Updated 7/28/14

Pacific Northwest

Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana & Alaska

Welcome to the Pacific NW NCM Caravan Page, my name is Robin Forrer, your 2014 Pacific NW area Captain.

Registration
IS currently closed online, but you may still register when you arrive at the NCM in Bowling Green, KY. If you are planning on doing this, still email myself at so that I am sure to count you in for activities, etc. This is very important at this juncture as we have planned meals scheduled, etc. that counts are important.

Highlights of our trip include:

Day 1:
Departures from the Seattle, WA, Portland, OR, and Boise, ID areas. We go Northeast and Southeast. Seattle and Portland meet in the Tri-Cities area of WA for lunch, then onto Worley, ID for a Welcome Reception and Raffle/Auction. The Boise group heads toward Idaho Falls for the night.

Day 2:
OR/WA Group heads for Missoula, MT and Boise skirts the west end of Yellowstone National Park: and then: We are headed for Bozeman, MT to Mr. Dave Ressler's private Ranch and see his collection and have dinner. After dinner we proceed onto Billings, MT for the evening.

Day 3:
We travel to Casper, WY for lunch and onto Cheyenne for the evening and nights stay. We visit the Cheyenne Train Depot Museum Sunday evening, which is open exclusively for our group from 5pm-8pm.

Day 4:

We travel across Nebraska with a suggested stop in North Platte, for lunch. You may also choose to stop at the Great Platte River Road Archway. This is an historical place with lots of fun for all. There is a small admission fee required and let them know you are part of the NCM Caravan.

You may choose to visit the Classic Car Collection that is located near Cabelo's in Kerney. www.ccckearney.com There is a small admission fee required and let them know you are part of the NCM Caravan.

Monday evening, we arrive at the Hay Market District of Lincoln Nebraska. The Nebraska Caravan group, led by Captains Bruce Younglove and Bill Zuspan will help to celebrate our arrival around 7pm. Local area Restaurants will be available near our hotel.

Day 5:
we stay in Lincoln and Visit the American Speed Museum. Then onto Columbia, MO for an evening welcome party with the Mid Missouri Corvette Club and evening stay.

Day 6:
By individual reservation, you can tour the Corvette Assembly plant, located near the Museum. And of course, the Grand Opening of the NCM Motorsports Park!

A recent video on the C7 Assembly was on You Tube (in case you missed it:

Various activities will be going on around the Museum, such as Seminars and area attractions that self guided directions will be offered. You may go to the Bowling Green visitors guide for more information. Also, Nashville is about an hour away. You may also visit their Visitor guide for information on the Grand Old Opry and sites. Just remember to stay safe and follow all the road rules per the various states we travel.

Museum Tours and Seminars/activities
Many were confused about Museum Tours/ Assembly Plant Tours. These are 2 entirely different things. Your Registration fee includes self guided tours of the National Corvette Museum that can be taken anytime during the Museums open hours. The separate road trip tours will be self-guided and directions will be available at the Museum. You can make your own schedule as to when you would want to do these things. Seminars will be repeated as much as possible, Thursday, Friday and some Saturday also. The list is available on the NCM Website under:
http://www.corvettemuseum.org/registration/celebration/agenda.shtm
Review these options to help plan out your stay in Bowling Green for the 20th Anniversary Celebration!

Our Brick:

OUR Arrival in Bowling Green:
Our plan is to arrive in Bowling Green, on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 as our newly scheduled 4:30 time slot. This means that we have almost 5 days in Bowling Green, making it a real treat to see and participate in the local areas festivities, events, tours, and landmarks. There is talk on the Caravan Chat about Distilleries Tours getting organized, so log on to the Caravan Chat if interested. The NCM will probably have directions, but if in doubt you can email the various counties and brochures mailed to your home.

The Pacific NW Caravan is unique in that we have the potential of many participants from 5 states, including Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and ALASKA!!!! We also have the British Columbia group, Western Canada Caravan, Northern CA, NV, UT, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri Caravans joining us. All Corvettes Owners are welcome to join in our caravan!

Route Book:
A complete itinerary of information, routes, etc. will be available in the route book you will be receiving from me. I have mailed out our Route books to the current registrants. Only registered participants will be receiving this Book. Please include in your email of confirmation that you have joined the caravan, your address so I may send you our Route Book. If you want a copy, there will be a charge of $15.00 plus shipping and after June 30, 2014 till August 1, 2014, the charge will be $17.00 plus shipping. After August 1, they will not be available.

