One of my very best friends, Stacey, flew to New Orleans to finish out my road trip with me. And. We. Had. A. Blast! One of the things that Stacey really wanted to do was visit a plantation! When I was in New Orleans in 2009, I went to the Oak Alley Plantation, and while the plantation was absolutely beautiful, it wasn’t something that I could picture myself visiting again and again. However, Stacey and I decided on the Laura Plantation, and I LOVED it. This plantation tour was so much better than I could have imagined. What I absolutely loved about this house was that it wasn’t simply facts about the home, when it was built, a list of who lived here, what was grown, etc… It was a tour completely based on the one family that owned this plantation from generation to generation. Of course, there were still facts about the home, but everything so was so much more interesting knowing all of the personal reasons behind changes in the house. I found it very interesting that women ran this house a couple of times over the years, and they were the most important and influential owners of […]