Day 5... the Finale

Friday, the last day of the Bluegrass 1000 dawned partly cloudy with a forecast of showers in the afternoon, temps in the low 80's. 

Jason loads Art and Patsy's Maserati/Chrysler for the final trip back to Louisville and hopefully a cure for the ailing brake issue.  Art and Patsy are driving the back up Mustang Convertible for the remander of the tour. 

This is Doug's Trans Am engine compartment.  This car sounds soo cool.

First stop of the day was the Historic RailPark in Bowling Green, a major stop on the old Louisville to Nashville line.

Our tour guide explained the workings of the Rail Postal Office and how they sorted the mail while underway between stops.

A spirited drive and then lunch in Cave City, Ky... at El Patron a family restaurant serving American and Mexican food.  'Twas good stuff.

The scenic routes in Kentucky are marvelous and fun.  The little Morgan is a handful on some of the twisty roads, but we managed to keep up for the most part.  Following a Porsche is a challenge.... maybe it is the difference in drivers more so than the difference in cars.

We tried mightily to get a picture of a tobacco drying barn, but at speed it was a challenge to get the camera aimed in time.  This is about the best we could do.

Bardstown, Kentucky is the center of the Bourbon industry.  We stopped at Heaven Hill Distillery only to find they closed the gift shop in 20 minutes and the tours were done for the day.  So we shopped a bit.

Across from the parking lot were these barns... actually ageing storage buildings containing millions and millions of dollars worth of good old Kentucky Bourbon.  Makes one thirsty.

We rolled in almost exactly at 6 pm to Bill Collins Ford/Lincoln for our farewell dinner.

Steve Ashcraft and Kevin Collins.  Steve was the mechanic on the tour and the go to guy for Kevin Collins, the dealership owner and son of Bill Collins.  Great guys both.

Art and Patsy Kampschafer from Texas.  Art owns a Morgan and other cars, as well as the trouble plagued Maserati/Chrysler seen in photo one of today's issue.

Doug and Shannon McArthur, youngsters from Indiana with the loud and well presented 1976 Trans Am.

Dick and Judy Muny from northeastern Ohio who operated the 1995 air cooled Porsche 911

Bridget Etherton and Eva Prewitt, Paramedics who have protected all of the Bluegrass 1000 tours to date.  Lovely gals with a wonderful sense of humor and kindness.

Jason Choate, operator of the rescue truck.  He drove the truck like a sports car.... and stuck with us all the way.

 

 

Bill and Marie Tilford, tour organizers, leaders and expert drivers who led the way, all the way.

Thanks to all, and regards to Marc and Renee Pearlman who had to leave the tour midway due to a family emergency. 

Overall, we raised some money for charity, had some fun and met some great people.   What more could you want spending a week in the wonderful countryside of central Kentucky. 

Thanks all

Gary and Sally Kneisley   aka  Mog R