Elaina dropped off a card to Mrs. Louise Hickman on Feb. 11, 1969, noting that she had stopped her for the night, and that the "car is behaving beautifully." Or it could be "cow." I'd like to think it's the latter.

I wonder if the owners ever looked at the empty space and felt a sense of loss. The hopes it represented. The hopes of being a big-deal place with a swimming pool. But no one ever used it.

The shot on the left is the penultimate Google Street View image. It's an empty lot now.