tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:57:16 +0000BoatyardStar of the SeaAmanyaraSharksTiki HutConch FestivalTurtle CoveDIYDa Conch ShackLittle Water CayCaicos BanksGilley'sTreasure SeekerHaitian SloopsMalcolm BeachLeewardGreen LightsBottle CreekCanalsCavesIsland House BuildingHannaInflatable KayakSmith's ReefSchoonerLionfishWest Harbour BluffUninhabited CaysSailingMeridian ClubWeatherSherlock's MarinaIkeMiddle CaicosOff CayIguanasPine CayJRIreneTandem Island KayakFive CaysDive ProvoWeldingOff RoadFishingAerialsCaicos Marina and Shipyard;Plane WreckSouthside MarinaTaylor BayWest CaicosSloopsSouth Side MarinaFive Little CaysHammerNorth CaicosChristmasStanleyBoatsSouth DockFishDooleyFiddleWater CayDolphusBeachcombingSapodilla BayUnderwater PhotographyChalk SoundCooper Jack BayModel SloopsLeeward Going ThroughBeachFrench Cay3 Mary CaysConchTurtle RockHurricanesCruisersFt GeorgeDriftwoodShipwrecksCheshire HallOspreyCatamaransGoPro CameraCoral ReefSkiffStingrayIsland LifeGrace BayLand RoversPreacherOsprey RockSalt CayProvidencialesA personal journal of life as American expats in<br>the Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indieshttp://2gringos.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (La Gringa)Blogger2661252GringosInTheCaribbeanhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-4627208012064050998Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:15:00 +00002012-01-27T14:57:16.330-05:00West Harbour BluffCavesGreen LightsJacob had seen some photos of the cave over at West Harbour Bluff. He was interested in it so during one a weather break he and Dooley the Disastrous and I took the skiff over for a look. I've posted so many photos of the trip in and out of the South Side Marina I'm going to skip all that and pick up the story as we rounded Osprey Rock headed for the cave.Gazing up at this sizable hunk of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/3KMINTYG5TY/caves-rock-carvings-and-some-diy-lamps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/3KMINTYG5TY" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2012/01/caves-rock-carvings-and-some-diy-lamps.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-5201373058393739965Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:40:00 +00002012-01-21T12:43:40.211-05:00West CaicosHaitian SloopsBeachcombingWe have a few more photos taken near the end of December that I wanted to show you before they get lost in the new year shuffle. "New Year Shuffle". I like that. Sounds like a rhythm and blues song. I wrote that we were planning to go back to West Caicos and take some closer photos of a wrecked Haitian sloop we saw on the beach there. Well, we did exactly that. It's not hard to keep promises whenhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/xvguj67ZcxE/patience.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/xvguj67ZcxE" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2012/01/patience.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-3141246260767658755Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:02:00 +00002012-01-11T12:35:15.199-05:00South Side MarinaSapodilla BayCruisersChristmasI’m going to divert from our normal sort of chronological order here and put some of today’s sunrise photos on a post about things that took place last year. Last week, in other words. I hope I don’t put a bump in the blog time space continuum or anything like that. I hate it when that happens. La Gringa snapped this one at sunrise this morning:And apparently, while we were still outside admiringhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/au1w6Q4fwDg/annual-south-side-marina-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)16<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/au1w6Q4fwDg" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2012/01/annual-south-side-marina-post.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-8249644964800315138Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:56:00 +00002011-12-05T14:06:59.180-05:00Pine CayDa Conch ShackLeeward Going ThroughGilley's In Which our Protagonists get Back Into Island Life. The Gringos Entertain Guests. Dooley the Dog Does Diddly. The Usual Tropical Imagery.It's December already. This is usually a pretty big month for us. For starters, the arrival of December means that Hurricane Season is officially over. Yee Haaa. Hot Diggity Dang. And a Whew. A Big Whew, in fact. And I'll even throw in a Huzzah. We are http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/fBUewvtBZtE/bits-and-pieces.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)13<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/fBUewvtBZtE" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/12/bits-and-pieces.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-7344427707394178099Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:30:00 +00002011-11-18T10:16:24.320-05:00West CaicosBeachcombingShipwrecksI hope some of you are not yet bored with all our recent West Caicos trips. Because this is another one. Now, we did break it up a little with the previous post about Grace Bay. But right before that, we had taken the skiff back over again. On the previous trip it was windy and we had taken our little sailing kayak over. We've developed a general game plan regarding boats. On windy days the skiffhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/odVH6H9z1bE/flotsam-timbers-and-termites.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)14<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/odVH6H9z1bE" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/11/flotsam-timbers-and-termites.