Mother knew a good thing when she heard about it. Disneyland opened July 17, 1955, and she drove us there in her new '55 Chevy soon after, then again in a couple years. We'd stay with our cousin Bob Reeves and his wife Jean and sons who lived in the general vicinity. We have movies of us to some attractions that are no longer there. One ride in particular I will never forget. We were coming down the Matterhorn and Mom's hairpins all got dislodged and instead of her normally stately appearance her hair was all hanging about her like she'd been through a storm. Years later I would work in Zermatt, Switzerland, where the actual Matterhorn dominates the landscape, and where Rose would come to meet me to hitchhike around Europe together.
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