MORE ON THE BIG EASY

Here are some more pics. from yesterday.

                                   Looks like Cathy found Santa's Sleigh - no, just the buggy we were on.

THE DRIVE OVER TO NEW ORLEANS

The drive over to New Orleans gave us a great understanding of the "Lay of the Land" or should I say "water" since there was water pretty well every where we looked. The one highway we were on for about 45 minutes doing 65 mph was actually a bridge as it was elevated by 30-40 ft. pylons from the surface of the water.

                                                                       Low and flat

                                               This is what we saw as far as we could see.

TODAY WE RODE DOWN TO THE PLANTATION AREA ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

We visited the "Houmas House Plantation."

 

                                          These lily pads would hold a good sized frog.

                                                                    Front of house

This a "Live Oak" or "Evergreen Oak" since it stays green all winter long. It is about 500 years old and can live up to 1000 years. It takes in about 2000 gallons of water each day, so the gardener told us.

                                                                          Side of house
  

This is the levee which runs adjacent to the Mississippi to help contain the flooding waters.

                                                  I would say it is about 60-70 ft. high.

             The road is on the other side of the levee and is called what else, but "River Road".

There were a lot fields of sugar cane in this area and we passed may trucks loaded with it cut into  6 inch pieces.
        

                                                            Sugar cane harvester

We are on the road tomorrow. Not sure yet where we are going.