Less than an hour outside of New Orleans, lies an area of southern plantations. Unlike Boone Hall, a plantation that we visited in South Carolina, where cotton was King, landowners in this area made their fortunes with sugar cane. We passed many fields of sugar cane, some being harvested. They look like tall fields of grass.
We visited Oak Alley plantation, which has a beautiful row of oaks leading from the front of the house to the Mississippi. One could easily imagine sitting on the second floor veranda, sipping a mint julip, watching the boats go up and down the mighty river. (I tried this drink, and think that the only way you could manage to consume it is by sipping – obviously Bourbon is not my drink of choice!)
Where is a margarita when you need one!! Great picture of the Oak Alley plantation!
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