Oak Alley Plantation

We then visited this plantation which was about 10 miles away.  They have several in the area but we picked two to visit today.  We drove over the Veterans Memorial Bridge to Oak Alley.

We had driven by these plantations several years ago with Manuel’s Military Buddy, Dale from La Place, but had not toured the inside.

We decided to have lunch here before touring the Plantation.

The ticket and plantation offices are believed to have been a plantation jail at one time.

Manuel again decided he did not want to do the walking tour but took pictures from the levy across the street….  It is a quarter of a mile from the gate to the front porch of the home.  The Alley of Oaks is made up of 28 oaks, with 14 on each side.   These trees are known to be 300 years old.  The girth of some of these oaks is 30 feet.  they are beautiful trees. 

As he is up by the fence, he decides to ask these ladies if he can take a picture of them….

Pictures taken of the other side of the levy…

I took a picture of him coming down from the levy….

A close up of the front of the house.

This picture is taken coming out of the restaurant and walking towards the back of the house where the tour begins….

The back of the house…

Our Tour Guide was great…

A look out the master bedroom window….

A look out the children’s bedroom window.

The Overseer’s House.  He overlooked all the work done on the plantation.  Now a private residence.

The garage which used to be the kitchen for the plantation. 

A 1929 Ford Open-Cab Model A Pick Up Truck…

A 1928 Ford Model A Phaeton.

Sugarcane harvesting equipment…

The Slave Quarters being reconstructed.  There were 20 of these homes but they will only rebuild 6.

An old barn not yet restored…

A squirrel on the grounds, munching on acorns.

One last look at the front of the beautiful plantation home.

The back of the home…

On our way home and over the bridge…A tug boat pushing a bunch of barges….

Several plants in the area.

We had a great visit to the plantation homes today.  We are pretty tired.

Tomorrow, we will head out for a few days in Kinder’s Coushatta Casino.

More to come.