three museums + three kids + three days = a great vacation! part 1

We are currently in the midst of a relentless heat wave in Central Illinois, so our museum vacation was the perfect fit. Our first stop was the Creation Museum, just south of Cincinnati, OH. Our hotel was in Indiana, the museum was in Kentucky...so we got three new states on the list of places our kids have visited all in one stop!

If you want a Biblical understanding of how dinosaurs fit into creation, this is the place to go! The fossil record and natural catastrophes like Mt. St. Helen's eruption easily lend themselves to the view of instant burial in a worldwide flood that happened thousands, not millions, of years ago. The museum was organized around 7 C's: creation, corruption, catastrophe (the flood), confusion (Tower of Babel), Christ, cross, and consummation.

2 Peter 3:5-6 "For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished."

This dinosaur was especially friendly to the 12 and under group.




Josiah's favorite spot: the petting zoo, complete with a cow, goats, and even a zorse--part zebra, part horse. But boy, was it ever hot! Here Josiah's petting his favorite: a mule (really a donkey, but don't argue with the boy.)

Well, this was a close second. Holding a soft rabbit is pretty great, too.

Other highlights: a beautiful botanical garden with walking paths and waterfalls (did I mention it was hot?), beautiful southeast Indiana and northern Kentucky scenery, the planetarium, a Noah's Ark replica that only shows what 1% of it looked like (that was one big boat!), and some really nice people all together in one place. Even our hotel atmosphere seemed different with guests who prayed together before meals and an instant camaraderie only known among fellow Christians.