The season was summer and that started as we left New Orleans. To be fair to New Orleans then it was in fact also summer there, just the southern kind of summer with a lot of thunder storms and rain. They didn't last for long but meant that you had to seek shelter. No big problem in a place with that many restaurants and bars, and then again it could be because they were all pretty full.
This morning we had a big decision to make; which way we should chose to go before heading back to Memphis, from where we fly out to LA on Friday. Should we head east, towards Florida and visit Pensacola beach, which was highly recommended by our friends in Memphis, or should we go west and hit Lake Charles, where another friend is located. Decisions, decisions. Ohh dear.
To make it easier, we first headed for one of the famous plantations in the New Orleans area, the Oak Alley plantation, known from numerous films and maybe this is the icon of southern states plantations, the main building that is. Picturesque located at the end of a long oak tree alley. (Sorry but we didn't manage to get a decent photo, but google it, as the photo we would have taken would pretty much look like all the photos you will find googleling it)
Got there and then found that we were a bit to stingy to spend 2 x 18 dollars to visit one of the worlds maybe biggest landmarks for slavery and oppression. So we came to the ticket booth and then not further.
Back in the car we asked Miss.GPS. to get us to Pensacola beach in Florida. She told us that we could arrive approximate 4 hours or so later. So east it was, towards new frontiers and adventures.
So this is where the 4 states becomes significant. We started in Louisiana, passed through the southern part of Mississippi before getting to Alabama and finally arrive in the sunshine state; Florida.
At this minute, writing this, we are seated at Paradise Beach club, just at the beach under some palm trees. It is past 9 pm, there has just been a band playing on a wee stage, and around at the other tables people are still eating and drinking. The weather is dreamy and life is good. Cheers.
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This morning we had a big decision to make; which way we should chose to go before heading back to Memphis, from where we fly out to LA on Friday. Should we head east, towards Florida and visit Pensacola beach, which was highly recommended by our friends in Memphis, or should we go west and hit Lake Charles, where another friend is located. Decisions, decisions. Ohh dear.
To make it easier, we first headed for one of the famous plantations in the New Orleans area, the Oak Alley plantation, known from numerous films and maybe this is the icon of southern states plantations, the main building that is. Picturesque located at the end of a long oak tree alley. (Sorry but we didn't manage to get a decent photo, but google it, as the photo we would have taken would pretty much look like all the photos you will find googleling it)
Got there and then found that we were a bit to stingy to spend 2 x 18 dollars to visit one of the worlds maybe biggest landmarks for slavery and oppression. So we came to the ticket booth and then not further.
Back in the car we asked Miss.GPS. to get us to Pensacola beach in Florida. She told us that we could arrive approximate 4 hours or so later. So east it was, towards new frontiers and adventures.
So this is where the 4 states becomes significant. We started in Louisiana, passed through the southern part of Mississippi before getting to Alabama and finally arrive in the sunshine state; Florida.
At this minute, writing this, we are seated at Paradise Beach club, just at the beach under some palm trees. It is past 9 pm, there has just been a band playing on a wee stage, and around at the other tables people are still eating and drinking. The weather is dreamy and life is good. Cheers.
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