Once we could tear ourselves away from the Lexington cabin (see below).. We celebrated Memorial Day weekend with a trip to Hulls Drive-in Movie Theatre. It was quite a sentimental occasion, so many families out for a fantastic old fashioned experience, with a sky so thick with stars, that Tom was as excited about that view as the screen view. Hulls says it is the only non-profit community-operated drive-in left in the entire United States. It certainly felt as if lots of neighbours were there together, pulling up picnic chairs, and letting the kids run free. All veterans were allowed free entry, and there were a few signs praising local boys who are already veterans of Iraq, or even casualties of Iraq.. a lot of pride in the military... as Richard said, it's often the smaller rural towns where young men join up, and we just don't feel the impact of it in the anonymous cities.
Other Things We Did on our bank holiday included big walks in the woods (ahem, longer than expected due to dodgy map reading!), where we spotted a baby tortoise. And one of us was utterly delighted to get a LEGO Star Wars X-Wing fighter, with opposing Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader figures. But he let Tom play with it too.
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