End of an Era

02/02/2010

I was very disappointed when the DeAnza Drive In was closed down for good.  My family still enjoyed going on occasion.  As a matter of fact, up until they installed the fat man seats in the theaters, I was most comfortable at the drive in.  There is nothing quite like sitting comfortably in your vehicle while enjoying a movie with the family.  You also never had to worry about disturbing others with the of hand comment or two.  Whenever we would go, it would always bring back memories of childhood in Alamagordo, and preparing for the drive in.  Mom would pop popcorn, and then right before we left, we would go out in the front yard, cover our faces with our hands and get sprayed head to toe with Off repellant!  I always thought that stuff was going to kill me, not the mosquitoes it was supposed to.  If memory serves, we would always be dressed in our pajamas also, so Dad could carry us straight to bed when we got home.  We would of course fall asleep during the movie.  RIP DeAnza!