tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post5476949133829464241..comments2024-03-15T04:32:47.445-04:00Comments on 2 Gringos in the Caribbean: 300th PostLa Gringahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373488986584175930noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-41910843997071986872013-11-05T21:35:20.275-05:002013-11-05T21:35:20.275-05:00Congrats on 300 posts! Always a pleasure to read ...Congrats on 300 posts! Always a pleasure to read your blog. <br /><br />It's interesting how you are exploring some of the history of the islands with the kite photo set up. Keep it up!<br /><br />Best, BillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-56055449260367228532013-10-08T16:17:54.377-04:002013-10-08T16:17:54.377-04:00been on of those days now 3 days straight! I know ...been on of those days now 3 days straight! I know which month come here that is for sure. It's insane. I mean any other time is certainly nice, but right now is utterly insane. I recall coming in November where it would be breezy and choppy to the point the high tide mark in the mornings would reach on the dunes on Grace Bay. Maybe out of two weeks 1 or 2 days would be like it has been the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-82661652983587756692013-10-07T05:43:28.758-04:002013-10-07T05:43:28.758-04:00Yes, it was one of those days. We had a bit of a...Yes, it was one of those days. We had a bit of a Stubbs day. We took one of the kites and a camera down to Leeward to get some photos of the marina, and hung out with Preacher and his brother Joe. Also spent a lot of time talking to Jay, owner of Sail Provo. He just sailed a 38 ft. catamaran down from Miami last week.<br />He's going to call a diesel mechanic for me. Maybe finally get Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-72564297113392042572013-10-06T21:45:28.350-04:002013-10-06T21:45:28.350-04:00well today (sunday) is what it is all about. Indes...well today (sunday) is what it is all about. Indescribable to any not in the know. There is no place finer on this planet as evidenced by today. Holy heck, water temp, sky, sand sea. Impossible to explain in words! Wow just wow. It's so weird first you got to convince people that its not Turkey! and nothing to do with Europe. Then try to explain the water and the sand and the sea. There is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-39913223065399557902013-10-05T16:08:26.459-04:002013-10-05T16:08:26.459-04:00Oh yeah, it's pretty humid. We just got back f...Oh yeah, it's pretty humid. We just got back from Colorado on Monday and it was like a slap across the face with a wet t-shirt.<br /><br /> Forecast is for even less wind after tomorrow. A whole lot of people leave here during August, September and October. That's the real summer here. And storm season. <br /><br />And the best time to fly in or out is Tuesday-Thursday. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-17252077958030554192013-10-05T15:58:13.322-04:002013-10-05T15:58:13.322-04:00well as a result of all the posts and pictures rec...well as a result of all the posts and pictures recently I made it down to Provo today. Damn is it hot. Pleasantly surprised the wind is down or at least today, weather shows 14-15 mph +. Surprised how hot and humid it is, last time I was here 3 years ago in November it was incredible, dry hot clear, warm breeze. Where or what exactly does TCI share its weather system with, this feels like regularAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-35808404584356438792013-09-30T21:19:13.441-04:002013-09-30T21:19:13.441-04:00Jack, Thanks. We were actually up in Ft.C. for m...Jack, Thanks. We were actually up in Ft.C. for most of the time. Came down to visit stepson in Highlands Ranch for the weekend. Were booked up pretty solid for that portion.<br /><br />Everyone running around all excited because we're going to be grandparents. Well, step grandparent in my case.<br />Don't worry, we'll be back. December, in fact.<br /><br />BD, you're right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-48229755822291835382013-09-30T21:01:07.709-04:002013-09-30T21:01:07.709-04:00It is a good finishing up post photo. Now I have a...It is a good finishing up post photo. Now I have a question for you. It doesn't seem like there is a whole lot to do there. Do you ever get bored?<br />BDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13608563164495997311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-52259894781833886282013-09-30T18:52:25.398-04:002013-09-30T18:52:25.398-04:00man..i told you email me next run through Denver!!...man..i told you email me next run through Denver!! honestly, the wife and I would love to take you guys out for a beer and some vittles.