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River Road |
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These were taken a few weekends ago when we went for a drive along the Mississippi River Road. We went south and east of the river on Saturday.................................. |
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St Gabriel Church. Because the Mississippi is so unpredictable the church has been moved four times since it was built in 1709. |
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This is not what it looks like..... and I know what it looks like! It's actually a crawfish mound which was right by the church. Because a lot of the surrounding area is wetland, these are everywhere! |
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Further along the River Road is Indian Camp Plantation, a former leper colony. It's now a National Guard outpost and a school but there are still 30 or so elderly leprosy patients on the camp and several Daughters of Charity, an order of Catholic Nuns who take care of them. What a lovely trip out! We made a day of it....... we took sandwiches! |
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