80s with a date (Super 29 Drive In) and now with my kids

I'm not a boomer though.

Triple features (PG/R/X) at the old Super 29 Drive In where the Costco is now. Went all through High School (it closed in '85). Saw one of the Friday the 13th movies when it opened on Friday the 13th. We would take the pickup and lawn chairs and a cooler of beer.

We have 2 out here in IA. One is an old style classic with a single screen. The other has 4 screens (a box with a screen on each side). They can show 4 movies at once. Love taking the kids there, grilling out, there is usually a touch football game that gets organized with the kids that show up. Great family time.

In response to this post by VaAkita

Posted: 11/12/2018 at 2:02PM

Boomers: your experience of drive in movies in the 50's, 60's and 70's -- VaAkita 11/12/2018 1:47PM

Ran the box office at x rated place near airport in Richmond while in -- DonHo-kieHi 11/12/2018 9:13PM

Double Screen in Newport News/Hampton -- TabbHokie 11/12/2018 8:05PM

Went with 4 HS girl classmates to a X in the 80's, odd experience 1 girl -- HortHokie 11/12/2018 7:23PM

Here goes. First, went with parents and saw: -- HokieNLot11 11/12/2018 4:07PM

Went with parents in 50's & early 60's, friends later & future wife went -- 7Hokie1 11/12/2018 3:53PM

Family and friends sr yr of hs -- TomTurkey 11/12/2018 3:51PM

Went with parents,went as a teen,snuck in the trunk of a car multiple times ** -- UTPr0sim 11/12/2018 3:47PM

My first date at VT was a at the Radford/Christiansburg drive in with -- UTPr0sim 11/12/2018 3:49PM

+ 1,000 ** -- VaAkita 11/12/2018 6:27PM

There was one that showed X-rated movies. Used to sneak into the woods -- VermontHokie 11/12/2018 3:29PM

I think the last ones were exclusively X-rated -- EDGEMAN 11/12/2018 3:49PM

There was one in Merrifield, VA in the 70s that was grate... -- `lag 11/12/2018 2:55PM

We would go there too, in the early 80's -- TheNuke 11/12/2018 4:30PM

I think that Mt. Vernon one showed adult fims in 70s/early 80s -- Dan1993 11/12/2018 3:27PM

So did the Super 29 in Fairfax (where Costco is) -- Vienna_Hokie 11/12/2018 3:40PM

You could actually watch the movie for a few seconds driving on Lee Highway ** -- `lag 11/12/2018 3:37PM

Did the Jack in a Box become the Taco Bell? ** -- Vienna_Hokie 11/12/2018 3:13PM

I'm going to have a hard time pulling that one in... -- `lag 11/12/2018 3:20PM

Taco Bell is/was on the corner of Lee Hwy and Gallows -- Vienna_Hokie 11/12/2018 3:36PM

Yep, yep and yep. I graduated HS in '74 and that was sort of the other... -- `lag 11/12/2018 3:58PM

There is still a drive in where I grew up in Stephens City. ** -- DHokie 11/12/2018 2:44PM

...Surf and Sand...Baxter Rd Va Beach ** -- chumley 11/12/2018 2:38PM

This one - saw the original Star Wars there ** -- HokieMacDaddy 11/12/2018 3:05PM

I remember The Shore Drive-In in VB next to CBBT. Saw the movie FM there. ** -- Stork 11/12/2018 3:20PM

I remember being freaked out at ET in the 80's at a drive in... -- HokieSignGuy 11/12/2018 2:12PM

There is still one operating in Lexington, VA. The owner is a Hokie. We saw -- thankbud 11/12/2018 2:11PM

80s with a date (Super 29 Drive In) and now with my kids -- Vienna_Hokie 11/12/2018 2:02PM

We still have a nice drive in in Marion, so yes to all including now... -- Major Kong 11/12/2018 1:54PM

I tried to hit on Cherry Valance once but she called me a hood and told me -- OXVT 11/12/2018 1:50PM

. . . and here you are today. ** -- MikeVT85 11/12/2018 4:03PM

80s with a date (Super 29 Drive In) and now with my kids

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