It is VERY important that the Caravan stays together during the trip, but especially during our last 3-4 days of travel. The areas surrounding our stops are expecting us at certain times of the days and to help accommodate all, please follow the directions and roads that are given by the local leaders. The Pacific NW Group may be upwards of 250 cars, adding other Caravan sections in, and the route book will give you our stops for better coordination. The fun of this trip is traveling down the road that is PURE Corvettes. See below for a great example:

An awesome video courtesy of Joe Moncado (Kansas, MO Captain):

And while the caravan is getting closer and closer, (time flies when you're planning a trip like this), we look forward to working with each and every Corvette enthusiast, and Corvette Club in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and beyond to make this the best ever!

Return Trip:
Most everyone is going North, South, East and West with visits to various sites, friends and relatives. Return trips are on everyone's mind. The chat has been set up to talk amongst you and discuss things. If anyone has planned a certain route back that may be of interest to others and you'd like to travel together, please discuss there so all can participate. The return trip can be just as fun as the going to Bowling Green one, so please share your plans if you want.

Hotels
Hotel blocks that are already in place will be released to Registered participants only. Please email me with proof of registration (and where you are joining us in at) and I will email you the list. I have hotels blocked in Franklin, Horse Cave, KY, and Portland, Whitehouse, and Goodlettsville, TN, for the Bowling Green area. You may find some hotels in Bowling Green on an individual basis, but ours became full right after the registration opened for Bowling Green proper. Most of our hotels are open now, so get on board and get yours now!

Sponsorship
To make the Pacific NW Caravan successful, we need our sponsors. If you are interested in a Sponsorship donation, or if you know a business or individual, who would like to provide a Sponsorship donation, please contact me at or .

We are honored to have the following sponsors to date:
Griots Garage, Tacoma, WA
Suburban Auto Group, Sandy, OR
McCurley Integrity Dealerships of Pasco, Kennewick and Richland, WA
Lee Johnson Auto Family, Kirkland, WA
T & C Chevy, Ashland, OR
Fairley Reliable Bobs, Boise, ID
Hagerty Car Insurance
Sandy River Marketing, Troutdale, OR
Zip Corvettes
Profit, USA, Portland, OR
Willamette Valley Vineyards, Turner, OR
Terra Blanca Winery and Estate Vineyard, Benton City, WA
Rose City Corvette Club, Portland, OR
Gruners Chevrolet, Redmond, OR
Spokane Corvette Club, Spokane, WA
Ralph Walter, WA
Modern Classics Auto Service, Tualatin, OR
Ressler Motors, Bozeman, MT
Karl Tyler Dealership, Missoula, MT
Cascade Corvette Club, Eugene, OR
Forest Grove Printers, Forest Grove, OR
Sidedraught City, Portland, OR
Grey Chevrolet, Port Orchard, WA
Michelin Tires, USA
NorCal Caravan, Don Hertzer
Kendall Chevrolet, Eugene, OR
Napa Auto Parts, Portland, OR
Corvette America

Area Information
Area information is available through the Bowling Green Area Convention & Visitors Bureau: http://www.visitbgky.com/ and http://www.visitmusiccity.com/ for Nashville information. Please visit these sites to familiarize yourselves on things you may be interested in when visiting Bowling Green and the surrounding areas.

Chat site:
If you are registered, you will automatically be added to the Pacific NW Chat site. If you DO NOT want to be on the chat line, kindly ask to "unsubscribe" and you will be removed. You may always email me privately at for any questions or concerns. That email does not broadcast to all. is the Chat site.

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The Museum hopes to have the first "west" leg of the MotorSports Park open at the 2014 Caravan Celebration.

I have designed and am offering shirts for the Pacific NW Group. Funds raised for this go back into the Pacific NW Group for our use.

Shirt, Clings, and Flags orders: Thank you to everyone who has purchased these items thus far. It is so much fun to see our shirts being worn at events I have been at. People really like our ITEMS! If you are interested in ordering any of these items, please plan on doing so by April/May 2014 to assure you have your items. It will help me if your Flag and Cling orders are done especially, so that I can have them readily available for you. PLEASE ADD $3.00 FOR FLAGS SHIPPING AND $2.00 FOR CLING SHIPPING. POSTAGE HAS INCREASED AND I CANNOT ABSORB THE SHIPPING ANY LONGER FOR THESE ITEMS. SHIRT SHIPPING WILL INCREASE TO $17.00 FOR UP TO 4 SHIRTS AFTER FEBRUARY 1, 2014. CONTACT ME FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF ORDERING SHIRTS/CLINGS/FLAGS FOR YOUR INDIVIDUAL SHIPPING INFORMATION.

And also in Black (not Shown).

Clings (are really white, but colored here to show detail) and flags are available now and this is a sample of them:

In closing, I look forward to seeing each and every one of you down the road, and if you ever need anything, do not hesitate to ask. I will answer your questions or concerns and get back to you, usually within 36 hours. If I don't know the answer, I'll find it and get back to you!

Robin Forrer
Pacific Northwest Captain

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Robin Forrer