The Ark Encounter

We visited the Ark Encounter today.

First, a couple of photos from last night... a couple moved in next to us who were riding a motorcycle and towing a camper...

See the pop-up over there behind the tree on the right side?

The husband told us that it has a queen sized bed, a kitchen, bathroom, changing area... I can't imagine how it all fits in there!

 This morning we headed to the Ark Encounter. We had read that it was busiest 9am to 11am, so we arrived after 11am.

The structure is quite impressive!

 "Noah is in his 600th year and much has happened. His father, Lamech, passed away five years ago, and his grandfather, Methuselah, died in the past year at the age of 969.
"Seven days ago, the Lord commanded Noah to enter the Ark along with his family.
"So, Noah, his wife, Emzara, and their three sons and their wives spent the past week loading the animals and are now storing the last of the provisions on the Ark. 
"They need to hurry -- the storm is almost here."

Crates for animals

Storage inside the ark

More storage

A diorama of Noah and his family praying as they are entering the ark

More storage

A diorama of the living quarters for Noah and his family

Kitchen on the ark in the living quarters

Noah receiving the branch from the dove that he released

A view of the bow of the ark

The door that the animals would have come in, and which the Lord closed

My honey and me!

We are so blessed to be doing this together!!!

Though you can't tell from the pictures, it was very crowded today... there were some exhibits that I just skipped seeing because I wasn't willing to deal with being so tightly packed or having to wait so long. I did find that after I went all the way to the top, and then started making my way down, that the crowds were less on the middle deck a little later than when I first got there. I'm thinking arriving more mid-afternoon (it is open until 9pm) would be a better idea.

The inside of the ark is air conditioned, but the walk from where the bus lets you off to the ark is on an asphalt and concrete surface outside, and it was pretty hot today.

We spent about 4 hours. If it had not been so crowded, we may have stayed longer. We did not eat at the restaurant on site but rather returned to Miss Doozie for a nice cool salad.