Creation tour trip - Day three

Today's pictures are available at the picture link as time does not permit tonight to process them into the blog. And because of some of those technical difficulties with which we began our week, more pictures will be posted after we get home Friday. So be sure to check the blog after that to benefit from ALL we saw and experienced. Thankfully, Glenn is only one of the techies on board the coach. Troy McDonald is the other and he asks us to give credit to God for the pictures he's been supplying us with each night. Those two enjoy the time spent together reviewing the photos of the day and fostering their new friendship.

7:30 am: Wake to devour a delicious breakfast buffet of waffles, eggs, sausage, cereal and fruit.
Devotions this morning were presented by Frank Tranby enhanced by a smattering of his humorous tales. And after a brief daily orientation update from our dedicated driver, Jim, we made the quick journey to the long awaited Creation Museum!
8:45am: Board and depart in our luxurious coach.
9 am: We are HERE!!! Wish you were too. The weather's perfect for being outdoors on the nature trails! It's 55 degrees and lovely.
9:30 am: The Planetarium Show.
Together our group entered the quiet, round theater and took our reclining seats. For some, a quiet dark room was just too tempting an environment for remaining awake and alert. The desire for napping warred with our curiosity to see the spectacular show. And spectacular is not a sufficient word to describe what our eyes beheld for the next 23 minutes. We were taken on a journey of thousands of light years in distance to the outer limits of what we call our universe. Comparisons were presented that revealed clearly how minuscule a place it is in which we live when seen in terms of universal dimensions. What love our Lord displayed for us in visiting our tiny little planet in our tiny solar system of the teeny little star we call the sun within our itty bitty galaxy which is only one dot among billions of billions of galaxies and nebulae that make up our universe!!!!!!
And that view set the scene for the rest of our day as we spread throughout the museum's myriad marvelous manifestations of Biblical history detailing how we fell from our glorious created state to the miserable condition in which we find ourselves today. The many multimedia displays led to the presentation of "The Last Adam" as the ultimate cure for all that mankind messed up in this marvelous universe. We sailed through the "seven Cs" of Creation, Corruption, Condemnation, Catastrophe, Christ, Cross and Consummation. I'm not sure I got the words exactly right because I was so busy engaging with the environment of the message that I forgot to take notes.
And while we're touching on notes, it should be noted that following the reading of the blog to my fellow travelers aboard the coach, Mr. Dean shared with me "the rest of the story" as regards his so called sortie with that cute waitress. He glowingly reports that along with the generous tip, she eagerly took his proffered tract as well as a New Testament. She is in her fourth year at college and has not yet met the Lord. Let's join him in praying for her salvation as she embarks on her final year of education.
An inspiring and educational lecture at noon by Dr. Mark Riddle was followed by more museum meanderings culminating in a video on a Biblical response to the global warming debate. Somewhere in that time we all managed to get something for lunch at one of the many venues within the complex which were available for filling our stomachs. We checked out the bookstore and gift shop and had a brief encounter with the critters at the petting zoo. Then we stowed our newly acquired resources and headed for dinner.
5:24 pm: Depart for O'Charley's Steakhouse under clear blue skies and a warm 79 degrees.
5:45 pm: We seat ourselves around the massive table and make our selections.
Dining is delightful and interesting memories of the day are shared up and down the "board". Lives of the dinosaurs become more entwined with each other daily as we share time and space and food together.
7:35 pm: We set off on the brief jaunt back to our hotel and settle down for the night.
Some of us refreshed ourselves with a long soak in the pool. While others relaxed and shared testimonies of the week's events and their impacts on our hearts and minds. Tomorrow's another day as we set off for the races. Or at least for that famous race venue The Indy Track. Relax, rest up and be ready for an early departure as we start northward toward home.