On Sunday, we went for a drive into the 'country'...outside of New Orleans to visit a plantation or two. We had lunch reservations at a restaurant at Oak Alley Plantation. We found this plantation, St. Josephine, first to stop at. It was actually officially closed, but we just walked around and looked at the grounds.
I found out that in New Orleans, if it were the Creole or the Cajun, they do not have Santa Claus...they have Gaston the red-nosed alligator, who draws a boat. I bought a picture book for us with the story of Gaston, and here is a picture of Allison in a yard display on the plantation grounds.
We will see more in just a moment, but the oak trees in this area are just incredibly impressive. They are anywhere from 150 to 200 years old, and we just don't see much like that that is that old around here.
This is the small school house on the grounds. I assume, but I don't know for sure, that it was probably for the slave children. The big pan in the front is for cooking the sugar cane.
Now this is on the grounds of Oak Alley Plantation, named such because of the lines of oak trees on both sides, thus creating a type of alley.
Allison was quite impressed with these trees as well. The root structure is just huge and amazing.
They are of great size, that's for sure.
Oak Alley Plantation.
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