Today we drove south about 30 miles in the Jeep to Bowling Green. The Corvette plant is located here and we were going to tour that facility. We had taken the tour several years ago but as with everything things change. There are now just certain times in the day that the tours are scheduled- we were about an hour and half too early for the next scheduled tour. And there is now a $7.00 per person charge- I guess this is helping GM in their financial recovery effort. So we opted to do something else.
We drove around the city of Bowling Green and when we saw a Sam's Club we stopped to pick up a few items and then a stop at Walgreen's. We decided to go to the Lost River Cave but thought we had better get lunch before doing so. Not surprising we found a Mexican restaurant and had our lunch and then to the Lost River Cave. The Lost River Cave is a privately owned cave unlike the Mammoth Cave run by the National Park services. The tour is more expensive, less informative and shorter than the tour at Mammoth. But it was a different experience as we were on boats that went a short distance into the cave. This cave is also a wet cave that has the beginnings of stalactites. Jesse James and his gang used the cave as a hide out. Outside of the cave there are several blue holes, pools of water that is blue due to the the rock sediment. A trail to a Butterfly Garden took us to an enclosed flower garden with hundreds butterflies flitting around on the pretty flowers.
The weather today was just perfect, bright blue skies, low humidity and temperatures in the low 80's. Tomorrow it is forecasted to change to higher humidity and temperatures reaching into the 100's by week's end. After returning to the campground we walked about the grounds in the evening. This is a nice campground that honors Passport America membership which is half the usual price and we would certainly return if in the area. The owners are very friendly and helpful. Tomorrow we will be moving on, not sure where but a little further south toward Mobile, Alabama.
