Acadian Village Photo Collages

These photos were taken at Lafayette's Acadian Village, many year ago. I believe Loryn was about 7 years old. Acadian Village is a compilation of several old Cajun Buildings that were saved and placed into a walking museum setting. There is an old Blacksmith's shop, a general store, a garden, and Acadian style houses as well as an actual old Catholic church. They are placed together on the opposite banks of the "bayou", with bridges to go across. The Cajun house is usually a shotgun style house. Made of Cypress, they are always placed on pillars to allow the air to circulate during the hot humid summers. The houses have the typical Boy's room upstairs. There is a set of stairs on the front porch which lead the the attic where the boys could sleep. They could come and go at all hours of the night. However, the girls room would always be behind the parent's room. that way they could keep track of the girls comings and goings at all times. A double standard, no?