I awoke at 5:30, had breakfast with Cousin Jim and bid him farewell on his 7:20 a.m. departure to his home in Dallas.
I spent the day sight seeing. In the old section of New Iberia (Main Street) I signed up for a $10 guided tour of "Shadows On The Teche" .... an antebellum mansion completed in 1834 by David and Mary Weeks, wealthy owners of a slave-operated sugar plantation. Four generations held fast to the property, which started its decline during and after the Civil War. It never recovered and fell into disrepair. The last family owner, William Weeks Hall, lived there until his death in 1958 and did much to restore and preserve the home. He and previous generations of the Weeks family are buried on the property, which sets on the banks of the Bayou Teche in New Iberia, all part of the plantation back in 1834.
Our tour group consisted of four. In addition to me was a snowbird from New Hampshire, returning home from Tuscon with his 5th wheel, and a couple from Los Angeles. Pictures are allowed on the outside of the home only.
PICTURES OF "SHADOWS ON THE TECHE" (click)
PICTURES OF NEW IBERIA (click)
Later in the afternoon I returned to Avery Island for a visit of the Jungle Gardens, an $8 self-guided tour along the Bayou Petit Anse where the alligators roam, according to the ticket-selling folks. I saw two gators but they were too far away to discern with my camera.
The Jungle Gardens is a beautiful three-mile drive/ride bordered by huge oaks hung with Spanish moss. Other attractions in the gardens are "bird city", a massive roosting area in the swamp for snowy white egrets, and a buddha under glass. Actually, the buddha sits inside an ornate structure with glass windows. Originally stolen from China, it ended up in New York where friends of E.A. McIlhenny (of Tabasco fame) discovered, purchased and sent it to him as a gift in 1936.
PICTURES OF JUNGLE GARDENS (click)
Video: Return To Avery Island
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| Cousin Jim Contemplating The Long Ride Home To Dallas |
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Farewell Jim
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1 comment:
Hi Glen, Very nice filming. In particular the evening shadows were impressive where it showed your shadow while riding down the highway. Also, those parts of the video with the camera on you were great. You looked like you were on vacation. Just a note: there were 8 traffic signals hanging over that intersection near the end of your bike ride.
LA in Tustin
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