New Orleans Part 2

Monday morning we drove out to Laura Plantation near Gramercy. The plantation tour was very interesting. The tour guide (her name was Laura) walked us through the main house across the property and through one of the slaves homes. It was about a 50 minute tour. She told us the history of the property as it was passed through the family. She even asked Tanek to ring the dinner bell.

The main house is being worked on at this time. A few years ago they had a fire that destroyed a large portion of the house. Even though we couldn't walk through the entire house it was still worth going on the tour. Laura also talked about Creole life and about the architecture of the house.

After the tour we drove back to Gramercy and stopped at the tourist area to eat lunch. They had a nice covered pavilion with picnic tables which was just right for our picnic of sandwiches and chips. They also had a very short nature trail that Vins and the kids walked down. When everyone was done we cleaned up our mess and went back to New Orleans.

Our next stop was the Imax Theater. We were planning to see "Wild Safari" but they were no longer showing it so we saw "Into the Deep". "Into the Deep" was about ocean life and was in
3-D. Kaia spent most of the movie trying to touch the fish. It was fun to watch the kids experiencing a big screen 3-D movie.

Ralph and Kacoo's was our stop for supper. The food was delicious and we ended up taking half of it home in a to-go box.