For dinner tonight, I went to the Bon Temps Buffet at the L’Auberge Casino. This is a super clean, Las Vegas style casino on the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Check out the buffet sometime if you are in the area.
Tag Archives: Mississippi River
Gramercy Bridge
So how do you get across the Mississippi River, you might ask? Well, this is how I have been doing it for the past few days. 🙂
Oak Alley Plantation – Mississippi River
The Oak Alley Plantation is just across the levee for the Mississippi River. I hopped the plantation fence at the end of the Oak Alley and climbed up the levee to be rewarded with a view of the American Queen Riverboat making its way up the river. Maybe someday I will try a riverboat trip on the Mississippi.
Oak Alley Plantation – Sugarcane
Yes, sugarcane is still a popular crop grown in Vacherie, Louisiana. A drive along the Mississippi River provides a view of multiple fields and the machinery that goes along with the harvesting process.
Oak Alley Plantation – Big House Interior
There is a tour of the Big House at Oak Alley Plantation that is extremely informative. All of the tour guides dress up in costumes from the time that the plantation was in operation. The original owners were Jacques and Celina Roman, and they obtained the property and built the house in 1836 with the intention to profit off of the sugarcane crop. They used slaves for labor and relied on the Mississippi River for transporting the crops and cane sugar to market.
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