Thursday, August 24

Because I took a lot of photos of this experience, I chose to first tell you a bit about our arrival.

Someone had a lot of forethought for this. The parking lot (room for thousands of cars – a website says 4,000) is where we arrived about 10:00 am.

The ark can be seen across the parking lot.

We purchased tickets online, so could go through a green entry area to get arm bands and a shuttle bus.

Our driver told us they have fourteen shuttle busses.

We didn’t see all fourteen, but none seemed to be alike in decoration.

The Ark Encounter experience is a lot more than visiting the ark. It is a village.

Our morning view of the ark. I liked this view because of the clear sky and reflection in the lake.

We found a lady who was willing to take our picture.

This was our midafternoon view which was pretty because of the sky. However, the reflection wasn’t as sharp. The structure on the right is part of the zipline.

This sign made me smile – reminding us to stay on the path.

There were several pairs of animal structures as we approached the ark.

We didn’t meet anyone we knew, but the man carrying the stool/cane and his wife, to his far right were originally from Lancaster County and worked for farmers and trucking companies in our area before moving to Missouri many years ago. We talked to them several times during the day as we went through the ark.

The landscaping around the area is beautiful.

Tomorrow I will show you some pictures of the interior.