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Peter and John at the empty tomb!

Laurie and I had planned on coming to this museum last year but surgery prevented the effort. However, we made the trip this year. 

The museum was one of many exhibits, videos, entertainment. We were anxious to see all the building had to offer, however, we didn’t expect the people. The museum was very crowded and not to our liking or enjoyment. Maybe, the rain had some part of this crowd, maybe not! Due to the people we didn’t spend as much time as we had hoped to do. We are funny like that!

Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles

Exhibits included many Biblical scenes and the people involved  during those times. Other exhibits displayed Lucy the famous ape-like creature used by evolutionists as the missing link. We saw the handful of bone fragments used for artists to make the illustrations so often used to make a proof of evolution. Unbelievable what a farce that was used as positive proof of man being an ape!

The garden

We watched a couple of videos, too.     

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Laurie and I with an umbrella began a walk along trails to check out the botanical garden. This garden is next to the Creation Museum in Kentucky. The rains were minimal at this time, so there was plenty of time of not  needing an umbrella. A large pond full of big bluegills bordered much of the garden. We entered a nice-sized gazebo building built over the pond’s edge. here I could see a couple of hundred bluegills. These fish were hungry and spoiled. Of course, I gave them some food.        

 The trails meandered about the garden in various directions. A number of bridges crossed over ravines flowing with faster moving waters often with small waterfalls. These waters flowed downhill to feed the big pond. Some of these bridges were called bridges.

Flowers abounded throughout the garden. Some had a tropical feel about them while others were native. The pond  had water lilies and blue Pickerel Flowers. We spent over an hour enjoying these sights.

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Laurie and I were very much impressed when we finally made the trip to witness for ourselves the ARK! The Ark was built in 2014 through 2016 with the opening for the public in July of 2016. I had chartered a bus to make the trip, but was forced to cancel it due to Laurie’s back surgery in July of last year.

Noah

This Ark is huge! The big ship was created using the dimensions listed in the Bible in Genesis 6 of the Bible. This makes the Ark 510 feet in length;   eighty-five feet  wide and fifty-one feet high totaling three stories. The outside  is awe striking to see because of the size, however the interior is just as awe striking due to the all the allowable space available to place so much! This structure is currently the largest wooden structure in the world today. Like I said the Ark is huge! (See http://www.ArkEncounter.com to see more details and interests.)                                                                              

Many exhibits are found within the interior of the Ark. One can, also, watch movies at various locations. Much of the interior has cages; food supplies; water cisterns to show possible methods of building the original Ark and making it all work. The demonstrations show possible cage construction methods to aid in eliminating any wildlife waste materials and storage of food and water, etc.

Looking from bottom through three stories to the top of the Ark.

Life-like mannequins are located within to show how the Noah and the eight people may have dressed and lived. One such demonstrations depicts Noah

Man-made Chimpanzee. Each hair is stitched onto a form. this is not a taxidermy mount.

in a robotic form, moving his head and arms and speaking and answering questions of the public. the eyes move and gaze into the viewers.                                                                   

The Ark concept began in 2004; construction began in 2014 and completed by July 2016. Not bad at all. the Bible says Noah worked for 120 years to build the Ark. Such Faith!

Lighting with Olive oil.

The Ark is located near Williamstown, Kentucky!

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Doug and Kathy Flanders; Jerry and Phyllis Shull and Laurie at the eating table.

Laurie and I enjoyed a pleasant boating experience while on a mini-vacation. We rode a riverboat on the Ohio River. Music was supplied and a buffet meal filled out bellies!   

We boarded this boat in the evening and headed northeast on the great Ohio River. I am not sure how far we traveled, but we went quite a ways enjoying an easy ride, seeing the scenery and geese and ducks. At some point the boat turned around and headed southwest just as the evening began to turn towards darkness.

The trip back went past the site of boarding the boat closer to Cincinnati, Ohio. We boarded on the Kentucky side of the river near Covington, Kentucky. Actually, we learned the river is actually part of the state of Kentucky until one reached the shore on the Ohio side. Interesting! Now we could see the many bridges as they crossed the river. Some had very old architecture dating into the eighteen hundreds.                                                                            

Eventually we turned again to move northeasterly again. Darkness was now very noticeable as the city lights began illuminating the buildings and strongly contrasting the darkened sky.

Old era building

A statement of interest. The Allegheny River of western Pennsylvania was actually know as the Ohio River.  The name would change to the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh where it intersected with the Monongahela River. At this intersection the Ohio River now begins.

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