Gangster Protecting My Spyder

[Cruzr Joe]

We stopped at the Ohio Club in Hot Springs Arkansas for lunch today and found a spot right outside the front door, the statue is of "Al Capone", he used to frequent the Ohio Club back in the day When it was a Speakeasy.

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Cruzr Joe

[ARtraveler]

There ya go. When he lived in Chicago, he used to go up to WI near Hayward (Couderay). His place was turned into a museum and a restaurant (The Hideout). We frequented it often. It was a great Sunday afternoon motorcycle ride for us.

UPDATE: The Hideout went bankrupt and closed its doors in 2008. They were trying to sell the property for $2.6 million--appraised at $3.7 million.

[Chupaca]

Nice to have that chap standing watch over your ryde... Even nicer that it was still there when you came back out...

[Cruzr Joe]

Nice to have that chap standing watch over your ryde...even nicer that it was still there when you came back out..

I sat by the window to make sure he did not sell it to one of his buddies (Trust...but verify)

Cruzr Joe

[Grandpot]

Is that Vito and Guito across the street?

[ARtraveler]

Is that Vito and Guito across the street?

Yes.

[Machinegunner]

We used to go to the Hideout also when I lived in Park Falls. Very good food. Maybe we saw each other and didn't know it.

[ARtraveler]

We used to go to the Hideout also when I lived in Park Falls. Very good food. Maybe we saw each other and didn't know it.

Maybe. I was driving a 83 Yamaha Venture Touring in those days.

[Bfromla]

Bump for HotSprings ideas.

[Gwolf]

I like the historical life size figures in the places well known people lived or visited. He looks quite natural lounging on the park bench.

I stopped in a little roadside park in Greenville, Florida a couple times. There is a life size Ray Charles singing and playing a keyboard in the park. After I got back home, I looked up the bio on Ray Charles. He grew up in Greenville, Florida, only about 40 miles from where I live in Florida. He started playing and singing in one of the local cafes in Greenville, when he was very young. It was interesting, and something I did not know, before walking over to see who was sitting on the bench in the center of the little park.

[Mikey]

Where's your spyder behind it?

[Gwolf]

Where's your spyder behind it?

If my Spyder was behind it, it would have to be parked in the pond.

It is a good, long walk from the parking lot to the center of the little park where the statue is.

I was riding the Harley when I took those pictures.

I have some pictures of my stop at the animal park in Grey, Maine. It is close to Durham. Might even have rode through Durham a few times. I have been just about all over Maine.

[Jesster72]

We stopped by the Ohio Club in 2019 when we stayed in Hot Springs, had lunch and got a t-shirt. There was a gentleman there playing guitar and singing, he even did a Prine song. I can't get to the pictures right now, but I believe my wife and I sat for a portrait with Mr. Capone.

[Bfromla]

2233F03B-509F-4D2A-8440-536451956B17.jpeg another for the collection.

[Gwolf]

2233F03B-509F-4D2A-8440-536451956B17.jpeg another for the collection.

That one must be in OZ or NZ, somewhere in the down under............ it be upside downwards...........

[Bfromla]

That one must be in OZ or NZ, somewhere in the down under............ it be upside downwards...........

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