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-1217637376623258994Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:10:00 +00002011-10-25T09:11:53.070-04:00ProvidencialesGrace BayFor our first couple of years here we lived within a short walk of the Grace Bay beach. We spent many a mellow hour there. Snorkeling, swimming, picnicking, reading, beach combing, annoying the dog. Then we built a home far, far away on the other side of the island (maybe 2 miles across) and we got more and more into boating. And now we rarely get back over to what is undoubtedly one of the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/0pWMF3157uE/grace-bay-beach.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)15<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/0pWMF3157uE" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/10/grace-bay-beach.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-3167053006391504027Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:37:00 +00002011-10-02T15:05:21.701-04:00West CaicosTandem Island KayakIn Which Two Point One Five Expats Sail TheirPlastic Boat Around in Splendid Weather.A Quick Visual Survey of Some of The Far Side of West Caicos. Some Fabled Coves are Located. A Small Dog Is Lightly Punctured. La Gringa managed to spot a couple of early rising conch fishermen headed into the morning sun.We seem to be spending a lot of time over at West Caicos this summer. There are some http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/lMEFQlvfQbw/looking-for-maravedi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)14<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/lMEFQlvfQbw" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/10/looking-for-maravedi.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-4338227278325470698Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:33:00 +00002011-09-28T12:19:07.539-04:00StanleyUninhabited CaysFive Little CaysI realize that we've now done the last four posts on this blog with no boat photos. This will never do. That is misrepresentative. We never go that long without boating somewhere. We just got uncombobulated by that last unscheduled hurricane. But we do have some boat photos to get back with the program here.First, instead of starting with a sunrise photo or a flower photo I decided to use a moon http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/jLICSlIXd4Q/little-5-cays-picnic-trip.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/jLICSlIXd4Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/09/little-5-cays-picnic-trip.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-4216662733225918482Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:00:00 +00002011-09-10T10:56:32.315-04:00Off RoadMalcolm BeachAmanyaraIn which our Recovering Recluses Return to Fun Stuff and Exploring.Some basic DIY projects with Salvaged Wood,and Dooley Glares at Duct Tape.This post is about what we were doing right before that little 3-post storm detour we just experienced. This one has no boats in it or nice turquoise kissed photos of gin clear water, colorful fishies and coral. We're skipping the standard boat trip completehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/2ezH8ukobuo/bushwhacking-for-boat-ramps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)15<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/2ezH8ukobuo" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/09/bushwhacking-for-boat-ramps.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-7174629391895017797Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:30:00 +00002011-08-27T14:38:44.208-04:00IrenePreacherHurricanesLeeward Going ThroughIn Which our Weary Waterlogged Witnesses Wander Witlessly Whilst Winnowing Wreckage. Dooley the Discombobulated Maintains His Low Profile. We Take a Ride Around the Island. We have one more post about our experience with this annoying hurricane, and then we'll leave it to our fellow Irene-ians up in the USA to deal with from here on out. We were lucky on this one and we know it. We have now gonehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/ZNIqOznUWN4/hurricane-irene-part-3_27.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/ZNIqOznUWN4" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/08/hurricane-irene-part-3_27.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-3300079859494810553Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:49:00 +00002011-08-25T18:13:52.671-04:00IreneHurricanesThis will be a really poorly done blog post, and I apologize for that. I am trying to upload photos and get Google Blogger to run, and it's not going smoothly. But we'll try to see if we can get something out. We’ve just experienced the violent weather of another tropical hurricane. Takes a little while to shake that experience off. These things are intense. Now the recovery phase begins. We’vehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/z73-AcI1dhM/hurricane-irene-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)22<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/z73-AcI1dhM" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/08/hurricane-irene-part-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-1999994437211333750Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:30:00 +00002011-08-23T16:00:35.885-04:00IreneHurricanesWe had another post well on the way when this tropical wave thing suddenly seems to have turned into Hurricane Irene. Since this is definitely a very real part of life in the tropics, I thought we'd interrupt our regularly scheduled program about the nice parts of tropical life for a snapshot of the down side. We were surprised at how quickly this storm developed and we watch these things http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/8Kj6MqBcFqs/hurricane-irene-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)35<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/8Kj6MqBcFqs" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/08/hurricane-irene-part-1.