{"id":2278,"date":"2017-07-16T20:57:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T03:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/?p=2278"},"modified":"2017-07-16T21:00:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T04:00:03","slug":"creation-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/16\/creation-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Creation Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

We visited the Creation Museum back in 2010 or so, and though we usually try to visit new places, everyone had such good memories of our previous visit that we decided to return. And we are all glad that we did. While we returned to familiar sections, we also had time to visit parts of the museum that we didn’t see last time or that have been constructed more recently. We easily filled the 6 hours that we had.<\/p>\n

We started at the Planetarium, but I don’t have any pictures of us reclined way back in the dark looking at a (very cool!) movie on the ceiling.<\/p>\n

We walked out of that and were pulled into the dinosaur exhibit. The museum has many reconstructions of various kinds of these large lizards.
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We also returned to the primary exhibit that begins with Creation and continues through the Fall, Noah, and beyond. We took a number of photos here, but I’ll just share the one we took of the kids in the Garden of Eden.<\/p>\n

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We spent a good bit of time walking around the (newer?) garden areas. It was a pleasant day and we enjoyed looking at the various plants and trees and water features.<\/p>\n

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That led to the petting zoo, which was new for us. The kids could buy food out of a dispenser and feed the goats and other creatures.<\/p>\n

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They had some strange animals here, including a zonkey (front) and a zorse (back). The zonkey’s mom was a donkey and its dad was a zebra. The zorse was a cross between a zebra and a horse.<\/p>\n

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Kelli and I each took more photos on this day than on any other day of the trip so far (and perhaps more than all previous days put together), which by itself says something of the value of the visit. I’ll just wrap up here with three photos from the (new?) insect exhibit. I’ve never been a bug guy, but looking at these displays makes me want to reconsider.<\/p>\n

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We pulled out at 3 o’clock, ready for about a 6-hour drive to Kelli’s parents in Illinois. Along the way we changed our plans and detoured so we could visit Kelli’s aunt. With an hour time change in our favor, we safely arrived at the grandparents’ house before our carriage turned into a pumpkin.<\/p>\n

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