Larry and is dream Corvette
Dale Earhardt,Sr. and Jr.
July 9, Wednesday: Kentucky was a place Larry really wanted to go. Now I know why. Corvettes, Horse Farms, and Bourbon this is the place. Just pass the Kentucky border is a town called Bowling Green. It so happens to manufacture the Corvette. Unfortunately, the plant was closed to re-tool for the 2009 models. It is closed from July 1 to July 11. However, the museum was opened. Actually, Larry was able to contain himself and not drool on any of the beautiful cars. Larry asked the gentleman at the gift shop why they did not have a '67 Corvette Fastback with a 427 motor - 425 HP on display. The gentleman was quick to say that they had one on loan last month. He also said they are quite rare since they only made about 200 of them. The one on loan was worth $450,000 to $500,000. It helped Larry to understand why they did not have one on display now. Larry has that motor in the garage at home and hopes to eventually put it in the '57 Chevy. Who knows stranger things have happened.
We headed to Bardstown to stay at My Ole Kentucky Home State Park. It is completely surrounded by a state run golf course. It has only water & electric and $18.00 a night. Of course, Larry added golf to his Kentucky fun. Tonight a free bus is picking us up right here in the park to take us to an outdoor production of Stephen Foster ... The Musical. We thought we had no problem until we realized we had lost an hour coming from Bowling Green to Bardstown.
So we hurried set up camp, walked and fed, change clothes and off we went. What a great show!!! It is local talent from the various colleges. Good weather, too. The play takes place in Pittsburg and in Bardstown where his cousin lived in a home called Federal Hill. This is the home which inspired him to write the song My Old Kentucky Home. He is the first American composer. He is also the only composer that wrote two state songs. My Old Kentucky Home became the state song for Kentucky and Swanhee River is the Florida state song. It was amazing how many songs he wrote especially since he died at the young age of 37 years.
This town is steeped in history. John Fitch lived here when he invented the steamboat. It is the largest producing area of bourbon. The Talbot Tavern on the town square that really is a round- about is a place where Lincoln, King Phillpe of France, Daniel Boone, Jesse James and more had stayed. It had been serving travels for 225 years.
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