The second day there, the girls drove about 1 1/2 hours north to see some antebellum homes. You'd be driving on the road that parralells the Mississippi, passing some old, run down houses and shacks, then all of sudden there would be this mansion. The first three pictures are of the Nottaway Plantation. We were able to tour the inside of the house and it's grounds. The house has only had 3 owners in it's 150 years. The most recent lady lived there for like 40 years, and just died in '03, so it's now vacant. Some guy from Australia bought the house and got it ready to tour and it's also a Bed and Breakfast. The family that built it had 10 or 11 children, so there were 15 bedrooms. There was a girl's wing and a boy's wing. It took them 10 years to build it. The white ballroom is now used for weddings and such. The house wasn't extravagant really, just large, but they did have much of the original furniture and we got to eat lunch there as well. The other home is called Oak Alley because of the 200 year old oak trees that line the entrance to the home. Just a gorgeous setting. So Gone With the Wind!
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