Oak Alley Plantation
Front of the home
Side View of the Mansion
English gardens then lead out to the Kitchen, but today the garage is filled with antique cars.
My lounging gargen beauty
Back porch view
View from the second floor porch
Just one of the 28 double row Oak Trees that line the path of the home.
My little monkey climbing over the tree roots.
Pretty flowers found throughout the grounds
My little Southern Belle
River side or back yard view
River Side View
Our first afternoon in Louisiana took across Lake Pontchartrain and back through New Orleans, half way to Baton Rouge to Oak Ally Plantation in Vacherie, LA. This was a historically beautiful home and plantation. We went in March and already it was a heavy and humid day, I don't even want to imagine what life must have been like without modern conveniences like air conditioning. But I learned a lot from the home tour tour we took about the architecture of the home and other details that were add to help cool this Southern Bell home. And it was were Interview with a Vampire and the Color Purple was filmed. Madelyn actually did very well on the tour, mainly because all the tour guides wore costume wardrobes and she was very impressed with her "big dress, just like Cinderella". The house had many interesting features, such as rolling in bed, giant treble cleft fans and breathtaking wrap around porches that overlooked the now levied Mississippi River. The best part of the tour was the Mint Juleps served at the end. That was the most refreshing drink for a super humid day! We spent a good portion of our time just wondering the plantation and checking out other interesting sites, including the working potion of the sugar plantation.
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