Wednesday, April 19 - Mammoth Cave, Kentucky ... or not.

 Our itinerary had us going to Mammoth Cave for more hiking and exploring.  Because of our hike the day before, I wasn't really excited about having to climb hundreds of stairs down and out of the caves.  So we made a detour.

Adventure Time

It was a few days ago that I realized I'd heard of an amazing convenient store that we HAD to visit before leaving the South.  Buc-cee's!  This place really is BIG.  The bathrooms really are as clean and fantastic as they say.  The food choices are amazing and so appreciated!  We bought snacks for our road trip and gifts for family.  Wish this place was everywhere!

We still needed to go to Kentucky to mark it off our list.  Brian did some last minute research and had Google take us to Bowling Green to visit the National Corvette Museum.  Though we had family that suggested it, we weren't very keen since we aren't big fans of the Corvette.  Again, we did some research and thought it was worth a go.

To be honest, the history of the car was kind of a snooze fest for me.  Brian loves to read EVERYTHING when in a museum, so I did my best to find things of interest.  We had heard about the big sink hole that swallowed up 8 non-replaceable Corvettes in the museum back in 2014 (see video), so that was something to look forward to learning more about.  

Am I the only one that takes pictures of the tile in the bathrooms?  Ha!

That color wall!  So much to love!

Such a cool mosaic.  (not such a great picture.  Ha!)

This one won my heart.  1967 ... and that color!  Yes, please!
I guess I am a Corvette fan. 

After exploring the Corvettes, we kept driving to Paducah to finish the day. 

Places to Eat

   * Buc-cee's - We had BBQ brisket sandwiches freshly made right there.  I would suggest trying the famous Beaver Nuggets.  They took a bit to get used to, but we definitely finished the bag.

   *  The Station Burger - I'm not always hungry for burgers, but when I am ... I want a good one.  Again, our rule on a road trip is we can't eat at a place we've eaten before.  So we found this place online.  It got good reviews, but was located in the mall.  To be fair, so was Chic-Fil-A, so we gave it a chance.  We ended up splitting a burger and it was enough for us both.