tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post6667389949646282260..comments2024-03-15T04:32:47.445-04:00Comments on 2 Gringos in the Caribbean: North Side of SouthLa Gringahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373488986584175930noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-50819239060994771652018-11-26T01:31:56.089-05:002018-11-26T01:31:56.089-05:00Hey guys, as somebody who has been interested in t...Hey guys, as somebody who has been interested in this lifestyle from a far, for a looooooong time,<br />I would like to say thank you for the awesome pictures and hilarious story telling. This has been a wealth <br />of information and hopefully one day you will continue the tale, wherever that may be. The magic here has always been your unique perspective on life, island or otherwise...anywaysAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04037618572559151226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-72880005542402601952018-08-15T12:31:07.145-04:002018-08-15T12:31:07.145-04:00I just found your TCI blog and just love it. I li...I just found your TCI blog and just love it. I like the mountains too. My wife and I spend a week in the west side of the Tetons and a week in Glacier. Would love to read your blog.<br /><br />RobertAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433933010274825933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-24388940848661499082018-06-14T15:52:12.133-04:002018-06-14T15:52:12.133-04:00Doing another blog may help time some of your mind...Doing another blog may help time some of your mind off any challenges you maybe facing.Hipaamarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14884628398751498769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-67544168367846640992018-01-13T15:36:51.391-05:002018-01-13T15:36:51.391-05:00I have missed your blogs. Hope you guys are doing...I have missed your blogs. Hope you guys are doing well!Walker Benzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12978406600899769605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-40231385471003421602018-01-07T18:48:53.077-05:002018-01-07T18:48:53.077-05:00Thank you Brenda, and we also thank all of our oth...Thank you Brenda, and we also thank all of our other readers who check in with us from time to time. We are still kicking, presently in Colorado taking care of health issues that interrupted our life in the islands. We do hope to get back to the boat eventually. Once they dig it out from underneath the monohulls that fell over onto it during Hurricane Irma.<br /><br />I keep toying with the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-44986074559817705282018-01-02T00:02:34.839-05:002018-01-02T00:02:34.839-05:00Happy New Year Gringo and la Gringa. Wherever the...Happy New Year Gringo and la Gringa. Wherever the winds of 2018 push you go in good health. <br /><br />I keep hoping this blog will get resurrected one of these months. Living vicariously through your adventures.<br /><br />PS: Two Gringos on the Rocks is a great name!bubblybrendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123653883601015163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-68569276413560718612017-09-10T10:30:39.116-04:002017-09-10T10:30:39.116-04:00Yes, thanks, we're safe. We spent the summer ...Yes, thanks, we're safe. We spent the summer house sitting a log fly fishing lodge on a beautiful trout stream in Montana. I am writing this two days after hurricane Irma went just south of Providenciales. The boat and the house both sustained some damage, which so far sounds to be fairly minor by comparison. We still plan to be back aboard s/v Twisted Sheets getting her ready to sail the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-83902668210846420752017-09-07T18:11:56.736-04:002017-09-07T18:11:56.736-04:00I miss this blog, but more importantly hope you gu...I miss this blog, but more importantly hope you guys are safe from the hurricane, please update us when you get a chance!Reinergirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291788076607284303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-5790528597040593722017-06-05T11:27:17.716-04:002017-06-05T11:27:17.716-04:00Hi gringos! Hope all is well, its been almost a y...Hi gringos! Hope all is well, its been almost a year since this post went up with no new info...sorry to hear about Dooley. <br />I hope your cruising adventures will continue soon and you will continue to share your unique and entertaining view on life in the tropics.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927105307462503430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-13830312582158493512017-04-22T16:06:09.334-04:002017-04-22T16:06:09.334-04:00I may have to disagree with you on a point or two....I may have to disagree with you on a point or two. It's not the Caribbean which is just a part of a prepositional phrase in the title of the blog or even the two, but Gringo and his story. You have a talent for writing. Interesting and easy to follow; entertaining. When you first started writing I was interested in the possibility of your writing about catching fish but that didn't Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11288643467678452623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-85285455879914205932017-04-18T10:03:27.344-04:002017-04-18T10:03:27.344-04:00hey gringo I just got an update. I do not visit F...hey gringo I just got an update. I do not visit FCB any longer but received a post to my forum about your current events. Out hearts are with you and of course if you need anything you can always let us know. joemckeehan@gmail.com <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />joe aka mr and mrs redneck joe.joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16641313315185046716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-54796101037478822302017-04-13T21:11:47.421-04:002017-04-13T21:11:47.421-04:00I lost track of your blog for 4 or 5 yrs now. (you...I lost track of your blog for 4 or 5 yrs now. (you just got the boat) I had got a job and well just lost track, Ill =catch up again but just wanted to say I m glad your still here and it breaks my heart that Dooley is gone. I am a pet person so I know.. Im sorry.keep up bloging about your lives...We are invested you know . You guys are like family.