This past weekend Brian and I went on a weekend getaway. We drove three and a half hours to St. Francisville, Louisiana. A historic little town with lots of charm on the Mississippi river. To get to the town we had to take a ferry across the Mississippi river. There are several plantations scattered around the area.
We stayed on the grounds of Greenwood Plantation. We drove down a very long winding country road lined with huge oak trees dripping with Spanish moss. During the day the drive was beautiful, but a night it was a bit spooky and our first night coming back to the plantation we got lost. Our stay at the Bed and Breakfast included a tour of the plantation home. The owner lives in an apartment on the third floor and gave the tour. He told about the process of renovating it and the plantation's history. The movie North and South was filmed there as well as several others. The inside was just as beautiful as the outside and filled with original antiques.
The Bed and Breakfast cottages we stayed in which overlook the Plantation.
Rosedown Plantation. The state of Louisiana now owns this property. We also toured this house. It was a great tour filled with lots of interesting history. Almost everything was original to the house. Including a separate stair case for the slaves which was tucked away in a closet, they were so narrow and steep! Also, an outhouse which the ladies of the house used until the 1950's!
Oakley Plantation. The famous painter James Audobon stayed here for several months, while tutoring one of the children.
One of my favorite tours was the Myrtle's Plantation. It is said to be one of America's most haunted houses. We took a ghost tour at night. All the rooms were dimly lit, and very creepy! The tour guide was so entertaining and told the Plantation's history, as well as the ghost stories. She also said on the tours people will feel sick, blackout, faint, see ghosts or be touched. A man in the previous tour had fainted! In one of the rooms Brian and I were standing at the back of the room behind everyone. After the tour Brian told me that he had been nudged in the back twice. At first I though he was joking but he was completely serious!
Old church in St. Francisville
The rest of the pictures are from the plantation's gardens. They were so beautiful.
4 comments:
what a fun trip! so beautiful. The ghost tour sounds spooky.
how fun! ya'll are lucky to live so close to louisiana. the plantation tours sound really neat, especially the haunted house one! that is so nice that you and brian were able to have a weekend getaway! i could really use one of those about now :)
What a cool place to visit!! I can't believe Brian was nudged during the ghost tour, freaky!
What a magical, spooky get-away. I want to go there, and just dare a ghost to poke me. I'll poke it back.
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