A day in the park was the order of the day after we had a country breakfast at the Country Breakfast in Mandeville.
Fontainebleau Plantation was the summer home of Barnard de Marigny, a prominent French Creole of New Orleans. It was part of vast holdings he owned on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. Between 1828 and 1852 he opened the plantation, brick kilns, and a sugar mill. This is all that remains of his sugar mill.
A bike ride took us to the shore of Lake Pontchartrain and the beach area in the park. In the distance we could see the 24 mile causeway that we had taken to New Orleans.
A stroll along the nature trail led us to a boardwalk out over the marsh along the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. We saw lots of birds,
moorhens (look like ducks), and an otter perhaps swimming along.
The alley of live oaks intrigued me for their majestic beauty. Hurricane Katrina was not kind to this park but many of these giants survived. There were baby owls in the crook of
the solemn oak.
Fontainebleau Plantation was the summer home of Barnard de Marigny, a prominent French Creole of New Orleans. It was part of vast holdings he owned on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. Between 1828 and 1852 he opened the plantation, brick kilns, and a sugar mill. This is all that remains of his sugar mill.
A bike ride took us to the shore of Lake Pontchartrain and the beach area in the park. In the distance we could see the 24 mile causeway that we had taken to New Orleans.
A stroll along the nature trail led us to a boardwalk out over the marsh along the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. We saw lots of birds, 
moorhens (look like ducks), and an otter perhaps swimming along.
The alley of live oaks intrigued me for their majestic beauty. Hurricane Katrina was not kind to this park but many of these giants survived. There were baby owls in the crook of 
the solemn oak.
2 comments:
Looks like you're having fun! Yesterday (Presidents' Day), it took me 20 minutes to get from my house past the track. Traffic was at a standstill on every route north. Attendance was 31,000. They need more than one or two little one-lane entrances to track parking lots! Arghhh!
I'm loving all your posts about Mardi Gras festivities! The pictures are wonderful, too. Glad you are having fun.
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