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04231637744471814612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-33526548683050648512017-03-24T19:31:17.963-04:002017-03-24T19:31:17.963-04:00I'm using my wifes Google account to ask you m...I'm using my wifes Google account to ask you my questions. First thanks for such a nice write up on South Caicos. These pictures I see bring back so many memories of the Island. My Name is Merrill my email pdevlin4@tampabay.rr.com I served in the Coast Guard in 1971 and lived in those quarters for a year. I have pictures of my time there and of the crew 15 of us that were there that year. I Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545090674729809348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-2786772447939364822017-03-22T16:30:48.912-04:002017-03-22T16:30:48.912-04:00Gringo. You have not posted in a while. Are you gu...Gringo. You have not posted in a while. Are you guys still in the US ? I sure miss your posts.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07805762733203897209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-82036214523174494292017-01-29T19:13:49.548-05:002017-01-29T19:13:49.548-05:00Thanks for the kind words, Misu. We're very m...Thanks for the kind words, Misu. We're very much planning to get back on the boat after we finish up our US sojourn. I admit I did consider deleting the blog as out of date, but when I look at the little report I can access on Google, there are still 400+ page views a day. That tells me people are still finding it and enjoying it. So the plan is to just pick up again when we're back in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-89689062948213127372017-01-29T00:12:08.400-05:002017-01-29T00:12:08.400-05:00Good to hear you're hanging in there... Hope ...Good to hear you're hanging in there... Hope you'll be back soon, but if not, just please keep this blog online, there's so much to read through. You're an inspiration...misuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290276364920431223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-37948783415473396362017-01-10T16:05:08.830-05:002017-01-10T16:05:08.830-05:00Thanks, Ted. We miss us, too. I'll just ha...Thanks, Ted. We miss us, too. I'll just have to quote John Lennon here, <br />"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans".<br /><br />We've been forcibly sidetracked for the moment, but the dreams and plans are undimmed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-41365228277918114602017-01-06T23:57:31.493-05:002017-01-06T23:57:31.493-05:00Miss you guys. Miss you guys. Ted Bairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17162685256623101989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-38883530080780222552016-11-27T08:36:32.663-05:002016-11-27T08:36:32.663-05:00B - are you still sailing? or on Provo?
Drop me an...B - are you still sailing? or on Provo?<br />Drop me an email; I may have some info regarding some "sunken" items, depending where you are!<br />And I'm sure you'll LOVE my article in the new edition of TIMES of the Islands.(mid Dec.... "Arhh, pieces of Eight.....!"john Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320387561871576587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-43662768733474242822016-11-27T08:00:06.821-05:002016-11-27T08:00:06.821-05:00Some of the good people who read this on a regular...Some of the good people who read this on a regular basis may notice that the post that was the latest one to be written (The Ruin of Dick Clark) has been moved from the last position back to before the trip to South Caicos. I just had to move it. It was too weird for us to look at the photos of a trip out of sequence, and that trip back to Sapodilla Bay and Taylor Bay was a couple of weeks Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-44906712044712063702016-07-25T16:45:52.021-04:002016-07-25T16:45:52.021-04:00John, I just read a slight reference to that somew...John, I just read a slight reference to that somewhere else, too. I'd be very interested in anything else you know about that area. I know a bit about LORAN and SOSUS, and this place intrigues me. We ended up slogging around the place for half the day. Parts of it are being maintained. But LORAN and SOSUS are long gone.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-69127717442326596372016-07-25T14:29:00.934-04:002016-07-25T14:29:00.934-04:00I have been following you for a couple years now a...I have been following you for a couple years now and, like the others who have commented here, I will dearly miss Dooley. Please keep blogging! This two month dry spell is killing me! I need more Gringo stories! You are not just another cruising blog, you are so much more than that. I really enjoy your easy, conversational style that makes me feel like we know each other (unfair for you)and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-55256988213176514842016-07-20T18:02:23.719-04:002016-07-20T18:02:23.719-04:00South Caicos was used by the CIA late 60's to ...South Caicos was used by the CIA late 60's to train Haitian resistance fighters ( to instigate a coup in Haiti) and I guess they never left.....<br />people have been seen in those "deserted" buildings....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01876119050278554207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-1345353716637766832016-07-08T22:22:11.021-04:002016-07-08T22:22:11.021-04:00Yep, Byron. We miss your posts, Dooley too. My dau...Yep, Byron. We miss your posts, Dooley too. My daughter and I check on you regularly. Hoping all is well.<br /><br /><br />Johnny H.<br />Grapevine, Tx.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04498489752288490494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-5353013281281311072016-07-07T11:33:08.684-04:002016-07-07T11:33:08.684-04:00Definitely, PLEASE keep this blog going!
Whether ...Definitely, PLEASE keep this blog going!<br /><br />Whether you are sailing, repairing or on land, your comments and your style are greatly enjoyed. Yours is not 'just another cruising blog', far from it. I, and it seems many others, always look forward to the next epistle.<br /><br />:-)<br /><br />Mike<br /><br />dmmbrucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01765265554296270809noreply@blogger.com