tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post3624062062811224053..comments2023-10-22T02:33:14.519-05:00Comments on Isla Mujeres: Gringo in Paradise: Sea WallIslagringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18181198510287530636noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-14423083977464734512008-06-26T18:48:00.000-05:002008-06-26T18:48:00.000-05:00Thanks for asking around about the crocs. Maybe th...Thanks for asking around about the crocs. Maybe the person who said it meant the shoes!! LOLIslaholic Trixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02233743042603387725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-88764171433612406832008-06-26T09:04:00.000-05:002008-06-26T09:04:00.000-05:00Steve’s reaching taking the crocs and Captain Hook...Steve’s reaching taking the crocs and Captain Hook from Peter Pan and mixing them up with the makeout urban legend. <BR/>Steve may be a bit out of whack from the unusual Oregon sunshine the last couple of days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-54254370738161075212008-06-25T20:37:00.000-05:002008-06-25T20:37:00.000-05:00People: I still don't get it. I know the legend y...People: I still don't get it. I know the legend you are refering to (and I also have a great story to go along with it!) but I don't see what I have written made Steve think of it. Is it just me???Islagringohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18181198510287530636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-12776347757981662492008-06-25T19:27:00.000-05:002008-06-25T19:27:00.000-05:00Oh, Lord, that "Hookman" story must be U.S. wide!!...Oh, Lord, that "Hookman" story must be U.S. wide!! We had stories about "him" when I was in high school... if we "went parking" at night, he could get us!! Jackie's got it on the west coast, and I had it on the east coast!!JoAnne in CThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02545540635625269793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-25351379658829920232008-06-25T17:30:00.000-05:002008-06-25T17:30:00.000-05:00Jackie nailed it. Maybe it is just one of those P...Jackie nailed it. Maybe it is just one of those Pacific Northwest myths. Maybe a deranged bachelor Norwegian farmer fills that role in Minnesota. (Of course, if I could type more accurately --- )Steve Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468378507171761868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-66146118989159819072008-06-25T16:29:00.000-05:002008-06-25T16:29:00.000-05:00I have a picture almost identical to yours from Se...I have a picture almost identical to yours from September 2005. It looks like there has been some progress on the beach formation from 2005 to today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-28860516802510914622008-06-25T14:57:00.000-05:002008-06-25T14:57:00.000-05:00I think Steve is referring to the urban legend abo...I think Steve is referring to the urban legend about teenagers being terrorized as they make out on a remote road. Something about a man with a hook arm getting them. Either that or Captain Hook?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-39522221958189461272008-06-25T12:09:00.000-05:002008-06-25T12:09:00.000-05:00islaholic: I asked around this morning. People th...islaholic: I asked around this morning. People thought I was nuts. One even asked me "Where do you gringos hear this shit??"<BR/><BR/>steve: what? you lost me.<BR/><BR/>oso: must have been prior to 1990 that they closed it up. I have never known it to be open to the sea. What a wealth of history you are.Islagringohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18181198510287530636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-79254664310664113832008-06-25T09:41:00.000-05:002008-06-25T09:41:00.000-05:00Many years ago ,before the road existed that salin...Many years ago ,before the road existed that salina had an open flow to the caribbean. it was continuously cleansed by the ebb and flow of the tide. after that was blocked off the salina became a large cesspool containing the aquas negras of the colonia. eventually the rulesregarding hooking up to the sanitation system<BR/>were partially enforced allowing some cleansing to take place, In hot weather it sometimes still reeks.<BR/><BR/>el osoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-25294850236391911032008-06-25T08:03:00.000-05:002008-06-25T08:03:00.000-05:00Maybe they are being tended by the amn with the ho...Maybe they are being tended by the amn with the hook that terrorizes necking teenagers on dark nights.Steve Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468378507171761868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-19888186608081002222008-06-25T08:00:00.000-05:002008-06-25T08:00:00.000-05:00Islaholic: I've never heard this but I will do som...Islaholic: I've never heard this but I will do some checking around. I would be amazed if it were true though. More likely to find them in Sac Bajo. And remember, after Wilma the crocs all went missing from the zoo and it is believed that 3 of them remain in the swamps around Sac Bajo. Never proven though.Islagringohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18181198510287530636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550446.post-82445142788487793062008-06-25T07:47:00.000-05:002008-06-25T07:47:00.000-05:00Your picture makes Salina Chica look so pretty. I'...Your picture makes Salina Chica look so pretty. I've heard there are crocs in there. Do you know if this is true?Islaholic Trixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02233743042603387725noreply@blogger.com