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July 09, 2006

A night at the drive-in

It's not very often that I go out to the movies. It's even more rare that I go to a drive-in movie. Amanda and I did just that last night, going with some friends to see Pirates 2 and the Adam Sandler movie, Click.

Originally, we were going to see a double header of the movie Cars and Pirates 2 at a drive-in located in the southern Indiana area of Georgetown. We left very early and arrived about 45 minutes before the movies were to start. As we arrived at the main gate, the cars were slowing down but not pulling into the lot. I was in the front passenger side seat, which allowed me to hang my head out the window to see what was going on. Just a few feet in front of us, there were guys with road flares waving traffic on. When we got to the guys directing traffic away from the gate, we asked what was going on.

"We're full," he said to our disbelief. We drove on by and sure enough, the place looked like a can of sardines. Cars were packed in as tight as they could get for as far as one could see. We pulled into a park next door to think through our strategy for the evening. We decided that we wanted to see if the drive-in at Kenwood was open, so we headed back towards Louisville and see what was showing there.

Upon arrival, we discovered that there was a double feature of Pirates 2 and Click. We were a little worried about being able to get into the Kenwood drive-in as well, as there were a considerable amount of cars lined up by the time we had arrived. Not to mention that it was very close to sunset by this time, as we had to drive all the way from southern Indiana back into Louisville. We did manage to get into the drive-in and even found a semi-decent location to park towards the back right section of the lot.

After finding our spot, we unpacked the portable seats, food and drinks and proceeded to make ourselves comfortable. From this point, we only had a few minutes till sunset and the beginning of the movie. What was really interesting was that after the movie had begun, there were a lot of people still driving around still trying to find the "best" area that they could. Although at this point in time, it was pretty pointless to to to find a "best" spot.

After the first movie ended, we were surprised how many people packed up and left. This created many new parking spots that were previously unavailable. People were starting their cars and moving up to be closer to the movie screen. We stayed put, finding that we really did have a decent location and were able to watch the movie with minimal issue.

There was only one problem that I did have with our location. Just to the right side of the screen, there was a really bright light that was distracting. Thankfully the light didn't come on until after the first movie was done. Sometime after the second had begun, the light came on and was an annoyance. I really do wish that Kenwood would put up some kind of wall around the screen so that these kinds of distractions wouldn't occur. Other than that, I really have nothing bad to say about our experience out.

We didn't get home until about 3:30AM last night, and almost as soon as our heads hit the pillows we were out. I woke up this morning feeling wore out, and somewhat regretting staying out so late. I am glad, however, that we stayed to watch the Click movie, as it was pretty funny throughout most of the feature. It did get a little depressing at one point, to which Amanda later confessed tearing up a bit because it was so sad. The general point that the movie was trying to make was made on me, however ... live each day to the fullest extent and make sure that you put your family first.

Amen to that.

~out...

Posted by ed at July 9, 2006 03:37 PM

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