Since I am on this wild tribute to summer, this post is oh-so-appropriate! One of my top ten favorite summer activities is going to the DRIVE-IN MOVIES! Most of you who know me well know that I'm not a huge movie-goer. I just don't have the PATIENCE to sit still for an entire movie! Theaters are absolute torture! So . . . an outdoor theater is a perfect fit for me! I can fidget, I can wiggle, I can walk to the concession stand sixteen times and, if I get desperate, I can always crawl back into my truck and CLEAN something! I will add that although I LOVE the drive-in, they really do have to be playing a movie I REALLY want to see. Otherwise, well, I just won't be there! Fortunately this summer there was ONE moving playing that I HAD to see. Even more fortunate, my pals Tanner and Trooper were able to join me on THE most perfect warm summer night!
TANNER AND TROOPER
TROOPER WAS QUITE A SOUCE OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR ME!
WE FIDGETED TOGETHER -- AND QUITE POSSIBLY THREW POPCORN AT EACH OTHER WHEN HIS MOM WASN'T LOOKING! :O)
THIS WAS TROOPER'S FIRST DRIVE-IN MOVIE. HE WAS QUITE IMPRESSED THAT THE TRUCK IN THE ROW IN FRONT OF US . . .
HAD A GUN IN THE GUN RACK!
OBVIOUSLY IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD SEEN SOMEONE BRING A GUN TO THE MOVIES TOO!
THE FIRST MOVIE WAS SHREK THE 23RD.
I PERSONALLY LOVED THE RETRO INTERMISSION ADS!
AND THEN THE REASON I WAS WILLING TO SUBJECT MYSELF TO THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE BUSINESS OF SITTING STILL . . . THE KARATE KID! GROWING UP I WAS ABSOLUTELY IN L.O.V.E WITH THE ORIGINAL KARATE KID (OR WAS I IN LOVE WITH RALPH MACCHIO) SO I ABSOLUTELY HAD TO SEE THE REMAKE!
AH, SUMMER NIGHTS, MAYBE YOU ARE THE REASON FOR MY EXISTENCE!
2 comments:
When you were little we would load you girls into the car and go down to the valley and go to the drive-in ...there was one on Fairview and one closer to Meridian. So I guess it some how got into your memory as something fun to do!!! Just like the fireworks scared you to death when you were little and you don't like them that much now!!!! geese and roosters yikes!
ahh the memories mom
I love drive in movies! Good for necking in the 70's. The last one Uncle Dennis and I went to was the one in Grangeville on the road to Mt. Idaho in pasture they chased the cows from and set up speakers and a snack bar. The last I heard, it is still there. Love, Aunt Dora
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