While in Kentucky we went to the Corvette museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This was the best car museum that I have ever seen. They didn’t just show a bunch of cars, they had sections on the designing of the cars, building the cars, materials used, corvette racing history, and musuem history. This is the Corvette Musuem that had a sinkhole in the middle of the musuem a couple of years ago. 8 Corvettes fell into the sinkhole and it was caught on video by the security cameras. I remember watching this on TV right after if happened. Tony has always been fascinated with the Corvette. So we were really excited about this visit and the pleasure of looking at all the different models.

After they repaired the sinkhole damage they painted a yellow line on the floor of the room showing the size. There is still a cavern below the museum of immense size. They have built up the ground below to make sure that another sinkhole does not appear. There was a whole section of the museum devoted to the story of the sinkhole. It was fascinating to see how the damage was repaired. Most of the cars have not been restored yet and they are on the musuem floor in the same condition as when they were pulled up out of the hole. The one millionth Corvette made was in the sinkhole and has been restored. What a beautiful car. See the pictures below.

Our next adventure is the Natchez Trace Parkway and Nashville, Tennessee. See you there…