British Bash 2013

Today did not start out very well.  It was raining lightly with the possibility of heavier storms.  But, we'd come all this way, so we were going regardless.  We left the hotel and made our way to the site, thinking the lawn would be underwater, or at least very soggy.  The rain had stopped by the time we got to the site and the lawn was remarkably firm.  There was only occasional light rain during the morning and by afternoon, it had stopped.  However, the weather kept many people away and the turnout was light.  But, the cars that were there were nice and the people friendly and well organized.  We saw some old friends and met some new ones.  

View of British Bash 2013

This year's show was very exciting!

The MG race car owned and raced by Denver Cornett, brought to the show by his son.
Cornett's Stone Bridge at Watkins Glen is named for Denver.

After the show, we decided to check out French Lick, IN, site of MG2014.  It is only about 58 miles from Louisville, about an hour and 15 min.  Before we got out of town, it started raining again and we had to stop and put the top up.  Good thing, because it started raining harder for about the next 20 miles but by the time we got to French Lick, it had stopped.  We stopped for gas and coffee in French Lick and found a pump with recreational gas - no ethanol.  I figured driving the MG is recreational, so I filled up!  We then went to the French Lick resort, which reminded me of the Grand Hotel in the movie Somewhere In Time.  There is a large porch with rocking chairs and a Dixieland band playing.  It's a very large hotel where you need a map to find your way around!  A casino next door is connected to the hotel.  I think this setting will be great for MG2014 and we're looking forward to coming up next year.  After checking out the hotel, we drove back to Louisville, got some Skyline Chili for dinner and went back to the hotel.

We will start the trip home tomorrow via Paris (KY, not France) where we will pay our respects to Secretariat at Claiborne Farm.