This Week on the Island 05/03/2020

‘This Week on the Island’ is written by Doug Bennett and is an update to friends about happenings in Key West last week. Everything is true except for those parts that are lies.

The Weather:  Same as last week and the week before. And the week before.  And the week before. Next week looks pretty good also.

This week I continue to read the book I started last week. Not very thrilling.

April 30, 1975 the end of the war in Vietnam.

The Truman Waterfront park re-opened this week.

A few pictures from the Teeki ride on May 1. Key West had no fresh water so rain was captured from roofs and stored in cisterns. Now water comes from around the big lake north of Miami.

This is a large cistern on Whitehead Street that was used by the military.

This old cistern at Mallory Square now has the restrooms in it.

 

This old cistern at Pepe's at Mallory Square now has outdoor dinning. 

Since we are talking about water. Here is an old dug-out canoe at Two Friends Restaurant on Front Street, now used for flowers.

 Be safe and wear your Coronavirus mask, like Marylin Monroe.

Key West,

Close to Perfect, Far from Normal’

GDougBennett@att.net