Category: The Old Gringo

It’s January 7th, 2024, as this is being written. The Lukeville port of entry has reopened as of the 4th, after having been closed for exactly one month. What, you may ask, did this closure and restriction of trade accomplish?...

As I’ve mentioned previously, this column is written a month before it is published.  At the time of this writing, Customs and Border Patrol have closed the Lukeville port of entry to Rocky Point. The ensuing chaos,...

One of the disadvantages of having to write a column a month before each edition of this paper is often things happen that need to be in the previous months, or two months’, editions to be ‘timely.’ This past October is a good...

It’s that time of year…again! The ‘biggest and best bike rally south of the border’ is about to commence here in our fair city. If you own a bike, and ride anywhere, just like motorcycles or merely want to witness the...

While taking a break from the high temps and even higher humidity that is Peñasco during August and September, the Old Gringo had the opportunity to visit old friends and make some new ones up in the cool pines of Strawberry,...

As I’ve said before, writing this column in early June, after a wonderfully cool May, I have to ass/u/me (you know what that stands for, right?) that I’m making an accurate prediction…or not. It’s not much of a stretch,...