On the road...
Originally uploaded by Madeline & Ryosuke
is the traveling through the rural areas of Louisiana and Arkansas. Today I drove to Farmersville, Louisiana which is about a half hour north of Ruston. Right before I hit the town the thick forrest opened to a large, open lake dotted with afternoon fishermen. A mile down the road on the right there was a huge orchard on a slight hill which gave me a full view of the rows of picked over trees. Lovely! The rough little town was jammed with farm stands. Their hand-painted signs gave me an idea of what the recent crops are: pecans! sweet potatoes! Only a few people still have purple hull peas but the reals jewels of this season are the Louisiana satsuma oranges. There's also lots of venison around if you know the right people (it's illegal to sell hunted venison). Louisiana produces!
2 comments:
M Belle, thank you so much for posting! we have been so neglectful and non-prolific that i was having blogger's guilt! and I love the post and hearing about the Louisiana I know so little about...
in my job, i travel to lots of small towns, too, and LOVE seeing a different side of america that i know. i used to lament not getting to experience small town louisiana but now i'm working across the south, i get the chance to see some of it. maybe we'll take another LA case soon. my favorite thing is stopping in diners & vintage/antique stores when i have time!
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