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My heart racing, I lay hidden with friends in the back of a wood-paneled station wagon as another teenager in our group steered us through the dimly lit ticket window, purchasing a single ticket. Once clear, and after selecting a parking spot, we shook out a blanket and sat back to relish the warm summer night, our unchaperoned independence and the glow of the larger-than-life outdoor movie screen.

This was in the 1980s, and my memories, of course, are colored by nostalgia. But has anything really changed at drive-ins across America?

Top to bottom: Mason Lyman, left, and Jaden Mecham working the entry booth at the Motor Vu in Idaho Falls, Idaho; ticket stubs at the Silver Bow; folding chairs at the Motor Vu; a popcorn machine at the American Dream in Powell, Wyo.

Now decades later, I recently visited three drive-in theaters within a few hours of Bozeman, Mont., my hometown.

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