Friday, February 27, 2009

#57 Rayne & Lafayette 2-24-09

Grace and Leo took us to the little town of Rayne, LA--"the Frog Capitol of the World." There are numerous murals all about frogs. The one below looks like it is in 3-D.If you look at the mural below you will see what the frogs do in the swamps. The lawyer frog looks like some of our lawyers!

Then they took us back to Lafayette driving us down by the oldest live oak tree. This tree is massive. It takes up almost a full city block.The limbs on this tree are so heavy that they have to be propped up with metal posts. In some areas the limbs have touched the ground and there are new trees coming up from those limbs.
The tree is protected by a iron fence now in order to keep vandals and trespassers from tramping the area around it.

I thought you would like to see the sign. It is in English first and then it is written in French.

This is St. John's Cathedral. It guards the old oak. It is a beautiful building.


As you can see, spring is a coming! The Azaleas are blooming and they are really beautiful. These are in the church gardens.

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