20 May 2011

19 May 2011
First we had breakfast at the Alumni Center. We took an informative bus tour of the city. We toured the Longue Vue House and gardens. There is a lot of history in the old estates. This house had quite a collection of antique dolls and ceramics. Also we saw more of the effects of Katrina. After the tour we took a cruise on the steamship Natchez. We got back to camp tired and ready for Happy Hour. Leah won a handmade bag in the raffle. We ate leftovers in the Motor Home.

20 May 2011
After breakfast we went on a bus tour of two plantations: the Laura and the Oak Alley. The tour got off to a late start because of some miscommunication. The first was a Creole Plantation. Our guide told us a lot of stories of the families who lived there. The gardens were beautiful including flowers and vegetables. The second was much more formal with a long alley of gnarled old oak trees. We just had time for a snack in the cafe before boarding the bus. On the way back we saw a lot of water gushing from the spillway on the Mississippi into Lake Pontchatrain. At dinner the new board was introduced and we had Dixieland music entertainment.