Let's All Go To The Movie

Remington heard that his Uncle Brian had gone to the drive-in movies and so Remington decided that he wanted to go.  Last Thursday evening when he came over for Family Game Night he planned on spending the night. While playing poker he asked if we would take him to the drive-in. I told him that we certainly weren't going to go that night but we could possibly go Friday night. This however, would mean that he would have to spend Friday night with us also.  He was okay with that.  

So Grampa checked out the movies that were playing and we decided to go to the drive-in. We told Remington that we wouldn't be going until 8:30 or so and it would be really late when we got home. He thought he was up for it. So Friday night we packed a blanket and some lawn chairs and bug spray and headed to the drive-in. 

Remington was full of questions as he had never been to the drive-in. Was it a giant screen TV that we would be watching? How many chairs would it hold? How could we listen to the movie? We finally told him that he would just have to wait and see.  

We watched Malificent and Blended.  Both these movies were very good. And what a cheap price for two movies.  We need to go more often I think (and next time maybe take our own snacks). We backed into our parking spot, opened up the tail gate and reversed the back seats. Sprayed ourselves down with bug spray and set our lawn chairs up.  After what seemed like forever, the first movie started.  We had our pop and giant popcorn. The movie was very good.  Intermission, bathroom break for all then ready for the second feature.  It was very funny.  Remington was getting cold so I got the blanket for him.  He ended up moving up into the back seat of the van to get out of the wind.

This brought back memories of going to the drive-in when I was a kid. My brother Wayne would take a carload of his friends and he always let Bub and I go along.  Wednesday nights were usually buck night - a whole carload could get in for a dollar. We went to the drive-in almost every week during the summer - sometimes twice a week (Wednesday and Saturday). We saw a lot of John Wayne movies at the drive-in.

Of course, back then you had to put a speaker on the window to listen to the movie. Now you tune your radio to a specified channel to listen.

 Vehicles have certainly changed too. Vans have replaced station wagons. Snacks are pretty much the same I think - pop, popcorn, candy. Bring your own in saves you money.  

 Yes, we had a good time and I think we probably will be going again. There are so few drive-ins around any more that we need to take advantage of the one that is available.