Just a day of fun

On Saturday, 16 Nov. we decided to go to some yard sales.  Being poor retirees we are always on the look out for cheap movies to add to our collection.  It also gave us the opportunity to drive around and see more of what is called the North Shore and the old homes in the area. 

This area, just like New Orleans, was very hard hit by Katrina and there is still a lot of rebuilding going on.  We ended up driving more than 80 miles and scored 8 movies over the course of the morning.  We also saw numerous not so old homes.

The structure in the background is Boat Storage.  I think it was 4 stories tall.

 

The one big item we had on our to do list before the end of the day was to go to the visitor center and tour the Sugar mill ruins.  We started by driving down to the camping cabins.  Just wanted to see them.  As it turns out, as I said, the area was very hard hit by Katrina.  The Louisiana State Parks has been working to rebuild ever since.

These camping cabins sort of surpass all concepts I ever had of a cabin

 

So, finally, we were off to the Sugar Mill for the tour we had been waiting for all week. 

 

As it turns out, the visitors center with all the displays and information on the area had been totally destroyed by Katrina and they are still rebuilding that.  What a BUMMER.

 

So here is a picture of an information plaque at the site. 

 



 

I did a little additional reading on this and learned that Marigny was actually a French Creole.  It was fairly common for the Creoles to not be very sympathetic towards the American settlers.  Marigny apparently made deals with the settlers and then broke the deals out of his dislike for them.  This had a very negative impact on his reputation and when he vied for Governor of Louisiana on 3 different occasions, he was soundly defeated.  Wish Americans still had that since of fairness.

 



On Sunday we are off for Alabama.  We will be staying for a week in the Mobile area.