Monday, October 24, 2011
We were up with the turkeys and got a fairly early start, around 8:00am, from Mammoth Caves Campground.
We headed south on I-65 to Bowling Green, KY where we made a stop at the National Corvette Museum. There were no cancellation stamps available there even though it is a national museum; maybe it’s because it has nothing to do with the National Parks system—probably should write our congressman. We were among a number of old fogies who were drooling over the collection of Corvettes. It was really fabulous. There is more information there about Corvettes than you can possibly absorb in a month, let alone a few hours. It was really enjoyable. If you want to you can take delivery of a new corvette at the museum, since the GM Corvette assembly plant is across the road, a stone’s throw away. We got through the museum, including the gift shop and stopped across the street for a quick brunch before we headed south on I-65.
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| Are you thinking Thanksgiving dinner? |
We headed south on I-65 to Bowling Green, KY where we made a stop at the National Corvette Museum. There were no cancellation stamps available there even though it is a national museum; maybe it’s because it has nothing to do with the National Parks system—probably should write our congressman. We were among a number of old fogies who were drooling over the collection of Corvettes. It was really fabulous. There is more information there about Corvettes than you can possibly absorb in a month, let alone a few hours. It was really enjoyable. If you want to you can take delivery of a new corvette at the museum, since the GM Corvette assembly plant is across the road, a stone’s throw away. We got through the museum, including the gift shop and stopped across the street for a quick brunch before we headed south on I-65.
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| The front of the building |
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| Wilma and one of the early Corvettes |
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| Barney and Fred. Notice what it says between us. |
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| Betty driving the simulator |
We turned off of I-65 and took a number of numbered routes to the town of Gallatin, TN just northeast of Nashville. Gallatin’s claim to fame is the plant of G. F. Puhl. Puhl put the wastepaper recovery system together for Pacific Press. Barney had dealt with Greg Puhl, the owner since 1983, just before the Press moved to Idaho. Greg was kind enough to take us on a tour of his facility and introduce us to some of the people we had dealt with by telephone over the years. It was a very interesting tour. Lots of changes in the recovery systems have been made in the 25+ years since the Press bought its system.
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| Barney and owner Greg Puhl |
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| Touring the facility |
From Gallatin we headed for Nashville, TN and the Grand Old Opry Hotel and Convention Center for a quick drive through tour. Fred had been there during his tour in the Press Sales Department for meetings and wanted us to at least see it. That is just what we did on our drive-through tour. We never got out of the rolling caves.
The next stop was the Stones River National Battlefield and Cemetery near Murfreesboro, TN. We got there at shortly after 4:00pm and the VC closed at 5:00, so the beating of cancellation stamps in passport books sounded something like a woodpecker tapping on a hollow tree. They had a well done video of the Stones River Battle. We made a quick stop at the cemetery where about 10,000 Union and Confederate troops were laid to rest after the two day battle.
After a short stop at a local Taco Bell we continued south to Shelbyville, TN where we are encamped in a lovely Wal-Mart parking lot for the night.
More tomorrow.
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