Since the mid 1700's there has been a barrel at a specific location that was used by ships crossing the Pacific Ocean to pick up and drop off messages. Trans-Pacific sea vessels no longer navigate through the Galapagos, but there is now a different barrel on the same site, nicknamed "Post Office Bay." Nowadays, those touring the islands can drop off postcards and the like. When we went to Post Office Bay we opened the barrel and pulled off several large zip-lock baggies filled with postcards. We each took about 20 or 30 and read the addresses. If we found a postcard addressed to a place close to where we live, we picked it up. No stamp required. The only rule was that if you picked up a postcard you had to hand-deliver it. When I return to Kansas City, I will be hand-delivering postcards to a couple in Lenexa and to a woman in KC, MO.
Here I am at the "Post Office."
("Message in a Bottle" is a song by The Police.)
