National Corvette Museum

Sunday, November 9, 2014 - Bowling Green, KY

This morning we headed for the Bowling Green to go to the National Corvette Museum.  Before going there we thought we would go to Bob Evans for breakfast, but they were very busy and we did not want to wait that long.  We went over to Crackle Barrel and they were just as busy.  So we decided to eat at the Corvette Museum Cafe.  The Cafe is in the Museum.

We both order the BLT and a smoothie.  It was good, nothing special.  Then we went on into the museum.  We found out today is the last day to see the sinkhole.  They are going to start filling it in tomorrow.  So we were real glad we made it here today.

Here is the hole.  It is very big!

There were 24 corvettes in this room and only 8 of them went down in the hole.  Only 3 of them will be repaired.  The rest are beyond repair.  The first one to be pulled out was driven out of the building and has since been repaired.  It was called the "Blue Devil".  One of the other ones being repaired was the millionth one built.  It is currently at GM being repaired.  The last one to be repaired is going to be this black one.

This 1983 is the least damaged of the ones not being repaired, but it still sustained a lot of damage.

This one is 1.5 millionth one to be built.

The next 3 were the most seriously damaged vehicles.  The first one was 1991 ZR1 Spyder.  The next one was a 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06.  The last one was a 1984 PPG Pace Car.  The Spyder was by far the most heavily damaged.

We had a nice time seeing all of the cars.  It is a great museum with a lot of history on Corvettes. 

We wanted to make a couple of stops before heading back to Campbellsville.  First we stopped by Cabelas where we both bought some hiking boots.  Ok, so that was not a planned purchase.  :)

Then we headed for Lowe's to see if we could pick up some heat tape for our hose.  With the cold weather coming we need some heat tape.  The only heat tape we could find is not recommended for hoses.  Hummm.

Next we went to Best Buy to ask about changing our cell service, so I can use my phone as a wifi hot spot.  But it turns out they are not allowed to sell Verizon at this store.  The nearest Verizon store is in TN.  You have to be kidding me.  It seems Bluegrass Cellar has a contract with Verizon and they do not have any stores in South Central KY.

We thought we would try to pick up some heat tape at Wal-Mart, but no luck.  We will have to just get the heat tape that Lowe's has for now, unless we can find some on the internet.

Before heading back we stopped by Red Lobster for dinner.  It has been a very long time since we have eaten at a Red Lobster, but it was very good.

On the way back the moon was very big and beautiful.  It was hard to get a good picture, but here was my attempt.  :)

It was another wonderful day!