This week Pegman takes us caving in Texas in the United States. If you take the tour above, you can go caving. However, you’re free to visit nearby Amarillo or the Cadillac Ranch if you prefer.
Your mission is to write up to to 150 words inspired by the location. You can contribute a story, poem, or essay. Once your piece is polished, feel free to share it with others using the linkup below. Reading and commenting on others’ work is part of the fun.
Thanks to Karen and Josh for hosting the challenge.
The following story is admittedly a summer rerun. Some will remember the version entitled “Generations” I posted for Friday Fictioneers. I dusted it off, changed the title, added 50 words and, voila, a Pegman story is born. 😉 Some of you might remember it. The photo I chose is the same one I used in July 2015…has it really been three years?
Cadillac Ranch- © Jean L. Hays
Genre: Hysterical Fiction
Word Count: 150
MULTIPLICATION
“The summer of 1953. What a heatwave.” Great-Gran adjusted the thermostat. “We didn’t have air conditioning.”
“No A/C?” Fourteen year-old Megan put her DVD on pause. “You really did live in the Stone Age. What did you do for fun? Play with rocks?”
“Very funny, Missy.” Great-Gran giggled like a schoolgirl. “My boyfriend and I went to the drive-in theater on Saturday nights. If we were lucky there’d be a decent breeze and a good flick like Roman Holiday or From Here to Eternity.”
“Oh I adore those. I caught them on Netflix. Burt Lancaster was really hot in that sex scene on the beach.”
Great-Gran’s withered cheeks flushed and her eyes sparkled. “I missed that part of the movie, but I think the scene in Bobby’s Bel-Air topped it.”
“April, 1954.” Megan saw her great grandmother in a whole new light. “Does Gramps know he’s a passion pit baby?”
I think the film clips bear repeating, too. 😉
Rochelle Wisoff-Fields-Addicted to Purple 
LOL, passion pit baby! Sounds like the drive in was not the place to keep cool at all. Watched the movie clip and had to turn the AC down myself 🙂
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Dear Karen,
That scene is timeless isn’t it? Yo! He was a hottie. And back in the day when cars didn’t have bucket seats…well, you get the idea. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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This is hilarious. Of course, imagining Gran-Gran and Bobby doing it will likely help Megan stay celibate for a good long time, perhaps forever. 😉
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Dear Josh,
Your comment has me laughing. There are somethings that shouldn’t be shared with kids. 😉 I remember having a chat with my youngest about the facts of life. When he wrinkled his nose, I said, “How do you think you got here?” That’s when the hands clapped over his ears and he sang, “La la la!” Thank you, says the author demurely.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I love the phrase “passion pit baby”, how funny! I remember the drive in movies when I was a teenager, but somehow it seems so much more romantic in great-gran’s time. Maybe it’s the classic movies calling out to me.
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Dear Joy,
When I was a teenager, the drive-in’s were places parents didn’t allow their daughters to go with a boy. Of course cars had bench seats back then, too. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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We still had plenty of bench seats in the 80s too, and I’m pretty sure our parents didn’t know where we were. ((giggle giggle))
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Dear Rochelle,
This was a great reboot! Jeez… I remember writing a story to that one. …
Passion Pit Baby is hilarious… especially that GG missed that scene because she was busy creating her own…
Lotsa love,
Dale
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Dear Dale,
I think that might have been one of your earliest FF prompts. I can’t remember exactly when you joined..seems like you’ve always been there. M<3 Thank you for commenting on this one again. It's always fun to have a few more words to play with.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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It was definitely in the early days… and I know, right? Seems like it’s been ages!
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Obviously it’s been at least 3 years, Thank you, Sarah. 😉
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🤣
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Lovely story, Rochelle! What a naughty great-gran! She clearly didn’t regret anything – and what an excellent life lesson she gives Megan as a result.
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Dear Penny,
Nope, Great-Gran doesn’t seem to have any regrets, does she. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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“Passion pit baby.” LOL.
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😀
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I remember drive in movies. Maybe…..lol. Good story.
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Sure you do, dear. But do you remember any of the movies? 😉 Thank you.
