Ark Encounter and Creation Museum
We left Helen heading for Indiana
We passed through North Carolina and into Tennessee, still on mountain roads
I know it is not the Rocky Mountains but for a couple of Florida flatlanders it is pretty.
Some were pretty tight for a 41 foot RV towing a car.
Pretty scenery
Finally I-75 headed through the Cumberland Gap.
One of these days we are going to stop here and explore this area.
And into Kentucky where we will stay a few days.
The main thing we wanted to see here is the Ark Encounter.
It opened 36 days before we went. The first 40 days had longer hours.
Before I get too far, I want to apologize to both attractions. I can not do them justice in any blog. These are attractions that you have to see to appreciate them.
A lot of my friends know the Bible better than I do but I will add facts as I believe them.
The first view
God spells out to Noah the dimensions of the vessel: 300 cubits in length, 50 cubits in width and 30 cubits in height (450 × 75 × 45 ft per Wikipedia) The Ark Encounter says it is 510 x 85 x 51 ft.)
This was made to those exact dimensions.
bow
stern
Inside was just as impressive but a lot of walking.
Three floors inside
Noah did not have the electric lights and air conditioning ducts.
The bow section
Entrance door
About 35 miles north is the Creation Museum
going in
A Mastodon to greet us
A preview of whats inside
The two girls were animated. Most of the human figures were animated and some talked.
An outline of God's Eternal Plan
How canyons are sculptured.
A quick one Mount St, Helens
and the slow way by water, The Great Canyon.
A fossil to touch
This is a life size copy of a real dig. The figures move and talk to tell the story of that dig.
It was about how two people can interpret the clues. One said it happened during the flood and the other millions of years ago.
Dinosaur eggs
about to get eaten
One thing we liked was that they gave both sides of Creation. This was how the universe was created.
According to the Bible, the Earth is 6020 years old.
According to science, it is 14 billion years old.
Apostles tell their own story
Paul tells his.
The Garden of Eden
Adam
Forbidden Fruit tree
Adam and Eve under the tree with the serpent coiled around a limb.
Cain and Abel
The oldest man ever.
969 years old. He died just before the flood.
The ark being built.
This worker was complaining about how long they have been working and no rain yet.
The Ark after the flood.
Inside the Ark.
Exactly 5 months after the flood began, the Ark came to rest.
Then when humans would not disperse, God caused them to have different languages.
Then across the Ohio River
into Indiana
into Ohio
back into Indiana all within about 20 miles,
to Batesville, IN and our campsite for two weeks.
Last night the temps were in the 50s, so time for a campfire.
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