the Big Easy (part 3 -- Vacherie)

today, I crossed the mighty Mississippi to the tiny little town of Vacherie, LA (it means cow pasture)

Vacherie sits right behind the levy, so the river flows right past the entire town. All of the plantations are built facing the river, and while I was there, we saw ships passing by less than a hundred feet away.

Fats Domino was born on one of these plantations in 1928.

All day long, I've felt like I was in a Mark Twain book, or a Robert Johnson song.