It did take about half an hour to get there though and while Claude was happily driving to the tunes of Horse Feathers and others of his favorite groups I got to start reading Don't Waste Your Life-a John Piper book I picked up at a local used and new bookstore this past week. In the first couple of chapters he talks about some of the earlier years in his life-and notes some of the people who proved to be influential in the shaping of the rest of his life from his father to Jonathan Edwards. He included CS Lewis as one of the writers whose work struck a chord with him early on. I enjoy reading anything by this talented author myself, and so I just loved the following section that Piper used to explain how Lewis:
"made me wary of chronological snobbery. That is, he showed me that newness is no virtue and oldness is no vice. Truth and beauty are not determined by when they exist. Nothing is inferior for being old, and nothing is valuable for being modern. This has freed me from the tyranny of novelty and opened for me the wisdom of the ages." -JP
What an apt, convicting, and good reminder to me in a day where "the new" is touted to be right just because it is new. All that said, I'm about half done with the book and am glad I've finally gotten around to reading it:)
Now for the rest of the actual drive-in part of this post.
The drive-in theatre actually was not in the middle of a metropolis if you can imagine but rather a couple of miles down a highway in what seemed to be more of a small town/rural setting. We turned right off the highway and paid for our tickets at a booth which reminded me more of a ticket booth at a high school sporting event than at your local cinema. Much more unique if you ask me, as were the charming tickets. Sorry it's so blurry...:
After getting our 2 tickets we took a sharp left to Screen 2 (they actually had 2 screens) where we proceeded to find a parking spot, only to move so as not to be in the way of the car behind us, and wait for the sun to go down and the movie to start. Here's how light it still was when we arrived:
Before the movie started we made a trip to the concession stand at the back of the field. [As we were walking the message over the PA was clearly expounding on the policy that if you decided to change movies you MUST buy another ticket...they were pretty serious on that subject.] Once again, the concessions reminded me much more of a ballgame concession stand than a movie theater's so here's a pic... Let me also say that these were probably the most awkward ones I took because there were people in line in front, behind, and beside me. I felt a bit "touristy".
With my popcorn and cup of ice in tow we headed back to Claude's car. Along the way we attempted a self-portrait to include the screen behind us, our faces, and the popcorn. Try 1 was a failure, this is Try 2, and while you can't see the screen we decided it was good enough since we were in the middle of a field of strangers who probably thought we'd never been to the movies before:)
It wasn't too much longer until the movie started, but in the meantime we chatted quickly with Claude's parents, Laura, and Breck on the phone and wished ya'll had been there with us in person instead! Here's one last picture from our drive-in adventure. [I tried taking one during the movie but it kept coming out super dark...oh well!]
The movie was alright-I've already forgotten the name of it-but a little on the long side. The experience as a whole rated as an A for me though and I'm looking forward to going again sometime soon!
Sounds like fun! Wish we had cool stuff like that here.
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