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Maybe a bit, here and there. Lol.
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Haha! Great-Gran was young once too 🙂
I can’t believe it’s been three years already since we did that photo.
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Dear Ali,
Always fun to bring back one of the oldies and tweak it some. Time flies, doesn’t it? Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I cannot see the join, Rochelle. Expertly crafted, as always. A pleasure to read. Dear Great Gran! Shalom, Kelvin
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Dear Kelvin,
The old cars took me to drive-in movies. Frail connection, perhaps, but you know how I am about using the the prompt as a suggestion rather than an illustration. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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That really is a steamy scene, even now! The way they tumble in the surf and the water washes over them and they don’t even notice. Terrific. Love Gran and her girlish giggle and the way her grand daughter must be seeing her in a new light after that revelation. Lovely Rochelle
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Dear Lynn,
Megan might have gotten more than she bargained for with Great Gran’s story. Obviously, there’s still fire in that old stove, isn’t there. 😉
It seems I read or saw an interview with Deborah Kerr who said that scene wasn’t nearly as fun to shoot as it was to watch. But ooh baby, it lit up the screen. 😀 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Always good to remind young people that the elderly were just as naughty as they are! To be honest, that scene doesn’t look like fun – making out on a beach? With all that sand getting into places? I wonder how many shots it took? 🙂
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There is something to be said about the old fashioned love scenes. They are more believable to me than some of the tripe in today’s movies. I guess I am a bit old fashioned.
On a different note… a friend of mine was JUST as Cadillac Ranch last week! She is an artist and posted pictures on FB! How cool is that?? ❤
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Dear Kim/Courtney,
I agree. The old fashioned love scenes left more to the imagination. Now they show everything. Sometimes I turn away because it’s more than I care to see. Perhaps I’m old fashion but I don’t think of sex as a spectator sport.
Thank you for commenting.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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I agree 100%!! 😉
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Ha! A delightful story. Love the phrase ‘passion pit baby’. 😉
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Dear Magarisa,
Glad you enjoyed. It was kind of a relief for me to post something lighthearted after this past week’s Friday Fictioneers’ story. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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You’re welcome, Rochelle.
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Wonderful story Rochelle – most entertaining. I learnt more about ‘the passion pit’ – clips just perfect.
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Dear Francine,
Thank you for such a lovely comment. 😀
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Cute story, Rochelle.
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Thank you, Phyllis.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Peace, my dear. ;0)
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We never had that peculiarly American phenomenon – drive -in cinemas – in any place in the word I lived as a teenager… and there were a few… on the other hand there were plenty of beaches…but none with psychedelic cars buried on them !!!
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Dear Valerie,
Your comments make me smile. The picture was taken in Amarillo, Texas on Cadillac Ranch. I’ve never been there, but apparently this is quite the tourist attraction. https://www.legendsofamerica.com/tx-cadillacranch/
The drive-ins provided inexpensive entertainment when I was a child. Children under twelve got in for free. When I was quite small…under 6, I’d be dressed in my pajamas. Mom would pack supper and big jug of iced tea. Before the movies began children played on the playground by the screen. (They would be dressed in their pajamas, too.) As soon as the sun was fully down, a cartoon would precede the main feature. I would rarely make it through the first movie…there were usually three.
I was never allowed to go to the drive in on dates, although my then boyfriend, now husband and I broke that rule a few times. 😉
Thank you for coming by.
Shalom,
Rochelle
PS You might ask himself where I ‘found’ the term “passion pit baby”. 😉
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Ah, the memories your story evoked! Something to be said for old-fashioned love scenes, passion pits & drive-in theatres! Thanks for the smiles and the memories. @sheilamgood at Cow Pasture Chronicles
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Dear Sheila,
Always happy to oblige. 😉 Thank you for the smiles your comment gave me.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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My pleasure!
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A great little dusting off and re-write. It’s great to see great-gran can still shock, and Megan just go with the flow.
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Dear Sarah Ann,
Great-Gran has many years behind her but she’ll never be ‘old’. 😉 Thank you.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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