ODE to 2023
Fewer posts this year than last,
the promise to blog more, a thing of the past.
Four posts I managed to write,
one was a Wordless Wednesday, a pretty sight.
The Colonel and I did make blog-worthy memories in '23,
but, a new program to edit my photos has gotten the better of me.
I promise to learn it,
durn it!
So that you, dear reader, can share in the fun,
once my awaiting blog posts (and their photos) are done.
On July 6th, The Colonel and I did something that we have not done in about 35 years...we went to a drive in movie.
There is a drive in theater less than 90 minutes from us in Ruskin, FL. It has been in operation since 1952 and the first movie played there was "Singing In the Rain". It is called the Ruskin Family Drive In Theater. They only accept cash at the gate and in the snack bar.
The night we went to the drive in, the new Indiana Jones movie was playing (it was the first movie of the night. We did not stay for the second feature...a horror movie of some sort...as it was, we did not get home until nearly midnight).
We had gotten to Ruskin before the gate to the theater opened, so we parked across the highway and waited until we saw the gate open.
We drove up to the ticket booth, paid our $14 ($7 per person) and the lady asked us if we had any outside food or drinks (you must pay a fee if you do), we said no (we wanted to full experience and wanted to eat from the snack bar) and she then handed us a menu for the snack bar with the radio frequency we would need to tune into to be able to hear the movie.
We drove into the parking area and picked out our viewing/parking spot. We choose to park near the snack bar, as we were going to dine from there and the bathrooms were in the same building (bonus for me).
When we were settled into our parking space, I went to the snack bar to order our dinner. We wanted one of their pizzas and The Colonel also wanted to try their homemade chili. Both were very delicious. The lady who made the chili told me she puts a little cinnamon and chocolate in it. Our meal-deal came with two drinks and a large popcorn (it was delicious too).
The Colonel and I planned a little lunch last month to "test drive" some new camping equipment we purchased not long ago.
There is a little roadside picnic area up the road from us (we have had a little snack there once before. We had driven by the picnic area many times in the past and wanted to finally give it a try) and that is where we chose to have our "experimental lunch".
SUCCESS!
