January 22, 2026

Drive-by Pictures

Most of these pictures are from three weeks ago.

The first one shows a sign at the Family Drive-in in Stephens City. When it closed for the season in late November, it closed permanently. Movies were shown there for 69 years!

Next, we have a motorbike that was parked outside a dollar store. Stickers reveal the owner’s xenophobic feelings.


Not everyone agrees. In fact, demonstrators in our rural county have been out twice a week to make their feelings known.


The lighted towers were part of a December attraction at the fairgrounds in Woodstock. It was basically a drive-through show of holiday lights. I took the picture from a nearby parking lot because I didn’t want to buy a ticket to go by myself. It’s the sort of thing that children would enjoy.



10 comments:

  1. Doubtless, I am in the minority, but I have never been to a drive-in movie. As for the guy with the stickers on his bike, may there’s a patch of ice on a curve somewhere ahead…..just sayin’.

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  2. I had only been to drive in movies a couple of times in my life, but it makes me sad that this one closed after so many years. Beautiful sunset to end your post, too. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com

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  3. ...each year there are fewer and fewer drive ins!

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  4. Drive-ins were so practical for families to enjoy...ah many a summer evening spent thus!

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  5. Hello,
    The sky images are pretty.
    I think there is one drive in near us that still shows movies. Take care, enjoy your day and happy weekend.

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  6. Some people just enjoy being offensive.
    I'm like you, I would stand off and take a photo rather than pay to go see something I'm not that interested in.

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  7. I love the sign the kid was holding. It's one I haven't seen before.

    Worth a Thousand Words

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  8. A beautiful sky in your last photograph.

    All the best Jan

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