2019 Pacific Northwest Caravan to Bowling Green

[kenthomas4]

Often referred to as the world’s largest moving automotive event, the National Corvette Caravan is a celebration of America’s Sports Car, culminating in Bowling Green, Kentucky for the anniversary celebration of the National Corvette Museum. Hosted only once every five years, the next event is slated for Labor Day Weekend 2019 and will mark the Museum’s 25th Anniversary.

My name is Ken and I have taken on the role of the 2019 Caravan Captain for the Pacific Northwest Caravan to Bowling Green. The route has been finalized with exiting stops along the way. If you have never participated in something like this, you are missing out! Where else can you travel across the country with hundreds of Corvettes? The caravan, that's where.

We will be leaving prearranged locations on the morning of August 22, 2019 in Issaquah, WA and Portland, OR meet up for lunch in Richland and begin our travels across I90 and down to Bowling Green for a three day event in Bowling Green August 28-31, and then departing for home on September 1, 2019.

If you would like more information or keep informed on progress, here are a few links below:
National Corvette Caravan page: 2019 National Corvette Caravan | All roads lead to Bowling Green, Kentucky for the 25th Anniversary of the National Corvette Museum
Pacific Northwest National Corvette Caravan page:Pacific Northwest | 2019 National Corvette Caravan
Pacific Northwest Corvette Caravan Facebook Group page:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1036145279804560/


Send me an email if you have any questions. [email protected]

[John]

My wife and I have been part of five National Corvette Caravans. We are excitedly looking forward to the next one — described by Ken above. Here is my car with its windshield banner (picture taken at a car show last month).

[Ateupjoe]

Hope to finally meet some of you NW folks next year as we are signed up for our first event!

[John]

We look forward to meeting you!

[John]

As Ken posted recently, already 335 folks have indicated that they are heading out on just the Pacific Northwest component of the National Corvette Caravan (NCC) . I was talking about the Caravan this morning at a small cruise in breakfast (was asked to come and make a NCC presentation), and some folks there got excited and are now planning on going with us. What we saw afterwards while we were walking around the parking lot was especially unique. Please note the steering wheel on my car.

[kenthomas4]

Its official, registration is now open for the Pacific Northwest (PNW) and North Central Corvette Caravans! Before you register, please familiarize yourself with the process below. Because we will be meeting up with the North Central Caravan in Wisconsin Dells, you will need to register for that caravan as well as the PNW Caravan. The cost for the North Central Caravan includes two lunches and one dinner.

When you go to the registration page, there will be 5 sections you need to fill out.

• Section 1 - 2019 PNW Caravan Personal Information
• Section 2 - Selection & Payment Process to register for the PNW Caravan
• Section 3 - Selection and Payment Process to register for the North Central Caravan
• Section 4 - Hotel Reservations at Chula Vista Resort
• Section 5 - Hotel Registration at Effingham. In this section you will enter your credit card information to hold your Effingham hotel room.

When all sections of the form are complete, you will be directed to a PayPal Page for payment; you can pay by PayPal or credit card. Once payment has been received, you will be sent an email with a link to the list of hotel rooms reserved for the PNW Caravan.

Each nightly stop is listed by date with hotel information including phone number, address, and pricing. When you call, be sure to mention our “Group name” identified to ensure you get the best rate. You will be required to provide a credit card to the hotel to hold the room. Please do not share this hotel information with those not registered as we have a limited number of rooms reserved.

The website for registering is https://2019pnwcaravan.com/ Once on the page, go to the registration link at the top. The registration page has directions with a link that will take you to the registration process. You can also find PNW and NCM merchandise for purchase on the main page. At this time, shirts are in work and should be available within 2-4 weeks.

As well, when the National Corvette Museum opens its registration, you will need to register there. NCM registration allows you to register for some of the daily activities including day drives, plant tours, and seminars. I would suggest you do not wait because these events fill up fast! When registration opens with the NCM, I will let everyone know via email and Facebook.

We have done our best to test the system but as any electronic process, things may happen. Please let me know if you have any questions or issues during registration and I will work with you individually to complete the process.

Thank you and I look forward to the driving with all of you to Bowling Green!

Ken Thomas
2019 PNW Captain
[email protected]
206.920.3163

[John]

Registered for the PNW component and the North Central part of the Caravan; now working on motel reservations, and about three weeks from now, the NCM part of the event’s registrations opens.

Excited! It will be our 5th National Corvette Caravan. Fervently hope that our ME is available for the trip, but it not, it would be another wonderful mega road trip in our C7, e.g., can’t lose either way.

[Shadow]

Looking forward to our fifth one.

[John]

175 Corvettes already signed up for just this Pacific Northwest part of the National Corvette Caravan.

[John]

Video of NCM renovations which are underway now, yet will be completed before the Caravan to increase space for our arrival and to make NCM more educational.

https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/vid...YIbKiuoG12Iaeg