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Plantation Alley, Louisiana: Antebellum South Comes Alive

Comments: 0August 14th, 2010 by lionjkt

Plantation alley is located on the Mississippi River North of New Orleans. On both sides of the river were large sugar cane farms (plantations down here), where the owners built beautiful mansions for themselves, while their slaves, who worked the fields, lived in shanty poverty. Many of the estates have been destroyed either by fire or the floods of “Old Man River”. Most of the existing ones have been restored and offer guided tours.

The first plantation of the West Bank was Laura. This is a Creole plantation built in 1805. The guided tours are based on the Memories of Laura Locoul, who had lived there and in the French Quarter. The tales of Br’er Rabbit were stories told in the slave quarters on this plantation and later written down for posterity.

Next is the most photographed plantation of the all, Oak Alley. Twenty-eight majestic oak trees line the entrance way to the mansion. River road passes by it and a levee has been built to control the river from flooding. The view from the river in the 1800s must have been magnificent. It is even spectacular today. I have been told that Hurricane Katrina destroyed some of these stately oaks. Read more...

Tags: Alley, Antebellum, Comes, Louisiana, Plantation, South
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Eel Fishing – Learn the Facts That Can Help you Catch the Trophies

Comments: 0August 13th, 2010 by lionjkt

Despite the fact that most eels are predators, many people consider them like the right choice for a home aquarium. However, eels are also a perfect catch for anglers, consisting of 4 suborders of the Anguilliformes with 19 families, 110 genres and near 400 different species.

Anguillidae is the suborder of freshwater eels, but there are also Heterenchelyidae, Chlopsidae (false morays), Myrocongridae, Moringuidae (worm eels), and Muraenidae (moray eels). Other classification based on the FishBase System, dividing eels into 15 families. In fact, there are several classification databases including the ITIS, and Systema Naturae 2000, each one giving different categories and suborders.

Juvenile American eels (Anguilla rostrata) are one of the varieties of freshwater acclimated eels in the United States. Originally found in Lesueur, Minnesota back in 1817. This snake-like fish used to appear more frequently in the state than they do today, when they are more commonly seen along the lower Mississippi River

Following the Mississippi’s tributaries, including the Minnesota, Saint Lawrence Seaway, and Saint Croix rivers, anglers can find them profusely in the area, and sometimes in Lake Superior. Freshwater Females Eels swim all the way up the Mississippi River from the Gulf of Mexico to reach Minnesota for reproduction. Read more...

Tags: Catch, Facts, Fishing, Help, Learn, Trophies
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Take a Scenic Drive Trip

Comments: 0August 12th, 2010 by lionjkt

Some people just like to get in the car and go. The drive relaxes them, the destination is secondary. If you are one of those people who like to get the pavement under your wheels then check out some of these amazing scenic drives.

1. Cascades Lake Area is a 100 mile tour that carries you through the shadows of the Oregon Cascade Mountains. The route follows OR 46 and crosses paths with those used by the early settlers to the region hundreds of years in the past. You will enjoy the many colors that Mother Nature has painted her pines and catch an amazing view of the Three Sisters and Broken Top peaks. With a good eye and the right timing you might catch a glimpse of elk, coyotes and mink along the way.

2. CA-1 is one of the west coasts most famous scenic drives. Following this route you will hug the coastline, climb the cliffs and plunge into the coves. Along the way you will pass the Point Sur Lighthouse and Bixby Creek Bridge (which rises 285 feet above the canyon). The sun, the sand, and the crashing waves help to make this a drive that you will repeat over and over. Read more...

Tags: Drive, Scenic, Take, Trip
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Visiting Florida on Your Next Road Trip

Comments: 0August 11th, 2010 by lionjkt

Florida is a beautiful state, graced with year-round sunny skies, ocean breezes, subtropical foliage, and abundant wildlife. This southernmost continental state offers a whole host of natural adventures on both land and water. There’s certainly more to Florida than oranges and Walt Disney World, including luxurious Florida RV camping resorts and cute Florida campgrounds to make your road trip a great success.

The northwest corner of the Sunshine State is our first stop, where the Gulf of Mexico glistens, dolphins play, and sandy shores prevail. The Gulf Islands National Seashore in Gulf Breeze stretches some 150 miles along the Gulf of Mexico’s coastline, from Pensacola, at Florida’s northwest edge, to Davis Bayou and the barrier islands at Ocean Springs, Mississippi. This national saltwater treasure is a kaleidoscope of turquoise water, bright white sand dunes, seaside marshes, wooded nature trails, historic fortresses and archaeological sites that tell the long-ago stories of Native American inhabitants. Visitors are free to camp, hike, swim and fish on the gulf or Santa Rosa Sound. Birders who explore the Gulf Islands are rewarded with sightings of blue herons, ospreys, egrets and brown pelicans. Beach-goers have also been known to share the park’s sandy terrain with such “locals” as diamondback terrapins, armadillos and sea turtles. Read more...

Tags: Florida, Next, Road, Trip, Visiting
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How Much Should You Spend to Trade Forex?

Comments: 0August 10th, 2010 by lionjkt

Forex is probably one of the few places where you can start with as little as a couple hundred dollars and have a chance to make money. What’s more you can get all kinds of free information on how to trade at the library, the bookstore, and on the Internet. In fact, if you don’t want to learn about Forex you can get online and type “automated trading systems” and millions of hits. You will be assured when you do that you do not need to know anything to trade Forex. Just buy an automated system and the world is yours. In fact, you could buy a system one day, and start trading the next. You can put $10,000 into an account on Monday and by Friday you could have $100,000!

If you have not guessed, I am getting ready to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge!

The money that flows through the Forex market equals the Gross Domestic Product of the United States in less than 5 days which is around $14 trillion. That is like a Mississippi River of money running through your computer each day. All you need to do is to know when to stick your hand in and when to pull it out. There is one problem however, that 95% of the people trading Forex lose money. When they stick their hand in they come back with nothing. Read more...

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