Bill Butler Park is named for a Key West musician "The King of Junkanoo" which is a Bahamian celebration of a carnival sort. Butler died in 1984 and ended up being carried to his rest by his family members after the hearse broke down. That accident created a legend in that he had created a marching band to among other things accompany, funeral processions in the New Orleans style.
The park, after much of the usual Key West discussion has been cleaned up and freshened and all in honor of the musician.
The work of renovation began in 2014 which was when I was here with my motorcycle and quite often with Cheyenne on her slow Eeyore like plods around town. Link
I like the approaches to the place along narrow streets lined with typical Conch cottages. Before the renovation the park itself had a remote feeling, far from noise and bustle of Key West's Old Town.
Cheyenne came and went in my life and through it all this old girl has spent her life on the porch watching me pass with her and with Rusty over the years. I wonder if she would envy Rusty his travels? I doubt it. I rather suspect Rusty might envy her routine in place.
It's a pretty spot to spend a life:
I walked back to my Vespa pressed into service for a few rides around town prior to the new owner picking it up.
5 comments:
I've inherited an ET4 that seems the same color as yours. Mine has a tan seat though and a tan floor mat. I need to make room in the garage for it now.
Nice scooter with the early engine - very simple and mine was fast - I got the speedo to 72 (67 real) mph on my way to sell it. Not that you would care about that. Good for ride and stop though.
PS the seat was an aftermarket low seat I got for Layne which I also preferred as you sit more in the scooter than on, and the brown floor mat blew away when I forgot to take it off when trailering the scooter to safety during. hurricane lockdown. The woman we bought it from had all accessories and I sold it on with the red key (the code key) as well as the code card and three blue keys and two topazes including the factory top case. My favorite vespa.
I've not ridden the ET4 in a long time. My father-in-law loved it and rode it until he was 80 and a failed hip replacement surgery ended his riding. It has sat in the garage now for a few years and I'll have to pay it a visit to install a new battery and see if it will start. It will need an oil change and belt replacement. Maybe tires. I'll probably just trailer it to the dealer and let them do the work.
Good readinng
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