KATHLEEN REYNOLDS
Bored on a Saturday? Why not head over to the Wheelhouse Roller Rink, Paradise Mini Golf, or the Kay-Von Drive-in to skate, putt or snuggle in your car to watch movies? Oh, wait. The skating rink at River Park Shopping Center closed in 1988, the mini-golf course on Third Street was demolished to make way for the Flood Project in 2005 and the drive-in theater was gutted by fire in the 1970s and shut down in 1981.
In her newest book, âLost Napa Valley,â author Lauren Coodley presents a fascinating if poignant, remembrance of Napa Valleyâs past. The book includes chapters on âWhere We Worked,â âWhere We Played,â âWhere We Shoppedâ and others describing the Napa Valley that used to be.