There is an old driveway with a mound of dirt and gravel near a modern road sign. You’re in the general area.įind a place to park on the side of the road. Take that road and travel about a half mile until LBL Road #126 splits into #127. From the Trace, take Old Ferry Road and go about 6.5 miles to LBL Road #126. It is located in northern Land Between The Lakes.
If you think you know what year, make and model of the bus is, feel free to comment or email me. It’s been striped of virtually everything, leaving only the shell. It also appeared to seat 32 people, with eight seats on each side of the bus. It appears to have belonged to the Lyon County School District you can see faint lettering on the bus reading “Lyon County”. I am not an expert at identifying old cars, let alone a bus that is 60 years old. About The Old Bus Trees are beginning to grow around and into the bus which has been sitting in the same spot for around 50 years. Ray and many of his family members are buried in Sardis Cemetery in Land Between The Lakes. Ray’s father, Cordie, operated the Kuttawa Ferry across the Cumberland River. Much of the land surrounding the former site of Homer’s Garage was owned by his family. He relocated to Eddyville and operated a garage there until his death in 1981. Ray was one of the last people to leave Land Between The Lakes in 1969. Ray owned Ray’s Garage, a shop located where the remains of the bus is today. Despite the fact that the old bus is odd and usual, it’s history is not much of a mystery.Īccording to, the name Homer’s Garage comes from Homer Ray, a former resident of Land Between The Lakes before it became a national recreation area.
However, a stripped down school bus is a one-of-a-kind discovery. Ray’s garage.įinding skeletal remains of civilization in Land Between The Lakes isn’t rare. The remains of a foundation which could have been Mr. The location is a popular hunt for geocachers and actually has a name on – Homer’s Garage.
I asked Lisa regarding the whereabouts of the bus and she gave me some good information on how to find it. A few weeks ago, Lisa Trimble, a Facebook fan of Four Rivers Explorer, sent me a photo of an old abandoned school bus in Land Between The Lakes.