Our first stop of the day was Oak Alley Plantation (http://www.oakalleyplantation.com/welcome.html). This home had a quarter mile of 300 year old live oaks framing this classic antebellum mansion. The grounds are amazing! Tim was loving it! The pictures do not really do it justice. We really enjoyed ourselves and even had a good lunch at their restaurant.
We also took a short bike ride along the Mississippi River levee not just for the fresh air and exercise but to get another view of Oak Alley.
To get a different experience we choose to visit a Creole Plantation called Laura. We learned that Creole is not a nationality but a way of living, it is cultural. Creole is made up of French and German and African people. They were a colourful people and family was very important and family was business. If you choose to leave the business you were kicked out of the family (kind of like the Amish). The interesting thing is that they found Laura's memories and have been able to piece together much of the history of the home and the time period. http://lauraplantation.com/ A very interesting tour, and the way the house was built with cypress wood, and the wood beams still looked like new.
Back on the road we headed for New Orleans. We booked into Jude Travel Park as we knew that trying to park an RV in the city would be next to impossible, so here we are relaxing and enjoying ourselves.
God is great!
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