As we headed
toward Baton Rouge this morning we crossed another of the high bridges made to accommodate
the large oil ships. There was a
10-story hotel right next to this and I was looking at the top of the roof as
we went over the bridge. I don’t know
how tall that is, but we were way up there.
The construction of this highway had to be a real nightmare. I noticed as we went along that there were some real high water marks on some of these pillars.
We took
State Road 44 south t0 Convent. It is
also called River Road because it follows the Mississippi River between Baton
Rouge and New Orleans. Several old
plantations are located along this stretch of road. We are staying at one that has an RV park on
site. I have to admit that it’s a little
different than my vision of a plantation (which is Tara). But it’s a really neat place.
We are
staying at Poche Plantation. The
plantation house was built in 1870 by Judge Felix Pierre Poche who was one of
the founders of the American Bar Association.
The style of
the house is Victorian Renaissance Revival.
We’ve walked around the outside of the house, but haven’t gone inside
yet. From what I’ve read about the
plantation I know that at least a small part of the blockbuster movie “The
Butler” was shot here.
The current
owners are doing a lot of work to the plantation and they have already
completed a lot of improvements. Like
rental cabins.
The hot tub is in this cute little structure – not sure you can tell by the picture but it has a beautiful cut glass window in the back
Tomorrow
night we’ll be attending a free dinner put on by the owners on Halloween night –
as long as we don’t have eye of newt, I think I’ll be good.
We went
across the road and walked along a path at the top of the levee along the
Mississippi River.
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