Spent today just south of Baton Rouge which has some of Louisiana's best preserved plantations.  We toured two very different styles of plantation both supported by sugar cane; luxurious Nottoway, the South's largest remaining antebellum mansion, and the more modest but still impressive, Laura, a Creole plantation.  When we weren't on tour, we were sampling authentic Louisiana cuisine, poboys for lunch washed down with Dixie beer (we passed on gator burgers, the lunch special) and red beans and rice for dinner. 

The modest and unassuming 53,000 sq ft Nottoway Plantation

Detail of the "White Ballroom" at Nottoway

Laura, a Creole plantation on the The Great River Road

On the menu at the B&C Cajun Cafe

BJ's new favorite, Dixie beer. .