Hi all. I have a book with maps of the whole state. It shows every road and stream and such. It is great and I'll be glad to supply copies to anyone who wants it for Union Parish, or for any parish for that matter. It is called "The Roads of Louisiana". I bought it in a nautical shop here in Lake Charles. It was 16.95 and worth every penny! I LOVE IT!. Jan At 09:12 AM 11/30/1998 -0500, Sue Linder-Linsley wrote: >I have to agree with Gina. We usually visit the last week of May (Memorial Day weekend) and it is fine. It can be hot >but not to bad. By the Fourth of July we spend our time in the lake or in front of a fan. I like the heat but having an >out door reunion latter than the end of May would not be much fun. I find late March and November to be a good time to >just sit around out doors but the kids are still in school. Besides the heat in the summer there are the bugs and >mosquitoes. I'm not trying to make is sound like a bad place but those who do not come prepared will not have a good >time. The area is beautiful. Be sure to bring your camera, walking shoes or boots, long sleeve shirts and long pants for >exploring. You can walk through the pine forest bare foot and most every place else but be on the look out for fire ants >and don't forget the "red bugs" or "chiggers (sp?)." > >We will have to exchange home remedies. Being an archaeologists I have seen lots of different things used for chiggers >but the best prevention seems to be plain old brown bottle lysol applied directly to exposed skin before venturing out >into the woods. Actually they are found in grassy areas like cemeteries. > >My vote would be for the end of May. My kids have their last day of school on May 26. So the 27th through the 31st would >be good. > >We can print out maps to cemeteries, etc. from the web. I have used Tiger mapping service to locate several cemeteries. >The only problem is that it does not contain all of the street/dirt road names and not all of the streets/dirt roads >have signs. I think the idea of collecting a list of the cemeteries we are most interested in visiting is good. Then we >can get maps to hand out or set times to meet and go as a group. At the end of May visiting cemeteries can make for a >very long exhausting day. Does anyone have a good map of Union Parish we could add the cemeteries it does not have. > >Sue > > > >