Prior to earlier this month I had only seen the states of Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Nevada, Illinois, and Florida in person. I'd flown over others, but it's always a unique experience to see the sights from the ground. So when my friend Michael Piotter asked if I wanted to go to North Carolina to visit his sister Lynnea I said I would. After all, my Tahoe needed some miles put on it. So off we went on December 1. First destination Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Mr. Piotter is a Corvette buff. Corvettes are made in Bowling Green, so we went to see them roll off the assembly line. I've never been a huge sports car person, although if I were given a 'vette I certainly wouldn't turn it down. Along with the Chevy flagship, Bowling Green Assembly Plant makes the Cadillac XLR, which would be more my style. Except for the 60K base price. We looked for an XLR on the road during our trip, but couldn't find any.
Personally I liked the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green better than watching them being assembled. The new models are cool, but seeing Corvettes from the '50s and '60s isn't something you can generally do in Minnesota.
Other than eating at a place called Jerry's Restaurant, quite possibly the worst food I've had at a restaurant, we didn't do much else in Bowling Green. Except get lost trying to find our destinations at night. A tip for people thinking about going, there are no giant signs that say "Corvettes this way." We did mistakenly drive through Western Kentucky University looking for the assembly plant, the first campus we would visit on the trip. Although that one wasn't exactly planned.
Next stop, Durham, North Carolina.
Posted by Bryan at December 12, 2005 03:07 PM