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-7930451238144857367Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:12:00 +00002011-08-16T08:56:20.562-04:00West CaicosDriftwoodOsprey RockBeachcombingIn which our Sidetracked Expatriates Deviate from Plan and Boat to West Caicos for No Other Reason than To Check Out the Beach. Dooley the Diverted Keeps His Opinions to Himself. Instead of another sunset, we're going to open this post with one of La Gringa's photos of some of the plant life around here. (I actually just realized I didn't even have a good sunrise photo from this week, so she ran http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/voSDg9I2tXc/check-date-beachcombing-west-caicos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)29<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/voSDg9I2tXc" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/07/check-date-beachcombing-west-caicos.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-798518383946377347Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:24:00 +00002011-08-05T12:35:04.655-04:00Underwater PhotographyUninhabited CaysFive CaysTurtle RockIn which the Gringos Explore the Islet Underwater, Undergoing Another Change of Plans on a Very Nice Day. Dooley the Devious Claims a Rock while Going With the Flow.This is going to be a shortish (is that even a word?) follow-up post to that Turtle Rock trip we did a couple of months ago. We tried to get some good photos of Taylor Bay and failed miserably on that day, due to weather. But we've http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/973T-37fPoY/closer-look-at-turtle-rock.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)16<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/973T-37fPoY" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/08/closer-look-at-turtle-rock.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-866928697703702021Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:48:00 +00002011-07-20T07:02:41.892-04:003 Mary CaysNorth CaicosBeachcombingIn which our Clueless Expatriates and Cheese-Addicted Dog Fail to Reach Whitby, Dooley the Demented Embarks on a New Career as a tripod, and Once Again the Fools are Caught in a Small Boat during a Squall.Here's a post about another weekend trip when we loaded up the boat and dog and set off on another picnic trip with all our plans and preparations neatly in place.We shoulda known bettah.I am http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/lC3G_Vnik8M/beach-combing-on-north-caicos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)23<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/lC3G_Vnik8M" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/07/beach-combing-on-north-caicos.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-2124192191681004673Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:20:00 +00002011-07-07T22:14:31.669-04:00Star of the SeaSkiffSouthside MarinaThis is going to be a quick, low-quality, cut-rate, disappointing post to fill in this big blank period between the last post and the next post. I'd call it an interim post, but I think I've overused that term in some of my earlier shallow excuses. We are working on a new post, but other commitments keep splattering on the windshield of life and delaying us. Hence this Cheap Fill of a post to lethttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/8FaOtDxvU8A/cheap-fill.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)16<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/8FaOtDxvU8A" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/07/cheap-fill.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-7454614854823904795Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:00:00 +00002011-06-24T11:58:03.135-04:00GoPro CameraSherlock's MarinaTandem Island KayakWater CayWe were hoping for some really memorable photos for this 250th post in this silly web-log thing. (You did know that's where the word 'blog' came from, right? And so ends the educational portion of our program today...)Anyhow, up until Sunday all I really had that was new were some local 'boat-in-trouble' type photos, and a bunch of DIY stuff from inside the garage. Not really very exciting. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/kOvrHgg1aQQ/check-date-summer-sunday-sojourn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)45<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/kOvrHgg1aQQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/06/check-date-summer-sunday-sojourn.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-1429404077635325218Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:00:00 +00002012-01-25T18:48:29.720-05:00Turtle CovePreacherPine CayTiki HutI've started to feel a bit remorseful about laying that last blog post on you. The one with all the rain and the wind and the squalls. I know some people look at this blog specifically to see nice tropical scenery. We know this because they write us emails and tell us so. Especially in the winter. And I know that they probably aren't even vaguely interested in watching Mother Nature power wash anhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/JCRrruTSjpY/some-nice-sunset-photos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)11<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/JCRrruTSjpY" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/06/some-nice-sunset-photos.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-6776656230338809609Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:10:00 +00002011-06-22T17:39:13.879-04:00French CayWeatherCaicos BanksSometimes we have what turn out to be good ideas. The operative word there is 'sometimes', with special emphasis on the some part of that. 