4/12 Day off in St. Francisville

No bike riding today. It's been 10 days since Russ & Mike have had a day off. We toured the Rosedown Plantation, a splendidly restored example of antebellum opulence. 3,400 acres, 26 of which were beautiful gardens. The rest was planted in cotton. The tour was full of all kinds of interesting facts and the home had many of it's original furnishings. The grounds had all kinds of plants, including huge live oak trees, azaleas over 15 ft tall, and camellia bushes equally as high. After the tour we went to town and had shrimp "Po Boy" sandwiches, salad and key lime pie for lunch. The sandwich was was delicious, especially when Louisiana hot sauce was added. Denise bought a side of deep fried dill pickles. They were cut about 1/4 inch thick, dipped in a batter and fried. Quite tasty! After lunch we did the walking tour of old homes and churches in St. Francisville and had numerous conversations w/the ladies at the visitor center. It was a very warm, humid day. We also ran into a few of the ladies doing the "woman's tour", headed the same way we are. Notice I'm not saying much about the camping facilites, as they are nothing to write home about as the old saying goes. They are also few and far between.