Showing posts with label Tuesday travels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tuesday travels. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Cemetery at Lafayette Cathedral
The cemetery at the Lafayette Cathedral, like others in the area, is all above ground because the water table is so high. The array of above-ground tombs is fascinating.
The entrance to the cemetery
A view across the cemetery
Two family tombs
We stumbled across this little piece of history -- the tomb of Franklin K Gardner, Major General, Confederate States of America! Wikipedia offers some biographical details here.
The entrance to the cemetery
A view across the cemetery
Two family tombs
We stumbled across this little piece of history -- the tomb of Franklin K Gardner, Major General, Confederate States of America! Wikipedia offers some biographical details here.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Tuesday Travels -- Lafayette, Louisiana
We drove to Lafayette, Louisiana for the wedding of some friends (one of Justin's groomsmen, and his very beautiful bride!)
We stopped at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Diocese of Lafayette, in the morning. The architecture was beautiful, and I'll do another post on the gorgeous stained glass windows and the cemetery behind the cathedral.
The cathedral from the front entrance, and then a side view, taken from the entrance to the cemetery -- stunning!
Site markers in French, Latin and English! (The nerd in me was elated!)
I presume this is the episcopal residence -- to the left as you face the entrance to the cathedral. And to the right is a niche statue of St. John, after whom the Cathedral is named, tucked in the wall of the same building.
The Cathedral grounds are also home to this enormous live oak tree -- the trunk is more than NINE feet diameter!
We stopped at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Diocese of Lafayette, in the morning. The architecture was beautiful, and I'll do another post on the gorgeous stained glass windows and the cemetery behind the cathedral.
The cathedral from the front entrance, and then a side view, taken from the entrance to the cemetery -- stunning!
I presume this is the episcopal residence -- to the left as you face the entrance to the cathedral. And to the right is a niche statue of St. John, after whom the Cathedral is named, tucked in the wall of the same building.
The Cathedral grounds are also home to this enormous live oak tree -- the trunk is more than NINE feet diameter!
Introducing Tuesday Travels!
Our family takes a LOT of road trips! Last year, we drove about 16,000 miles in road trips! As long as we've been married, when we take road trips, we find neat places to stop along the way -- mostly interesting Catholic sites, but other things too.
So I've decided to start a series here that chronicles our travels and some of the neat places we've been able to visit.
Just last weekend, we drove to Cajun country for a wedding, and boy were there some gorgeous churches! We are taking a long road trip this summer, sure to have lots of neat stops, so I'll post pictures and explanations here. I'll post some pictures from old trips too, just for fun!
So I've decided to start a series here that chronicles our travels and some of the neat places we've been able to visit.
Just last weekend, we drove to Cajun country for a wedding, and boy were there some gorgeous churches! We are taking a long road trip this summer, sure to have lots of neat stops, so I'll post pictures and explanations here. I'll post some pictures from old trips too, just for fun!
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