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Last week's article on drive-in movie theaters proved to be a crowd pleaser but I didn't receive a lot of stories to go along with the compliments. I think it's because we all have the same kind of collective memories of our experiences at the movies and that some of our best memories might best be left untold. It was awfully dark and crowded in those cars.
My friend, Marcia, read my story and told me that in Monte Vista, Colo., they have the Best Western Movie Manor where May to mid-September you can rent a room, complete with sound and watch the movie from the “Giant Outdoor Movie Screen.” They even have a snack bar if you want to trundle down in your Romeos for some real snack bar food. I'm putting that experience on my list.
Another reader reminded me of wearing our PJs to the drive-in and curing up in the back window of the car when we got tired. (Back when cars were built like that.) Rock Cesario remembers the food, of course. The great hamburgers and personal-size pizzas. He loved driving back into town from visiting family on Orchard Mesa and asking dad to take the “town road” so they could drive by the theaters on North Avenue.
Jack Liljenberg had these great photos posted on the Grand Junction High School Alumni Web site, www.gjtigers.com. Jack went in search of the old Starlite Drive-In on the Fruita Highway a few years back and found some sad remnants that are all but gone now. He also found the old Chief and Rocket Drive-In signs and took photos of those as well. They live in an old neon sign graveyard on “Cemetery Hill.” Add that to my story list.
Weep not for the old drive-in movie theaters, they still exist. Just get out from in front of the TV and go see one. Montrose still has the Star, Delta has the TruVu, head over the hill to Pueblo and they have the Mesa Drive-In with three big screens. Buena Vista has the Comanche and Fort Collins has the Holiday Twin with two screens. Under their marquee is a sign that reads “No Alcoholic Beverages or Glass Containers of any Kind Allowed” — like that's going to happen. There's a few other drive-in movie theaters on the Eastern Plains and many more across the U.S. I've even came across the opening of a few new ones. Just think of the possibilities!
See you next week. Call me. 683-5642, let's try to remember something else we forgot.
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Last week's article on drive-in movie theaters proved to be a crowd pleaser but I didn't receive a lot of stories to go along with the compliments. I think it's because we all have the same kind of collective memories of our experiences at the movies and that some of our best memories might best be left untold. It was awfully dark and crowded in those cars.
My friend, Marcia, read my story and told me that in Monte Vista, Colo., they have the Best Western Movie Manor where May to mid-September you can rent a room, complete with sound and watch the movie from the “Giant Outdoor Movie Screen.” They even have a snack bar if you want to trundle down in your Romeos for some real snack bar food. I'm putting that experience on my list.
Another reader reminded me of wearing our PJs to the drive-in and curing up in the back window of the car when we got tired. (Back when cars were built like that.) Rock Cesario remembers the food, of course. The great hamburgers and personal-size pizzas. He loved driving back into town from visiting family on Orchard Mesa and asking dad to take the “town road” so they could drive by the theaters on North Avenue.
Jack Liljenberg had these great photos posted on the Grand Junction High School Alumni Web site, www.gjtigers.com. Jack went in search of the old Starlite Drive-In on the Fruita Highway a few years back and found some sad remnants that are all but gone now. He also found the old Chief and Rocket Drive-In signs and took photos of those as well. They live in an old neon sign graveyard on “Cemetery Hill.” Add that to my story list.
Weep not for the old drive-in movie theaters, they still exist. Just get out from in front of the TV and go see one. Montrose still has the Star, Delta has the TruVu, head over the hill to Pueblo and they have the Mesa Drive-In with three big screens. Buena Vista has the Comanche and Fort Collins has the Holiday Twin with two screens. Under their marquee is a sign that reads “No Alcoholic Beverages or Glass Containers of any Kind Allowed” — like that's going to happen. There's a few other drive-in movie theaters on the Eastern Plains and many more across the U.S. I've even came across the opening of a few new ones. Just think of the possibilities!
See you next week. Call me. 683-5642, let's try to remember something else we forgot.
