Creation Experience

Written on the steps of the Museum, subjected to some editing:



"Here we are at the Creation Museum, and here's some advice for anyone planning to attend: don't come on a Saturday. We've waited in line for about an hour now...and are being told it's gonna be another half an hour or so. Although we've found out some interesting information from one of the employees: apparently three men from Hawaii traveled to the museum, wanting to open a creation museum on their homeland. We also found out that, not only have people came from as far as Hawaii, but also Ireland and Belgium...so...anyway..."

During our visit we were told that the day we came was probably the largest they've had in the Museum's short history: the capacity of the building is 4800, and the day before, Friday, around 4000 people attended. It was kind of crowded. ;)



And the weather was absolutely beautiful and calm for this time of year, with the temperature reaching only about 80 or so throughout the day. In fact, we've had a rather cool summer this year compared to most, despite all that global warming stuff everyone hears anymore. We were able to walk in their Botanical Gardens multiple times during the day, and, to our great delight, they built a hanging bridge! Or whatever you call those things. So naturally, because of our young at heart-ness, we crossed that thing many times...though I shan't say what exactly was done during those crossings. (landlubbers...beware)



Inside the museum is a different story. References to God's Word and parallels related to it permeate the scenery...for which I'm thankful considering the saturation of evolutionary ideas in today's society. They say the museum consumes 2-4 hours for a complete tour--we were there from 10:45 AM to 6-something PM, which includes activities such as bookstoring, botanical gardening, and eating. And...well, hmm, I shouldn't go on any further...

You'll just have to visit the museum to find out more. ;)



Oh, and another thing: they make a really good frozen chai down in the basement...

~or, if you'd like more info, thereby ruining the surprise factor~
~conclusion by linking to pictures on Facebook~

The Beginning

...on our way there...

Creation Museum or Bust!

This afternoon, the Bandy family left for the Creation Museum located in good ol' Kentucky. Currently blogging on my Aunt's compy (which is a PC, by the way), I unfortunately have no access to pictures or videos...so, bear with me, I shall do all that good stuff when I've internet access on my Mac.

Though we had quite the adventurous morning: after Dad backed out the van, he found a pool of liquid on the floor. Once he inspected it for however long he inspected it, he called our (kinda) local automotive place and they told him to bring the van out there pronto. So they checked it out, and told him that our water pump was dead...gone...off to wherever water pumps go. They then ordered the pump, and told us it'd be installed sometime this afternoon...which, of course, was accomplished to the letter.

And here we are. :D Spending the night in Indiana, taking off early tomorrow morning, etc.

'night.

Various highlights...

...from the trip.

~ New nicknames. ;-)
>for Emil, Gremlin.
Now this needs a little history behind it or else the whole thing is meaningless...one night when we were all preparing for supper (one night when we served), it was decided that one of the servers would be Emil. His name was written on the whiteboard, and after examining it, I declared it looked like "Emlin." So...after some more discussion...
Gremlin was born. ;-D
>for moi, Hammer.
One word: Walleyball.

~ Log-straddle battles

From Highlights

~ Cheese sauce mini-fights

From Highlights

~ A self-defense tip: it only take 8 pounds of force to rip a person's ear off, so you do that and place the displaced ear on the person's forehead and they supposedly run away screaming and waving their arms everywhere.

~ Volleyball games until 11 every night...
...well, almost every night. ;-)

From Highlights

~ "The Princess and the Kiss" skit

From Highlights

~ Creme Brulee for breakfast (an advantage to working in a kitchen ;-) )

~ On the last night we all were together, I told the people in the bowling pic they were free to give my brother a hard time while he was serving--they accomplished that quite well. ;-D switching desserts, using up clean napkins, asking for silverware to be taken at intervals, and basically using up all his time.

~ A blizzard on the 26th - roads were closed, white-outs occurred near the base of the mountains, three feet of snow near the Springs, and general havoc such as that ;-)

From Highlights

~ Going to Lizzie's church on the 29th followed by lunch and fellowship at their house. :-D

From DB Visit

~ Getting lost multiple times: the Springs (our directions were 4 years old - and they have construction...lots of it), Kansas City (kitchen stores - so confusing), and trying to find Parkville (mapquest has no clue where that place is - i think we'll use Google from now on ;-) ).

~ Having Mom's birthday while we were out there! :-D Mom and Dad ended the day with a candle-lit dinner... :-) Then the mandatory Happy Birthday, but taking 5 minutes to sing the song... ;-D

~ Naomi losing her first tooth on Mom's b-day :-D

WE'RE HOME!

*points to above title*

and i get to sleep in my own bed...

!!!

compared to a bunk bed that was less than 2 1/2 feet from the ceiling...then during the night you'd flail your arms everywhere and realize you have bloody knuckles in the morning. :-P

Annnnnd...

...we're on our way home. ;-)

To be more specific, 9 hours of driving later, we're on our way home. Thennnn...

...9 more hours of driving tomorrow.

And we'll be home! Y'all must realize that never before in the history of our family have we taken a vacation this long.

Although I will say, whether personally or from friends...

over 1100 pictures. ;-D

From Horn Creek - ...

bowling break

From Horn Creek - ...

a better Horn Peak pic

From Horn Creek - ...

snow!

From Horn Creek - ...

Emil being thwacked ;-)

Snow

Weather Forecast:

80% chance of 7-11 inches for today...
80% chance of 7-11 inches tomorrow...

Oh yeah.

From Horn Creek

family pic

From Horn Creek

volleyball games (muchas fun :-D )

From Horn Creek

Days 2-3.

Yesterday during the morning we drove from Colby, Kansas to Kevin Swanson's church, attended the church (of course), then drove the rest of the way to Horn Creek while eating lunch, experiencing lengthy traffic jams, and watching the rest of a movie. :-D

Ahhh, thank goodness for local motels that have wi-fi. And for Ibuprofen.

miles logged: around 350
pictures taken: 200-something
hours slept last night: 7
lectures listened to: 2
current battery life on comp: 20 minutes

And a great part about Colorado....

....the speed limit is 10 MPH higher than Illinois. ;-)

From Colorado

our cabin and Ruth

From Colorado

Horn Peak

From Colorado

swimming in Colby

Day 1.

leaving time: 4:30 AM
miles logged: 700
stops along the way: 2
seats rotated: 4 or 5
movies watched: not even a full one (partial only)
weather: dreary, rainy, then sunny mid-afternoon
pictures taken: 30

And now I'm off to enjoy an iced chai from Starbucks... ;-D

From Driving to Colby

a sign for colby