vehicle and visit the box, like they do at other houses on the block.

“It would only take them five steps to get to the mailbox.”

"Bottom line, we need to deliver as smoothly as possible. We want the carriers to hit the mailboxes quickly, and be on their way," Stingley said.

The Thomas family says they will continue to retrieve their mail at the post office until this issue is resolved.

Stingley urges all citizens to make sure their mailboxes are unobstructed, especially with winter on the way.