Thursday, January 28, 2010
The American Plantation
The plantation houses that the "Americans" built were of the same design as those you find in Atlanta and other south eastern areas. The main floor was the entertaining areas and the upstairs had the bedrooms. This home is being lived in by it's current owners. It had been one of the largest in Louisiana shortly after the civil war - 13,000 acres.
Creole Plantation
The Creole people painted their plantation houses bright colours. They were built on stilts and the basements were used for storage. The main (2nd) floor housed offices, dining and bedrooms. Business was conducted in the bedrooms. For 4 generations, this plantation was run by the women of the family and run very successfully.
The crop in this area is sugar cane.
The crop in this area is sugar cane.
Jean Lafitte held out here
This building is, in fact, the oldest one in the city. Unfortunately, the owners attempted to make it look old by faking the plaster. It kind of looks cheesy instead.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Respect for water
We were told that, during Hurricane Katrina, the floodwaters ran over the gates between Lake Pontchartrain and this pleasant, quiet canal. It flooded the campground and the neighbouring residential area by nineteen feet!!!
That makes the water 5 feet higher than our motorhome in this picture.
That makes the water 5 feet higher than our motorhome in this picture.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
First Stop back - a "Spacey" day
This is the Shuttle Endeavor. It is sitting on the launch pad, getting it's final prep work.
The "Crawler" that drags it out uses 150 gallons of fuel for each mile that it takes to take it out to the pad.
Launch is due for Sunday, Feb. 7 at 4:39 a.m. EST.
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