We are on our way to Texas and stopped for a couple of nights at Tom Sawyer RV Park. Our back yard was the Mississippi River.
That led us to ask are these observation towers or flood rescue towers. There were several throughout the park.
Today we visited the Kentucky Horse Park, beautiful grounds and lots of champion horses.
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| Secretariat |
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| Fun way to take a picture |
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 Petting Quinn, a Shire Horse |
Day 1, we had a very nice visit with Bob and Vicki, friends of Kit and Joni from Oregon.
Day 2, we went to the Ark Encounter. It was amazing to see how big the Ark would've been. 510 feet long, 85 feet wide and 51 feet high. Enough room to carry over 7,000 animals in appropriate sized cages. The feeding and clean up were engineered to minimize labor and maximize efficiency. It is believed to be the largest wooden structure in the world.
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| The bow of the ship |
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| Stone memorial for the tribes of Israel |
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| Animal cages |
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| Noah giving thanks to God |
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| Stores on the Ark |
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| Door in the side of the Ark |
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| Explaining some of the concepts and contradictions surrounding God Why is there death, is God cruel, why does God allow such death and suffering? |
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| Workshops on the Ark |
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| Living quarters on the Ark (imagined) |
We stayed at the Grand Ole RV Park and they had music every night, which was good, because the shows in Nashville were either booked or too expensive.
We went to Madame Tussauds wax museum to see the stars in wax, lol. Then to Paula Deen's restaurant for dinner.
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| Patsy Cline recording music |
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| Having fun with Minnie Pearl |
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| Diana Ross |
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| Ozzie Osbourne |
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| we caught a very fancy angel while walking through the museum |
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| Joni with Blake Shelton |
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| On stage with Reba and friends |
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| Yum! |
The next day we took a Hop On/Hop Off tour and then went to the Grand Ole Opry for a backstage tour.
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| the crowds downtown Nashville were a shock we didn't expect to see so many people. wanted to go to eat at the Red but everything was packed |
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| The crowds of people downtown. |
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| AT&T building looking like the Batman Towers. |
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| State Capital building |
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| dressing rooms backstage for the stars at the Grand Ole Opry |
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| On stage at the Gran Ole Opry |