<br /><br />I was up at red rocks running on Saturday am., very close to my house.<br /><br />the song is "dream of the drowned submariner". haunting tune that has been stuck in my head for 3 weeks straight....your blog post made it the perfect Jack Hamlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-35838264999054444782013-09-30T07:15:03.143-04:002013-09-30T07:15:03.143-04:00hello Jack, When I saw you had posted a comment ...hello Jack, When I saw you had posted a comment I thought you might have spotted us yesterday walking around up at Red Rocks. It was a beautiful Sunday and there were a lot of people up there. We've been staying in a Hyatt in Englewood for the past few days. We're headed back to Providenciales today.<br /><br />Hey, your youtube link is to a CU promotional video. Which Mark Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-9202631345756387482013-09-29T22:20:08.180-04:002013-09-29T22:20:08.180-04:00the sluice you guys are investigating is, by far, ...the sluice you guys are investigating is, by far, my favorite of all of your adventures. mind-boggling the amount of work that went into that cut. i want to know more!!<br /><br />seasons up in Denver are changing fast--first snow in Winter Park this week.<br /><br />also, i know you guys are Mark Knofler fans. his new album Privateering is phenomenal. This song in particular really fit theJack in Denvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-72864047407930111852013-09-29T16:59:35.727-04:002013-09-29T16:59:35.727-04:00Congratulations on making it to 300. You look youn...Congratulations on making it to 300. You look younger than that, I think :-)<br /><br />At the end of the sluice, there is the line of stones pointing out to the platform(?) off shore. What I see as well is the line of similar, but less well defined, stones that seem to point directly toward the next platform(?) a short distance down the coast. You haven't commented on this, but it seems dmmbrucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01765265554296270809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-90767835891565865012013-09-28T21:28:19.349-04:002013-09-28T21:28:19.349-04:00The only historical source I know of is the museum...The only historical source I know of is the museum on Grand Turk. We were there a few years ago, on our way home from Salt Cay. We're overdue for a trip back over to GT. I know a lot more about what questions to ask these days.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-22022276365433086452013-09-28T06:51:30.307-04:002013-09-28T06:51:30.307-04:00Is there enough room in the camera enclosure for a...Is there enough room in the camera enclosure for a gauze bag with an ounce, or two, of rice?<br /><br />It looks to me like there's a too-straight line just outside the plant growth at the mouth of the sluice, (photos 9, 12 and 13). Could that be the remnants of a dam, and the stones in the water the remains of a pump-house?<br /><br />Darn, Gringo, it's too early in the mornin' to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-1169900970294692502013-09-27T20:59:39.280-04:002013-09-27T20:59:39.280-04:00Congrats on your 300th post! Love reading your bl...Congrats on your 300th post! Love reading your blog and I have a fondness for Dooley :)Reinergirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291788076607284303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-87974623841691228082013-09-27T20:35:17.941-04:002013-09-27T20:35:17.941-04:00Great photos as usual. Are you sure there are no ...Great photos as usual. Are you sure there are no peoples journals during the time that sluice was built that may describe what it was for? Is there a library on the Caicos? If so they may have some history of the thing.kristine barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16478432437077665125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-45845962031224021842013-09-27T14:41:01.098-04:002013-09-27T14:41:01.098-04:00You cld easily sell a book! :) I look forward to r...You cld easily sell a book! :) I look forward to reading 300 more posts! -ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-88888168315014105782013-09-27T12:32:54.795-04:002013-09-27T12:32:54.795-04:00Happy 300th! You always keep me reading, and drool...Happy 300th! You always keep me reading, and drooling over the pics. Rebecca @ It's Not Easy Eating Greenhttp://itsnoteasyeatinggreen.comnoreply@blogger.com