We left Round Top around noon and made our way toward Louisiana. Nancy, in particular, has been eagerly anticipating this part of our journey. We plan to forgo eating- in, which we’ve done for most of our trip and will, instead, partake in the local cuisine. Crawfish is in season and we stopped in Lafayette for dinner at Louisiana Crawfish Time. We spent the night in the parking lot of the Belle of Baton Rouge Casino - I think they thought we were going to spend more than $3 for a cup of coffee - a stone’s throw from a 40’ dike alongside the Mississippi River. The pictures below tell the story.
On our way towards the New Orleans area the next day we visited Oak Alley Plantation. This is in an area along the Mississippi called Plantation Row where, at one time, sugar cane plantations ined both sides of the river. Oak Alley was beautiful. We toured the main house which was built in the 1830’s when the plantation was originally established. One of the pictures below is taken from the second story veranda looking out toward the river. There are a total of 28 300 year old oak trees spaced 80 feet apart that line the walk out to the river. Looking through the oaks, you can see the river dike. This is a very cook piece of history and it’s still a working farm today as a portion of the plantations 1200 acres is still planted to sugar cane.
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| Boiled crawfish |
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| Lucas playing with the food |
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| A fight to the death - the hostess brought some live crawfish out to show the kids |
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