Drive-In Theater Memories

Many summers ago going to the drive-in was such a thrill for me. Those long hot summer nights seemed to disappear while at the drive-in. A trip to the concession stand was what I really looked forward to, more than the movie sometimes. Waiting for that old sun to go down, seemed to take forever, then the cartoons came on, Popeye, Casper the Friendly Ghost was seen most of the time. There were always at least three movies sometimes more. Dollar night was great, where a whole car load got in for just one dollar, no matter how many were in the car. Later as a teenager we sometimes would stuff the car like a can of sardines. Other times we would hide two or three people girls and guys in the trunk and then after we were inside they would jump out and get in the car. After a while they caught on and had somebody watching and they threw us out. Many memories of my mom and her good friend John taking me to the drive-in, we all had a good time. Now those are sweet memories i will never forget. They are very few drive-ins and they cost so much that i have not been to one since 1969 when my wife Judy and I were just going steady, we saw the "Love Bug" with my mom and her 5th husband Art. Such sweet memories drive-ins were. Written 8-16-11