a disappointment and a delightful surprise

Today we drove down to Glen Rose, Texas. It's an area that has a lot of dinosaur tracks, and other interesting fossils and such-like.

We discovered online that there was also a creation museum, and were looking forward to seeing it. Their web site looked interesting, and the entrance fee was only $2. We were quite anticipating it, and made it our first stop. It was obvious they had construction going on, and so you expect a certain amount of disorganization.

However ...

The exhibits (which may have been interesting) weren't labeled ... not at all. So you had no idea what you were looking at. We asked the man at the desk if there was a way to know what things were, and he said, "it's all in the video."

There WAS a video playing on the back wall, with a man preaching. But he was dwelling SO long on the theory that the flood was responsible for the conditions that create the perception of an old earth that you lost interest before he ever got to the point where he explained the exhibits.

It could have been interesting ... if only they had typed up a few labels and explanatory paragraphs ... instead, it was just ... well ... kind of pathetic. I hope that it was just a result of the construction, and that if I were to go back again in two years, things would be a trifle more impressive.

The delightful surprise was finding a lovely place to relax at a park there in Glen Rose. There were enormous boulders scattered around a wide, shallow river. It flowed about 10 inches deep over solid rock - so you could walk around, and sit in the water, without walking in mud, or worrying about snakes or creepy crawlies. We spent about 2 hours there, just enjoying the place. There was even a blue heron down-river keeping an eye on us.

By the way, I want to put in a plug for the Answers in Genesis creation museum in Cinncinatti. It is excellent!