The main reason we went down to Kentucky, was to visit the new Ark Encounter!

This 100 million dollar project was started back in 2014 by Answers In Genesis, 8 years after they opened the Creation Museum. It is nearing the 500,000 visitor mark in the less than 5 months it has been open.

At the Ark Encounter, there are 11 buses that commute from the 4,000 spot parking lot, down about a mile to the ark drop off site.

The stern end. It was not made with a rudder, as Noah probably wouldn’t have been piloting the ship anywhere.

The door of the ship. It is quite big!

We don’t butcher our chickens quite this nice:)

The middle posts of the ark are huge! The ark is sitting 15 feet off the ground, and there are 3 floors + a roof deck that is opening up as a restaurant next year, Lord willing.

Depicting the scene of sacrifice to God after Noah and his family got out of the ark.

An all metal lion at the gift shop (a hefty price tag).

An exhibit depicting what food storage and gardens inside the ark could have looked like.

While the Ark and restaurant are finished, the site will be continually added onto over the years. Some expansions include, a pre-flood Walled City, the Tower of Babel, an amphitheater, etc.

We got back 1 week ago late at night!

“And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.”

Genesis 7:7