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Route 34 Drive-In marquee and screen

June 30: Route 34 Drive In Theatre, Earlville IL

It’s Day 181 of my virtual Drive-In-a-Day Odyssey. When I was putting together this leg of the trip, I saw that the Route 34 Drive In Theatre in Earlville IL would be open from the previous Friday through the Tuesday Fourth of July and somehow mistook it for a seven-day schedule. That’s why I took a two-day detour…

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Jul 1, 2017
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Cascade Drive-In marquee at night

June 27: Cascade Drive-in, West Chicago IL

It’s Day 178 of my virtual Drive-In-a-Day Odyssey. Ah, Chicagoland! Even though the fastest route was only 38 miles, it took a little over an hour to drive the suburban highways from McHenry to the Cascade Drive-in in West Chicago IL. The McHenry opened in 1961, and it’s huge. The lot can hold over 1200 cars, all pointed…

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Jun 28, 2017
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McHenry Outdoor Theatre screen with speaker pole in foreground

June 26: McHenry Outdoor Theater, McHenry IL

It’s Day 177 of my virtual Drive-In-a-Day Odyssey. With a short detour to avoid the tollway, it took about three and a half hours to drive east from Blue Grass IA to the McHenry Outdoor Theater in McHenry IL. The McHenry opened as the Skyline, and there’s a remarkable amount of confusion about when that happened. One source claimed…

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Jun 27, 2017
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