I was scrolling through my Facebook timeline last night and saw two groups I follow share pictures that opined about their defunct Sky Ride. You probably rode on the Sky Ride if you visited nearly any amusement park in the 1960s through the 1980s. At Nashville’s Opryland, the Skyride traveled between Doo Wah Diddy City and the New Orleans section of the park. In my old hometown of Quincy, IL, their Sky Cruise flew from the riverfront to Quinsippi Island and back. Sadly, by the mid-1980s, the ride was gone; today, most of the remaining trams are also distant memories…

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