Summer Holiday Weekend Recap
Hello and happy Monday to you! Did you melt this weekend? My Lord it was hot. And what do you do when you're us on a hot weekend? Dig out a tree obviously. 😑 Remember the pic of the tree from last week after the landscapers hacked it up? It went bye-bye. We were going to attempt to save it to possibly see if my friend could plant it at her new home (even though it should be done when dormant.) Well, after determining the roots attach to the Earth's core, we had to scrap that idea. We tried to get out early enough but it wasn't. We hacked off the top in sections using some really great pruning shears that made that job super easy then the Mr lobbed off the top so we could begin on the roots. We bought a shovel called the Root Slayer and I will say it did an amazing job getting through most of it. Neither of us are at our strongest right now so despite knowing we could've continued with chipping away at ...
I remember my first trip to a drive-in with my buddy and his mom. They showed me the ropes so to speak by making sure we got one of those mosquito rings and we sat in front of the car and also at the playground area while the movie played. The movie? Cannonball Run 2. Let's just say that with the exception of Daisy Duke in a Lamborghini, the experience at the drive-in was much more memorable than the actual movie for my 12 year old self.
ReplyDeleteYes it is usually more about the experience over the movie especially as a kid. It was always such a treat because it was so different than the theaters where you had to be completely silent.
DeleteThe Mr. is right - it was the experience rather than the movie (my first drive-in with my parents was Deliverance! My parents were horrified and made us kids lay down on the back seat and go to sleep (yeah, right)). But it was so much fun to get in your pj's, mom packed lots of snacks and all our nice comfy blankets and we got to watch TV outside - it doesn't get any better than that! There are only 2 drive-ins left in my home state of Massachusetts and both are quite a hike, but we try. So sad.
ReplyDeleteOMG, Deliverance! LOL I know, you have those movies where they're like "go to sleep" or "cover your eyes" and you peek through your finger cracks. HA! Time to plan a road trip this summer!
DeleteI didn't go to the drive in much as a kid. I go more now as an adult. I love when they do triple features (and you can bring your own food, once we brought our own large pizza!).
ReplyDeleteBack in the day in Erie (where I used to live) they had a porn drive in. I can only imagine how many teens were peeping at it from their windows. I worked with a woman who went on a blind date with a guy and he took her to the porn drive in. There was no second date!
That's awesome! The one we go to will rarely show a triple feature but there's no way I could stay up for it anymore unless I napped beforehand. OLD! LOL
DeleteThey talk about that in the documentary. Many drive in's were forced into showing adult movies just to stay open after the advent of HBO and stuff like there where families were staying home. Then the church groups and parents went after them and most of them were shut down but a few remained and rode out the lull in first runs.
I have vague memories of being at the drive-in with my parents and sister when I was young but cannot recall what movies I'd seen. I want to say Grease was one of them, but I could be wrong on that. Maybe one of Clint Eastwood's Any Which Way But Loose flicks? The drive-in is still there in the town a few over from where we lived and I drive passed it whenever I go to my uncle's place. I believe it's called Cascade. There was a twin drive-in in the north suburb of Wheeling but when a tornado came through it ripped up the screens pretty good and I don't believe they rebuilt it. Could be wrong about that too since it's been years that I've worked up there.
ReplyDeleteOh man, Any Which Way But Loose. I used to love that as a kid. I wonder if I should watch it on Amazon Prime or leave it locked in the rose colored tint of my mind. :-)
DeleteThe closest drive in to me is about an hour an a half. It makes for a late night, but I try to go as often as possible. They are pretty busy so I don't think they'll be closing anytime soon, but the more business they have the better. I remember drive-ins with my parents, and then when I got older with groups of friends. It doesn't seem to matter how bad the movie is, seeing it at a drive-in always makes it better.
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