We're back on the road, and this time we're heading to the Big Easy - New Orleans. On our way to the Mardi Gras capital of the US, we took a slight detour down plantation alley. The was the road next to the Mississippi river that large plantation owners in the 1800s built their massive estates. I felt a bit like Fletch in the movie "Fletch Lives" - coming down to New Orleans to check on our inheritance?
Our plantation visit took us to the Houmas House - the crown jewel of Louisiana's River Road. I was pleasantly surprised at how well maintained the private owners kept the house and grounds. We took a stroll around the estate and even had a mint julep in a bar that use to be a small separate house for bachelors. As the house tour began, we sipped on our mint juleps and pretended the tour guide was giving us a tour of our new house. We were very impressed with all the details - beautiful crown moldings and lavish silver banquet pieces. This is what Southern living is all about.
As we drove down plantation alley, we did see some smaller plantation estates for sale. Maybe it was possible to be plantation owners? I just have to somehow get use to the mosquitoes. Hmmm, maybe not.
3 comments:
Beautiful! What does a plantation owner actually do, I wonder? Check on the cotton?
I know one thing that they do, Kara. They take very good care of visiting relatives!!!
Mom
I'm thinking of the scene in "Fletch Lives" where Fletch (the plantation owner) breaks into a song and the plantation help dance arond him. That's what I would do as a plantation owner.
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