I had an odd thing happen this weekend. I was in NO on Saturday, got up Sunday and rode the plantation circuit
at least on the West Bank of the river. This boat, the Queen of the Mississippi, is based in Memphis, which is why
all of her passengers complain about the service and the food. But I digress. I shot a photo of it unknowingly
on Saturday morning around 4:30 am as it was docked in New Orleans. I didn't see it, but its in the night photos.
But I go down to Oak Alley Plantation, where the opening scenes from Interview with the Vampire are shot,
before Brad Pitt is turned, and he comes over the levee and rides his horse through the sugar cane. Ironically
there is sugar cane nearly everywhere BUT that spot, since no cane grows on the levee EVER, and that is where
the producers wished to show the GRAND shot from the levee down to the big house. ANYWAY, when I drive up
on Oak Alley, I see cops, and my favorite parking spot is blocked off. Then I look and see that there is a riverboat
docked behind the levee. So I parked about 1/4 mile away and walked down the levee til I got HERE:
As hideous a river boat as ever sailed, it's pretty plain to see.
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