Part of the charm of coming through Louisiana and Mississippi was to see the Plantations. We took a tour of Oak Alley Plantation and it was a lot of fun and very informative. A lot of history in these old places.
On the way to Natchez, we saw a sign that said there was a plantation off the road a ways. We thought we would like to go and at least see what was there. The sign at the gate said there were tours. We drove down the narrow dirt road and across a very old looking and charming narrow bridge and eventually found what appeared to be a large house but really no plantation.
As I turned the car around, we saw a sign that had an arrow for directions and said tours so we drove down that road. The road quickly turned into a very narrow rutted lane and after a bit we encountered a sign that said keep out. Fearing the road would end with no turn around, I decided we should back out the way we came in.
So, we never found the plantation: perhaps, if we had, we may still be there.
I wonder. Just inside the gate we crossed a set of railroad tracks that lead to nowhere, in either direction.
On the way to Natchez, we saw a sign that said there was a plantation off the road a ways. We thought we would like to go and at least see what was there. The sign at the gate said there were tours. We drove down the narrow dirt road and across a very old looking and charming narrow bridge and eventually found what appeared to be a large house but really no plantation.
As I turned the car around, we saw a sign that had an arrow for directions and said tours so we drove down that road. The road quickly turned into a very narrow rutted lane and after a bit we encountered a sign that said keep out. Fearing the road would end with no turn around, I decided we should back out the way we came in.
So, we never found the plantation: perhaps, if we had, we may still be there.
I wonder. Just inside the gate we crossed a set of railroad tracks that lead to nowhere, in either direction.
As in, "You can check out, but you can never leave"? That's what I'm thinkin.
ReplyDeleteOnly the barest echo of a plantation -- just the shadow of a ghost of plantation! Wait, I hear something ... it's the Twilight Zone theme music! Run! Run while you still can!
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