The Toskey Reports: Day 5: The Creation Museum

Our final day of vacation we hit The Creation Museum. Wanna know what they had there? Dinosaurs! Lots of dinosaurs! And they had a lot of information about dragons too! Were dragons and dinosaurs the same thing? I don’t know. I do know dinosaur bones have been found just about everywhere, and dragon legends areContinue reading “The Toskey Reports: Day 5: The Creation Museum”

The Toskey Reports: Day 4: The Ark Encounter: The Doors of the Bible

Before one can exit The Ark Encounter, you have to go through a maze of pictures drawn out in comic book style. The pictures tell the story of three friends and a lot of doors. Mom was kind enough to capture the story with her phone. I think it’s also offered in book form ifContinue reading “The Toskey Reports: Day 4: The Ark Encounter: The Doors of the Bible”

The Toskey Reports: Day 4: The Ark Encounter

If you’ve never been to The Ark Encounter, the first thing you’ll notice is that this boat is big. I mean REALLY BIG! I don’t know how it compares to a modern day cruise ship, and I know it’s not as big as the Titanic, but Noah’s Ark is BIG! 500 feet long, 85 feetContinue reading “The Toskey Reports: Day 4: The Ark Encounter”

The Toskey Reports: Day 3 (finally!) Pigeon Forge: the Las Vegas of the Mountains

When we first pulled into town two days earlier, I had thought Pigeon Forge was a lot like Las Vegas. My impression didn’t change in better lighting. Oh, we weren’t seeing casinos and slot machines, but every building we saw on “Tourist Avenue” seemed to shout at people “Look at me! Look at me! Don’tContinue reading “The Toskey Reports: Day 3 (finally!) Pigeon Forge: the Las Vegas of the Mountains”