Corvette Museum Trip
Le Mans Master
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If you are traveling from "up north", do NOT go through Dayton and visit the US Air Force museum there. If you do, you will regret it later when you are underwhelmed by the Corvette museum in comparison. Too bad the plant tour isn't available, that was the more interesting part of the visit.
Burning Brakes
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From: Crowley Texas
This is on the Museum website:
Tours of the Bowling Green Assembly Plant will be closed after June 16, 2017. It will be approximately 18 months (January 2019) before tours resume after June 16th. Please subscribe NCM eNews for future updates thank you.
Tours of the Bowling Green Assembly Plant will be closed after June 16, 2017. It will be approximately 18 months (January 2019) before tours resume after June 16th. Please subscribe NCM eNews for future updates thank you.
Team Owner
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From: Central Ohio
St. Jude Donor '14
Depends on which direction you're coming from. An hour or so north is the heart of Bourbon country. Most distilleries have tours and they are all excellent with knowledgeable guides and wonderful whiskeys. I can highly recommend Maker's Mark, Four Roses, Woodford Reserve, Willett's, Heaven Hill, Buffalo Trace, & Bulleit. You get a pretty clear idea of where I drive my Corvette on day trips...
Churchill Downs in Louisville is the epicenter of thoroughbred horse racing and very family-friendly. The staff are very accommodating and it's a well-maintained facility. A stop in Louisville on your way in from the north will be rewarded with an outstanding choice of culinary delights - just check the online restaurant guides. New Albany & Jeffersonville in Indiana are also emerging as foodie meccas with a more small-town atmosphere.
No, I don't work for the Chamber of Commerce. I moved to the area 30 years ago and discovered the best-kept secret in the midwest. Well worth a stop on your way to the museum.
Just got back from my second visit to the museum and I've got to say they do a great job with the displays and presentation. They keep rotating vehicles in so it's not the same from visit to visit. And the staff are the friendliest in the country. We got in on one of the last tours. Didn't see any C8s, though.
Churchill Downs in Louisville is the epicenter of thoroughbred horse racing and very family-friendly. The staff are very accommodating and it's a well-maintained facility. A stop in Louisville on your way in from the north will be rewarded with an outstanding choice of culinary delights - just check the online restaurant guides. New Albany & Jeffersonville in Indiana are also emerging as foodie meccas with a more small-town atmosphere.
No, I don't work for the Chamber of Commerce. I moved to the area 30 years ago and discovered the best-kept secret in the midwest. Well worth a stop on your way to the museum.
Just got back from my second visit to the museum and I've got to say they do a great job with the displays and presentation. They keep rotating vehicles in so it's not the same from visit to visit. And the staff are the friendliest in the country. We got in on one of the last tours. Didn't see any C8s, though.
Be mindful of a 1-hour time change in the area.
Last edited by Allan; Jun 28, 2017 at 10:52 PM.
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