Headlights dim, a car radio clicks to a special station, and a giant screen glows over a gravel lot in southwest Idaho. At first glance it looks like a plain field with a snack shack, but after sundown it turns into one of the best cheap nights out in the state.
You get two new movies for one ticket, plus the fun of watching from your own car. Here is what makes this classic spot worth the drive.
Three Screens Rising Over Canyon County
Out on the south side of Caldwell, three tall movie screens stand over a wide lot that fills with cars once the sun drops. The place has been showing films since the 1950s, and it still runs the way a drive-in should, with double features and classic snacks from spring into fall.
Canyon County sits in the western part of the Treasure Valley, a stretch of farm towns and growing suburbs west of Boise. Drive-ins used to be common across Idaho, but only a handful are left today…