My mother would pop corn in a huge pot, add some melted margarine and toss with salt. She would put the popcorn in a large brown paper bag that got all greasy from the margarine. The entire kitchen smelled of more great things to come. If we were real good, she would hide some long lasting candy like JuJu Bees in her purse to give us after the popcorn was gone. Sometimes she made beerwurst sandwiches on crusty Italian bread with ketchup. Anything to keep us quiet. We would pack along our most favorite pillows and blankets to be comfortable and just in case we couldn't stay awake any longer and drifted asleep.
Then we would wait until the sun was beginning to set and drive to the Drive In. Oh the excitement!
More people than us must have had this same idea. As soon as other cars passed the admission booth, cars would stop, pull over, and pop the trunk. Kids of all ages would jump out and run back inside the car. It was so much fun to watch!
Sometimes the people in front of you would climb up onto the roof and watch the movie from there. That would make my dad mad because now we could not see the movie at all. Then a whole lot of honking started.
There was a count down to tell you that the movie was about to begin and you would make a dash to the car. However, it was dark and none of the cars looked like ours. I would get scared. Thank God my mother was a great lookout and would wave and yell for us to see her.
I never could understand why someone would go to the outdoor theater, roll their windows all the way down, and not even watch the move!
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