The live oaks at Oak Alley were breathtaking. It is hard to imagine that the live oaks surrounding the house are “middle age” at 300 years old. If I was one of those trees I would be a baby. I am happy I am not a tree.
Tomorrow we are planning on staying home. Hopefully our mail will come in. I need to do some work on the computer and get some pictures uploaded. Sunday we plan to depart New Orleans.
On our way to the river road we had to cross several bridges. Mom was said “I am so happy that I got to drive over the sky bridges but it was a little unnerving.” I don’t like to cross bridges either. I am have a lot of anxieties folks. I think my dislike of bridges stem from years of driving over the Little Niangua Bridge, the Hurricane Deck Bridge, and that god awful bridge by Macks Creek MO that was so narrow that two semi could not cross at the same time. I remember being stuck on the the Hurricane Deck and the Little Niangua Bridge and feeling it sway. No I don’t like bridges. Yet, I am going to give mom a thrill and I am taking the Pontchartrain Bridge when we leave. No I am not facing my fears because that is a load of crap. I have crossed many, many bridges since being on the road and there is and always will be that “Oh No” moment. I just don’t let it stop me. As long as my heart is in good shape I will just keep on keeping on.
Enjoy the pictures.
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6 comments:
Pepper - you always have excellent pictures and words to go along with them. I didn't know Live Oaks were that old. We passed near some yesterday in the Flagler Beach area (north of Daytona). There is an old plantation there too, I think it is called Bulow Plantation Ruins Historic State Park. We didn't stop becuase we had been there before and were out of time. I think you might be interested if/when you are in the area.
Hey! Nice post - we lived in Baton Rouge for 4 years and love Oak Alley. There is something haunting about it.
I wanted to write and thank you for recommending "Party of One". I got a copy and read it - twice! The author has an enlightening take on us loner types. It was a liberating, thought-provoking read. Extremely validating. Thanks again.
Thank you, ladies, for showing us pictures that remind us of plantations we have visited -- not these two, but they were in the same general area. They give us a glimpse of life in what some would consider a more gracious era, but there was a significant percentage of the population that would never have considered anything at that time 'gracious."
I've been to Oak Alley Plantation, too! Isn't it fabulous?
Driving across the bridge probably won't be difficult for you. My husband had real problems with that sort of thing, but it didn't bother him at all when we drove it.
I'm so loving the pictures and the chance to re-live my visits in that area. There is something so syrupy wonderful about Creole and plantation country, isn't there?
Beautiful grounds and homes. I'd like to visit that area someday. Thanks for the photos.
I hear you about bridges. I could go into Seattle on the 520 which goes over Lake Washington, but I feel claustrophobic as soon as I get on it, so I don't. I'd much rather drive around. I don't see how the people who drive it every day, or rather, crawl it, manage it on a daily basis. Doesn't make sense that I don't feel claustrophobic on this airplane hurtling towards Tucson does it?
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