I remember my sisters Pam, Brenda and Bridgett took me and my brother Ed and before we got there, my other sisters put Brenda in the trunk and sneaked her in, but even after we parked they left her in there for a while longer, boy she was pissed, banging and hollering, Pam and Bridgett snickering.

When I was 9 or 10, I was jumping from the monkey bars there (they had a playground in front), a kid ran under me and I flipped and got knocked out, the next thing I remember my brother Ed was carrying me back to the van with a broken arm.

 I remember right before they closed, Willie Nelson with others had a concert there, They preformed in front of the screen.

Good TIMES !

I remember the Airline Drive Inn as well as the Irvington!  When I was in my early teens, my mother would take a car load of us just about every weekend - we could cram about 8-10 kids into the station wagon and she would take snacks and drinks - once we got there we would all unload and go up front and watch the show. Mama would usually be asleep when we all came back to the car.  Fast forward  a dozen years or so - my sister-in-law had 3 stairstep kiddos and I just had one back then - we would take the same old station wagon and lay the seats down - the kids would play and watch the movie and finally fall asleep - we'd try to get them in the house and into bed without waking them up. (not a big leap from "date night" to "girls night out"!

Those were the days -- can't count the number of mosquito bites and all the times we would get so hot and sweat so bad we had to prop open the doors and keep  our feet on the light switch just to get some air -  but it sure was fun!

The Airline Drive In was one of my favorite places to go for dates as was the Irvington Drive In back in school.  It was certainly a place where I had a lot of fun .... and I still have very vivid  memories of it.   (Don't worry girls, the secrets are safe .... I don't kiss and tell ... hehe.)    The irony of it all is that back then when the windows fogged up we considered it  a blessing.  When we got older and married and the windows fogged up we considered it an aggravition.  Boy how things change ...... hahaha.