What does this sign say? |
The Evangeline Oak, downtown St. Martinville |
The translation, with Sandra |
Cathedral of St. Martin of Tours |
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Bayou Teche, with cypress |
The Longfellow-Evangeline State Park was full of students from the local school system.
Bill went there on a field trip when he was in school!
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New visitor center at the park, designed to look like a typical Acadian house |
Squeezebox Charlie - a living history interpreter. We have some mutual friends. |
Oaks at the park, showing Spanish moss
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Still life in the cookhouse |
Still life at the forge |
Still life in the cookhouse - #2 |
We took the southern route through a series of South Louisiana towns to Gueydan, where Bill's Confederate great-grandfather is buried. Here's their graves so, the camera wasn't held straight - got a problem with that?
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Bill's Great Grandmother, Stella |
Bill's Great Grandfather - you might find his memoir of his days as a Confederate artilleryman of interest.
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Bill's Grandmother |
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We left Gueydan & continued to Lake Charles, where we checked in at the Holiday Inn Express and rested up a bit for the evening reunion activities. |