There are still a very few drive-ins open for business. There is one on HWY 67 north of Martinsville...and every time I drive by it I remember how it was back in the day. The refreshment stand. The folks who arrived in their pick up truck, pulled into the slot backwards and viewed from lawn chairs on the truck bed. The third feature, which was usually a loser...although once in a while it was a winner: I saw "Night of the Living Dead" as a third feature with my boys when they were quite young; also saw a flick titled "Homebodies," which, if you can find you should give a look.
I saw my first 007 movie at a drive-in.
Date night was always better at the drive-in.
Defrosters being what they were in those old Studebakers (the only car my dad drove while I was growing up, and my first car, as well), it was often times not the best movie viewing at the drive-in.
It was often too cold or too hot at the drive-in, but watching a movie on a screen about the size of a big barn was worth it, I guess.
Probably I wouldn't really enjoy going to a drive-in theatre these days, but there are times I think I sure would like to give it a try.
There was one east of Lexington that we went to one night. We saw Shrek 2 and Harry Potter 3 on a double feature. They didn't start until the sun went down at about 10pm. One group of people put a futon in the back of their pickup. That was pretty entertaining.
ReplyDeleteWe went to another one in Alabama that charged by the car instead of the person. We crammed 9 people into my station wagon and saw Star Wars, Episode 1 for $6 (I think). Good memories.
...something we try to do at least once a summer is go to the drive in... while at the lake (webster) when our kids were growing up, a trip south to the Drive in at Wabash, was always a part of the plan. Thanks for the insightful and creative post on your blog... was great being filled with those memories again.
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