After we found and checked into a hotel last night I asked the guy at the desk if the Corvette Museum is open, since the sinkhole a couple of years ago. Sure is he told us, in fact, since the sinkhole they decided to leave the hole there in the middle of the building as attendance has gone up 60% since the incident. The museum opens at 8:00 he said !
To be honest, I'm not that much of a corvette fan, but, hey, I'm here, it's here.....
Attached are some cool pics of some cars and a few of the sinkhole and the cars that went down in it. Apparently they plan to leave them the way they are.
Following the museum tour it was time to head an hour and half up the road to Bardstown, KY, voted the most beautiful town in America 2 years ago. And, just 20 minutes up the road from Bardstown, there is another little town called Clermont that just happens to be where there is a distillery.
Yes, Jim Beam Distillery, the biggest bourbon distillery in the USA. Apparently, 90% of all bourbon is made in the USA and Jim Beam makes over 50% of all that is made in the US. (They also make Canadian Club, some Makers Mark....).
It was a tour that was well worth it - bourbon fan or not. You were taken through the facility, explained the process, shown the mashing area, fermentation, processing, bottling, testing (and we could) area, and the storage area warehouse. We saw 1 warehouse, there were 72, holding over 1.8 million charred white oak barrels with product in it! Note the picture. The warehouse, and the stacked wooden barrels, and the rotation they go through, it is amazing....
I even managed to pick up some sample for when we get home....
All in all it was a pretty good day.....
I'll send another couple of blogs with some pictures of the corvette museum, Jim Beam And of course Bardstown !
