Ark Encounter

I do not know who or what group has created this life-sized replica of Noah's ark, but it is impressive.  When we walked to the ark it was cool and breezy and when we walked out it was raining.  Only appropriate.  hehe

So many liberties have been taken in trying to figure out how things were stored and arranged.  They even gave the women names which they admit the Bible does not have.

These jars contained oil, water, grain and whatever needed to be kept safe from being spoiled.

This is the view looking up to the top of the ark from the first level.  It makes sense that there had to be some form of natural light.  There were "oil lanterns" all throughout but I can't imagine that there were that number of lanterns.

The animals were separated into "kinds".  This is the horse kind.  The assumption is that other breeds came later.

The thing I couldn't agree with was  the number  of "dinosaurs" aboard the ark.  I believe they were already extinct prior to the flood.  

What really intrigued me and made so much sense was the gardens that were growing there.  It makes sense that they would grow vegetables in order to have fresh things to eat.  All of these things were on the third level with natural light.

Some of  the veggies were grown in troughs while others were grown in hanging pots.  Still others in the garden spaces below those things. 

This is a depiction of Noah and the dove.  It appears that the dove is coming back with the olive branch.  There were some videos to stop and watch which were interesting as well.  I think we could have spent all day there if we wanted to but we didn't feel that it was necessary.  We got the general feeling of the place.  A nice place to visit but not something I think is a must see.