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We would love to tell you why we have fallen in love with Fayetteville, Texas, but the truth is: we aren’t sure why. There must be something special there, because we can’t seem to stop going back … and back again. We discovered our small-town …
Sometimes when we travel, we don’t have a destination in mind, but this time we did. We went to New Orleans for two reasons: to take a cooking class that promised amazing gumbo; and to take a glimpse into the past of a great grandfather …
Choosing what to do on our last day in St. Francisville was easy. We would divide our time between two plantations: Laura and Myrtles. Since nighttime is the best time to tour a haunted house, we made the Myrtles reservations for 8:00 pm. It’s known as one of the most haunted places in America. We chose the Laura Plantation tour for morning. It was 80 miles away in Vacherie, Louisiana. There were closer options, but the Lonely Planet named the tour of Laura, “The Best History Tour in the United States”. That’s a pretty strong endorsement.
How could we not go?
When we arrived at Laura, the parking lot was almost full. The gift shop was packed too. We stood in line to buy tickets. There was no time to browse Laura-related gifts before our guide ushered us outside and down a path to the colorful, raised-Creole style home.
Once a sugarcane plantation occupying 12,000 acres of land, Laura is just six hundred feet from the Mississippi. Today, a levy blocks the view of the river so completely, you would never know it is there.
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When Garden & Gun magazine ranks a city number #1 on a list of “Sweet and Soulful Southern Hideaways”, you know you’re in for something special. After all, who would know the Deep South better than a publication that is a must-read for all those …
We can’t believe years have passed since our last blog post. Fortunately for us, while we haven’t been sharing our experiences, we continued to search for good places and great things. Along the way, we found a small Texas town or two that we love; …