Day 4, Thursday -- A Real CAR day.

This is Thursday, the fourth day of the Bluegrass 1000 tour of interesting places in Kentucky, to benefit the Bill Collins Parkinson Center in Louisville, Ky.  Bill Collins Ford Lincoln automobile dealership, the largest in Kentucky, provided support for the tour, including back up cars, a mechanic, a flatbed and paramedics who tag along all the way.  The route is planned by Bill and Marie Tilford who do all the details and put this wonderful experience together.  We've all grown to know and appreciate each other during this week of touring.

Today dawned clear and dewy again, but the cars were in good fettle and ready to go.

A hearty breakfast at the hotel, last minute adjustment to collapsible roofs and jackets to ward off the chill, and off we go on a short hop to the Kentucky Museum, part of Western Kentucky University.

A marvelous sculpture of Abe Lincoln welcomed us all to the museum.  Bridget is trying to wake up Abe.

The tour guide encouraged some of the ladies to dress up in period costumes.  Here Sally, Patsy and Bridget clown around.  Jeff gets a Union officer costume too.

The tour included many unique exhibits of early life in Kentucky and an impressive collection of early settlers cooking utensils and toys.

Duncan Hines was a resident of Bowling Green, and wrote his famous restaurant and travel guides here. 

Doug and Judy joke around at the Log Cabin exhibit.

Then off to the National Corvette Museum.  Bowling Green is where all the Corvettes are made, and their heritage is preserved here.  A lunch for us all provided by PNC Bank and admission to the museum provided by Bill Collins Ford/Lincoln. 

Many exhibits of these wonderful cars and their designers, engineers and history are on display.

The Rotunda contains many examples of the historical range of Corvettes, and some special Corvettes too.  The museum was expanded about two years ago and was vastly different than when we visited a decade past. 

Then off for a rapid drive through the twisty byways of lower Kentucky. 



I tried to capture Doug's Trans Am in my mirror.  Dick's Porsche is ahead of me.

The day was climaxed with a fine dinner at the Country Club at Old Stone in Avalton, Kentucky, just below Bowling Green.