Well to say the least, this is the most dynamic, jar dropping adventure we have ever seen. The Ark was on my bucket list and all I can say is it did not disappoint. There are no words to express how enormous it is. It cost 100 million dollars to built and all the money was donated. As Curt and I was walking to it and once inside it was incredible. There are 3 stories and it is 2 football fields long and 6 stories high. The trees they used took men with chainsaws 6 days to get them cut and notched out before they could use them. They are huge. Curt said, “It made the telephone poles he used to build the porch on our home look like toothpicks.” hahaha. But you know he is so right. We were on the 2nd floor and as we were walking, Curt said, “Stop and think about this. Can you imagine in the time Noah and his family were in the ark during the storm with all the animals in here, how noisy it would be?” I stood there and really I can’t even imagine that. It took 6 years to build the Ark Encounter. 2010 to 2016. Grand open was July 7th, 2016. Columns – Douglas fir. 64 beams – 20″ x 20″ x 32′ long. Lodge Poles – Engelmann Spruce. 64 logs – 28″ – 38″ diameter x 48′ long. 56 logs 20″ + diameter 18′ long. Header – Douglas fir. 64 Beas 18″ x 18″ x 18′ long. Exterior woodd – Radiata Pine. 185,000 board feet. 1″ x 10″ Sourced from New Zealand. Sent to the Netherlands and the UK to undergo Accoya treatment. Shipped to NC for milling. Flooring – Bambo and white fir. Deckin – white fir – 600,000 board feet. Flooring Bambo – 290 board ft.
It took Noah 75 years to build the Ark. 1398 Animal kinds and 6,744 animals. Noah clearly learned how to work with wood and he may have also trained to work with metals to make tools and braces for the construction of the Ark. 8 people on board. 1 person dealing with human food, 3 people cleaning cages, 1 person watering, 1 person feeding, 1.5 persons doing laundry, human waste removal, maintenance animal care and misc and .5 person shoveling waste from pit to pumps. 85. 322,400 total gals of water needed. 285,300 gallons in casters, 95,100 gallon of storage vessels. Rain could be collected from the roof if needed. 15,000 food storages vassals. There were 22 extra large cages, 186 large cages, 293 medium cages, 308 bird cages, 174 small cages and 415 amphibian cages. 85% of the animals weighed 22 lbs or less. 7% of the animals weighed 22.1 lbs – 220 lbs. 8% of the animals weighed over 220 lbs.
I will try to explain some of the pictures.
These were bushes they cut and shape into animals.
These pots were for the reptiles. They had the burlap on top and then there was a small plug on the side at the bottom. Water was poured over the burlap to keep the reptiles wet and then the plug could be removed for the waste to drain out and go to the underneath part of the ark to be put into the flood waters. All the pens had the same drainage system.
These were the water vessels.
The living quarters
Below is looking up and then I took a picture of how long it was. It was huge and the pictures really don’t show the size of it.
The Covenant
When we were leaving the Ark Encounter we decided to go do the virtual simulation. It was really cool. It made you feel like you were in the flood and in the ark. I only screamed a couple of times. haha
The next day we went to the Creation Museum. it was fabulous. It was in Petersburg, KY. We loved it as well. It was a lot of reading but I took several pictures. I was really intrigued with the dinosaurs and all the insects and butterflies. I will try to explain the pictures if I feel they need explaining. The gardens were beautiful and this is what you see walking to the entrance to the Museum.
When we first went in this is what you see and what you read.
These two dinosaurs moved. So cool.
The tree of life
I hope you all have enjoyed all the pictures and all that I could remember. It was two very fun and informational days. We really enjoyed it and I have another thing marked off of my bucket list. We leave Kentucky Tuesday and head to North Carolina. I will be blogging again after our North Carolina trip has ended.
Until next time. Thanks for following us on our adventures.