'Sometime', this time, is about some other time than one of those good idea times. As this post develops, please try to keep in mind that I clearly admitted that, right up front.Saturday morning was the first day of a three day holiday weekend. It was 'http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/q4zWgGjhh88/french-cay-sequel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)19<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/q4zWgGjhh88" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/06/french-cay-sequel.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-1338243878694437999Sun, 29 May 2011 14:15:00 +00002011-05-29T19:00:45.104-04:00Turtle CoveSouthside MarinaBoatsBeachcombingFive Little CaysCaicos Marina and Shipyard;I have no clue how many sunrise and sunset images we've taken in the Turks and Caicos Islands, but I know it's a bunch. Pockets full of sunsets. A veritable shirtload. Then we pick one we think is representative of what it looked like to us on that day, and we post it. And then I delete almost all of the ones we don't use. Saving sunset and sunrise photos seems almost pointless. They're old news http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/MFHTB_PvEJU/miscellaneous-stuff-and-big-hunk-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)19<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/MFHTB_PvEJU" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/05/miscellaneous-stuff-and-big-hunk-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-4128834429591644172Wed, 18 May 2011 16:19:00 +00002011-05-25T18:16:31.500-04:00Dive ProvoTurtle RockTaylor BayOsprey RockCaicos Marina and Shipyard;Our previous post was full of photos of what we did on a Saturday when the wind was blowing. We went sailing, naturally. This is part of our plan. And why we have a little sailboat. The night after those Chalk Sound photos the wind dropped and the waves mellowed out considerably. We woke up on Sunday morning to calm seas and light winds. Not a good day for sails, but an excellent day for small http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/kbq_iqRj_0s/taylor-bay-osprey-and-turtle-rocks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)8<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/kbq_iqRj_0s" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/05/taylor-bay-osprey-and-turtle-rocks.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-3458088896045610474Tue, 03 May 2011 09:56:00 +00002011-05-03T10:40:33.100-04:00Tandem Island KayakInflatable KayakChalk SoundWe woke up to a fresh tropical mango colored dawn last Saturday. It could be called a papaya colored dawn too, I suppose. I'm not too good with some colors, but I definitely know a mango when I see one. And since our sister-in-law recently brought us a nifty new mango coring tool, we've been going through a few of them. Just shy of a number that would make the rain forest activists nervous.The http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/eod_-KZzQL8/back-to-chalk-sound.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)14<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/eod_-KZzQL8" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/05/back-to-chalk-sound.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-2457384537809358842Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:02:00 +00002011-04-26T13:17:57.824-04:00Leeward Going ThroughLeewardCanalsI'm still playing catch-up here with yet another minuscule and underachieving post. I've had to leave out a lot of stuff due to the photos lost in the great computer crash of '11. But I do want you to understand that we haven't been just sitting around sipping Pina Coladas down here. Rum, yes definitely, but there's no coconut juice or paper umbrellas in it. Sheesh. We're serious RESIDENTS here http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/nPf5bfm0VYo/2nd-half-of-underwhelming-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)19<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/nPf5bfm0VYo" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/04/2nd-half-of-underwhelming-post.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-4334863105933939673Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:26:00 +00002011-04-21T08:21:35.406-04:00Uninhabited CaysSkiffSouthside MarinaCruisersCaicos Marina and Shipyard;Caicos BanksI'll warn you up front that this is not a real blog post. It's a temporary post to fill in this increasing blank spot until I can put together a real one. You know how life sometimes sneaks up behind you and gooses you when you least expect it? We've been feeling like we were just a half step ahead of the gaggle for weeks now. But enough of my whining and excuses. I'll give you a brief rundown ofhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/_KjoO6bL5Qg/underwhelming-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)11<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/_KjoO6bL5Qg" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/04/underwhelming-post.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025068942489566045.post-3439024636874921063Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:34:00 +00002011-03-25T18:53:54.634-04:00SharksLionfishStingrayCaicos BanksFriday we were treated to another rare day for this time of year. The wind finally dropped down to something too mild for sand-blasting. And the ocean joined in by smoothing out all those lumpy waves for the day. Oh we do appreciate the breezy days we get, no mistake about that. Eight to ten knots or more usually means that the sailing will be good somewhere around the island. But when we are in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~3/DagrCk41cHs/back-to-lionfish-den.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gringo)32<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/2GringosInTheCaribbean/~4/DagrCk41cHs" height="1" width="1"/>http://2gringos.blogspot.com/2011/03/back-to-lionfish-den.html