I’m glad that project has been getting done; those can be a pain to finish, especially in a Summer session. I hope it got all finished up well this past weekend. Any finals and such?

Things are great on my end, but work has made it hard to keep up here lately… I feel like I’m pretty behind…

You can still see a Midget Autopia car in Marceline. A lemon-yellow car is on display in the town’s Walt Disney Hometown Museum. The museum is open daily (except Monday) from April through October in the town’s former Santa Fe railroad depot—an appropriate place to honor lifelong train buff Walt Disney.

What happened to the other two Autopias? The Junior Autopia closed in 1958, and reopened in 1959 as the expanded Fantasyland Autopia. The Tomorrowland Autopia and the Fantasyland Autopia operated until 1999, when work began to combine the tracks into a single attraction. In 2000, the redesigned attraction opened as the “Autopia, presented by Chevron,” with a new fleet of cleverly designed cars.

If you look carefully while you’re driving your Chevron Autopia car, you’ll see a bronzed Midget Autopia car on a pedestal at the side of the track. This “statue” is a tribute to the Chevron Autopia’s long-gone relative. It’s an actual car that once operated in Fantasyland and Marceline.

For more than five decades, the Autopia rides have given many future Southern California freeway drivers their first experience behind the steering wheel. Who can go see this “statue” at the museum?

I commented earlier that Grandpa never really had friends. At least none that were close enough to visit since I’ve been around. He spent most of his time alone, writing or going on walks. *shrug* That was Grandpa.