We got there right as it was opening, so we were able to hop right into the Plentarium show. WOW. Really - WOW! What a way to feel insignificant! I'm still having a hard time wrapping my head around the vastness of this universe where we live. It was really amazing.
After a tasty, quick (and overpriced) lunch at the Noah Cafe (don't count on restuarants nearby - the museum sprouted up from a cornfield), we got on our tour. It started off on a good note...
Adam and Eve wandered out of the Garden of Eden to greet us...
No, not really. But the garden was impressive. Can you imagine what is was like for Adam and Eve? No pain, no sadness, no hunger, no death, no weeds, no discomfort. Their world was not at all similar to this evil reality we live in today. It's shocking to see laid out just how far we have fallen from the world God intended for us.
Then we entered the Flood exhibits. Apparantly, when I measured the Ark for school purposes earlier in the (school) year, I came up with the wrong measurements. (I don't teach math, okay?) Turns out it's much bigger than I thought! (Honestly, I thought it was bigger, and was rather disappointed when Earl compared it to the school and it was so small...but that's neither here nor there....)
Anyway, two of these things are not like the others. Two of these things just don't belong...
I'm not sure what to think of the whole "Dinos Aboard the Ark" theory...
The rains came down, and the floods came up...
Then we wandered through the dinosaur area. The whole museum is centered around the "New Earth" theory - that God created the world in six 24 hour periods, so therefore the earth is only thousands of years old, not millions. With this theory, dinosaurs and man had to have coexisted at some point. The evidence they point to is cave drawings of dinosaur-like creatures, dragon legends in many different cultures, recent findings of soft-tissue dinosaur fossils, and the fact that crocodiles are, in fact, very like their ancient cousins and we can cohabitate the earth with them.
Here is Earl checking out the fossils...
The architecture in the dragon/dino area almost made me feel like I was on the set of a Dragonheart-era film.
Luckily, my dad was quite willing to watch the "wheels" and entertain restless toddlers...
The exhibit area was very well done. I'd definitely say it's worth the trip there! The Planetarium shows alone are awesome - I can't wait to go back (without kids next time. Libby was terrified...so much so that she curled up on me and passed out) and see the other one the museums offer. Oh, and Men in White? You will get wet. Be warned. =)
On the museum grounds are a delightful garden and walking path, picnic areas, and a petting zoo - complete with peacocks!
Unfortunately for us, Sunday was a cold, gray, drizzling day, so our jaunt around the grounds could have been better.
Even so, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and promised to come back sometime this spring when the flower gardens will have, well, flowers.
Oh, and to see this handsome guy again...
Although Earl seemed quite taken with this one...
The sun finally did make an appearance...
Showing up just in time for the grand finale of our day, that I captured from the parking lot of a Burger King (hey, we believe in fine dining!).
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