Jeff,
I'll certainly give that a try and thanks for the suggestion. However...I think that the sensor MAY actually be bad. As I stated above, when I took the car through one of those high pressure car washes part of the filter got soaked. The car was idling the whole time in the wash. When I gave it some throttle to get out of the wash it began to stumble and then stalled thereafter. I pulled the intake off and there was a trickle of water all the way down the intake. My guess is that the MAF pulled water up into it's sensor part and shorted it?? It never idled correctly after that incident either. So, I was wanting to go the blow through MAF route anyway.
I found my digital multimeter last night also and tested the connection at the original MAF sensor harness and then tested the new sensor location with the extended wiring. It tested the same voltage in both spots and seemed to be within the factory spec.
So, I will definitely give the PCV trick a try and see if that resolves it. But since the CEL comes on IMMEDIATELY after a full ECU reset I'm leaning towards the sensor being bad. Any other thoughts?