Day 27 - Travel Day from Vidalia, LA to New Orleans, LA

By:  Gunter and Sandy Oeser - Adventure 14

It is a bright, sunny day with a beautiful blue sky.  We pass fields of cotton already picked, no fall colors, except an occasional tree with yellowing leaves.

There are many above ground cemeteries showing signs of neglect and disarray. We follow LA1, the Great River Road.  Sugar cane and industry. We pass sugar cane plants, nitgrogen making plants, and phosphate producing plants.  How do you make nitrogen and phosphate?

We pass Oak Alley Plantation (built 1837-1839) with it's lane of 28 Live Oak Trees decorated with Spanish Moss.

Oak Alley Plantation

The road at the Historic St. Joseph Plantation (circa 1830) is at 40 feet elevation.  A tugboat on the Mississippi River on the other side of the levee proudly shows its mast above our heads.

The Staff, Ken and Carole and Madi and Spence, hosted a wonderful Nacho and Margarita party in the early evening.  It was windy and cold, but we stood fast and enjoyed our social time.