June 21st a few Plateau Corvette Club members gathered together to take on the Triangle and experience the  “ride we wouldn’t soon forget”, the skies were cloudy and gray with a few drops of rain falling. The group consisted of just 4 Plateau Corvette Club members in 2 cars.  After they headed out, the rain soon stopped and they enjoyed partly sunny skies as they hit the curves on their way to the Warden’s Table at Brushy Mountain for lunch.  The food was delicious and filling, conversation among friends was interesting and engaging.  After lunch you could feel anticipation in the air as they headed to their vehicles.  Once inside their cars, they buckled up the seat belts, revved the engines and made a leisurely exit from the parking lot, turning left on Hwy 116 to begin their mission of “Tamin‘ the Triangle!” Although they have driven the route several times,  each experience along the highway with its tight switchbacks and big sweeping curves is equally as thrilling as their first adrenaline adventure along the route.  After the Triangle, they continued on their way to the next stop……ICE CREAM – of course!  They stopped at the Sunrise Dairy in Crossville and it was delicious!  We will definitely be back there!  

Thank you Jerry and Marsha for putting together and hosting this drive! and Kathy for the photos and the write up..

The Plateau Corvette Club 2023 Cruisin’ into Summer event held on June 17th ,2023 was a great success!  A HUGE thanks to Dom and all of his volunteer helpers!    

We had lots of cars and good participation from other clubs – East Tennessee Corvette Club, Cookeville Corvette Club, the Pistons Car Club (also from Cookeville) and the Plateau British Car Club along with help from the Ms. Senior Tennessee Beauty Queens.  We had a successful Bake Sale (thank you to our bakers and our bake sale organizers, Risa and Gail ) with sweet and savory treats and even dog & cat treats for our furry friends! 

The Corn Hole Tournament was enjoyed by all who played – after it was over there were lots more that played just for a good time and a little friendly competition!  Thank you Cindy and Fred for organizing the Corn Hole!

Club Members showed up in droves to volunteer and help make this just a truly outstanding day!  The weather was perfect with a slight breeze that kept us (mostly) cool all day!  Compliments on the venue, the car show, the bake sale, the corn hole tournament were heard over and over from our attendees.

A great big thanks to Pam for all the great photos!!

The winner of the 2023 People’s Choice Award was Dan Davis with a 1967 Sunbeam

Plateau Corvette Club members took a scenic drive to Falls Creek Falls State Park. Fall Creek Falls State Park is one of Tennessee’s largest and most visited state parks. The park encompasses more than 29,800 acres sprawled across the eastern top of the rugged Cumberland Plateau. They then continue on to Dunlap TN to have lunch at the Cookie Jar Café. The Cookie Jar is a little slice of heaven and is on an operational dairy farm that’s been in the family for over 150 years! If you visit at the right time, you might just see the cows heading to the barn. It is one of the most beautiful farms in the Sequatchie Valley.

Thanks to John and Reggie for leading and the pictures. Thanks also to Kelly & Les for their photos.

Tuesday June 13th Plateau Corvette Club members took a driving adventure to picnic at the Savage Cliff Park. The weather was beautiful, the drive and the curves were awesome – it was a perfect day for a picnic in the park! Savage Gulf State Park is located in Grundy and Sequatchie counties, and is the newest state park in Tennessee, bringing the total of Tennessee’s state parks to 57.

A BIG THANK YOU to John and Reggie and Dennis and Carol for stepping in and putting this ride together and for the pictures.

On Wednesday, June 7th,  15 Plateau Corvette Club Members in 8 Corvettes met for a drive n dine to the City Café in Cleveland, Tennessee.  They cruised over the Deep Draw Stone Arch Bridge, a sandstone arch bridge built in 1938. It is one of the oldest surviving bridges of this type in the area and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Once over the bridge, they cruised the curves on their way to the sight of the 1996 Olympic White Water Event held on Ocoee River in Ducktown, Tennessee. The event held here was the only Olympic Event ever held in Tennessee and the only Olympic event EVER held on a natural river. After they checked out the area, they headed down the road to the City Café for lunch. It was hard to choose one thing due to the large menu they have. Everything was delicious and filling. Two of our members couldn’t resist trying the Key Lime Pie and the Coconut Cream Pie. (their cakes and pies are delicious!), After lunch, they headed on down the road towards home. As always, it was a fantastic day together hitting the curves and enjoying comradery and friendship.

Thanks to Roger and Kathy for leading and the photos.

On June 6th The Plateau Corvette Club Ladies members had a “Ladies Only Fun Day”, an impromptu event for the ladies only!! They traveled to the Crossville Salt Cave “SALT OF THE EARTH” where they had the option to choose Halotherapy which is a fancy word for 45 minutes of sitting in the salt cave, the Infrared Sauna Wrap where you will sweat away calories and toxins, or the Ionic Foot Detox to cleanses your body of toxins.

For lunch they drove to the Grinder House and Coffee Shop on Main Street for a “ladies only” luncheon.

After lunch, a few of the ladies left for home and some of us headed next door for a little “retail therapy”.  It was a great way to spend time together! 

Thanks to Kathy for planning this event.

On Wednesday, May 31st, Plateau Corvette Club Members Jerry & Marsha hosted a cruise to Hog Wild BBQ in Tompkinsville, Kentucky. Four Corvettes carrying 8 members met up at the Shell Station in Monterey on a picture perfect day to head out and get some curve therapy! Jerry told us at the driver’s meeting that he’d picked out the curviest roads that he could find on the route he put together to travel there and back, and let me tell you he wasn’t kidding! Beautiful roads (even some roads that we’d never been on before) with big sweeping curves made up the majority of this route, which was very scenic too. Everyone had a fantastic time and enjoyed the friendship and comradery that goes along with getting out and having fun together!

The restaurant was busy (and very good too)!

The day ended in Cookeville with ice cream at Cream City! Enjoy the photos! Thank you to Jerry & Marsha for putting this great day together!

June 2nd several Plateau Corvette Club members took a slow , careful, scenic drive for those with “OLD CARS” to Lilly Bluff Park where they took a short hike to the Bluff Overlook, then off to Brushy Mountain Prison Wardens Table for lunch in a prison cell.

Thanks to John and Reggie for leading! Thanks to Pam and Todd for the photos.

Saturday May 27th there was also the Downtown Crossville Cruise In on Main Street. A few club members also attended this show to make it a double header for car shows that weekend.

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Saturday May 27th Plateau Corvette Club members attended the Lake Tansi Memorial Day car show. There were crafters, vendors, bounce house for the kiddos and yummy food! Great weather with plenty of shade trees to relax under.

Thanks to Sam and Lee for leading and taking the pictures