We were so close, we had to go to Churchill Downs.
So neat! I hope to go in one day.
Anders loves all the bridges. We're headed to Indiana now!
Another state!
The Ohio River
A little history lesson about Lewis and Clark.
(This information is on the monument.)
October 14, 1803
Meriwether Lewis came from Washington, D.C. and met with William Clark at the Falls of the Ohio.
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark while quartered at the George Rogers Clark Homesite overlooking the Falls of the Ohio, fulfilling a Presidential Order by Thomas Jefferson, recruited, enlisted, and trained the leadership of the military expedition to explore the American West.
October 26, 1803
The "Corps of Discovery" departed from Clarksville at the Falls of the Ohio on their journey to the Pacific Ocean to explore the American West.
November 5, 1806
Lewis and Clark returned to the Falls of the Ohio.
The Colgate Factory and Clock
(This information was found in a local online news report.)
In 1847 it was a state prison.
In 1918 there was a fire.
The state sold the property, rather than paying for repairs, to the Colgate Palmolive Co in 1921.
They used prisoners to convert the building from a prison to a factory.
The plant opened in 1924 and made soap and shaving cream but also made toothpaste for a short period
The clock was originally built in 1906 in Jersey City, NJ.
It was moved to its current location in 1924, when the factory opened.
At one time, it was the second largest clock in the world, with a diameter of 40 feet.
It can be seen from well over a mile away.
The Colgate Factory permanently closed in 2007 and the building was converted to storage and office space. It is now known as Clarks Landing.
There's talk of it being a hotel one day.
We went through Glencoe on the way to Williamstown.
A Live Bait vending machine. 😳
Never seen that before.
Lots and lots of fields of soy beans.
We made it!
This little guy is hanging on!
A little play before we head inside.
Yummy tacos for lunch.
If he needs to sit under the table and fed like a puppy, then so be it. 😂
Magnificent
This is where the smaller animals would have stayed.
The larger reptile/dinosaurs would have stayed here.
There are slats in the floor for the waste to fall through and then wheelbarrows to help dispose of it.
It was 4 stories high, with 3 levels inside the boat.
Water would have been kept in these clay vases.
I saw some real live wild animals!
Many illustrations show large creatures packed into a tiny, overloaded boat, but this image is inaccurate. The Ark was much larger than commonly depicted, and many of the animals were probably smaller than people expect.
It makes more sense to think that God would have sent Noah juveniles or smaller varieties within the same kind. In the case of dinosaurs, there may have been hundreds of species, but there were likely fewer than 85 kinds required on the Ark. Many of them were smaller than bison, even as adults.
Consider the following advantages to bringing juveniles or smaller versions of a creature:
They take up less space,
They eat less.
They create less waste.
They are often easier to manage.
They are generally more durable.
Regarding juveniles, they would have more time to reproduce after the flood.
(This information was on a poster.)
Feeding the animals might have looked like this.
They wouldn't have had to get down with the animals and they could feed more than one kind, at a time.
There were many many presentations of the gospel around the Ark.
Lots of questions and hopefully lots of answers for the thousands of people that have come through.
"The door" that would have led Noah, his family and the animals into and from the Ark.
It was a beautiful place.
This guy slept the entire time we were in there!
Cora FINALLY got to ride a camel!
It was definitely her most favorite part of the trip.
The goat petting was a hit!
Could you imagine building this boat with no prior knowledge or example to go by? God is amazing at what he can lead us to do, through Him. Noah and his sons built this boat over several decades. At what point would we have given up? They had to find the highest ground, cut the trees, make lumber, make the lumber straight, put each piece in it's place exactly how it was meant to be and seal it so no water could get in. Obviously God was the Head contractor but sure, Noah could have built it by himself.
But what about the animals. How did the animals know to come 2 by 2 to this massive thing? How did a male and female know to not be scared of these humans and each other and make it on here.
That can only be explained by God.
No human could first of all find the animals and second of all round up a male and female "child" from each species.
There is a God and He is MIGHTY.
After the Ark, we were so close to Cincinnati, we decided to see what it had to offer!
Cincinnati Browns Stadium
What are the odds we'd end up on Eggleston Ave?!
We like a good statue park!😁
Pete Rose aka "Charlie Hustle" Statue
He was a switch hitter and is the all-time MLB leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,576), at-bats (14,053), singles (3,215), and outs (10, 328).
(Info from wikipedia)
The Armstrong mural
A Brazilian street artist is honoring astronaut and Ohio native Neil Armstrong in this mural.
Had to get a photo with the Metrobot!
This is a 27-foot-tall sculpture located outside the Contemporary Arts Center.
Video artist Nam June Paik, who is considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century, created the sculpture. It suggests what a future robot would look like if it had been created in the 1950s and is made of parts from old radios and TVs.
(This information was found on bizjournals.com.)
Finally, our favorite meal. WAHLBURGERS
Donnie Burger and onion rings
Now we head to Whitehouse, TN for the night.
4 states in one day! WOO!
Tomorrow we head home, but not before one more exciting adventure!
