Sherry Kirkvold dropped the card into a whale-oil-barrel post box on Floreana Island in the Galapagos Archipelago on March 15, 1991.
The postcard that Sherry Kirkvold sent herself from the Galapagos Islands finally arrived — 33 years and one month after she dropped it into a whale-oil-barrel post box.
There are no postal services on Floreana Island in the Galapagos Archipelago, but at Post Office Bay, visitors can drop off postcards and letters in old barrels. Fanning happened to have a brother-in-law living in Victoria, so on a visit to the capital region after the 1991 trip, Fanning dropped by Kirkvold’s Gladstone Avenue home to deliver the postcard.
Life continued and time passed. The Fannings had four children, and their small-town medical practice got busy.She called the number and, eureka, her Galapagos connection came full circle. She mailed the postcard right away and the two enjoyed a phone conversation about their travels over the years, including their close encounter on Floreana Island.
Over the years, she has held various jobs in the touring industry, including aboard the Maple Leaf sailing ship to the Great Bear Rainforest, Blue Water Adventures to Alaska and in the Kananaskis Country near Canmore, Alta., where the Fannings have spent many summers with their family.
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