Bayou Manchac

Heading down Highway 75 (aka River Road) with the Levee on the right

Road signs in San Gabriel

St. Gabriel general store

Communications tower next to the general store in St. Gabriel

Power lines just over three miles from LSU
(indicates getting close to end of ride)

Barthel's General Store, established in 1890.  I occasionally would stop for a homemade sandwich.  It went out of business a few months ago.

Tiger Stadium on the way off the LSU campus

Highway 30 Truck Stop.  My turnaround point (29 miles from LSU). 
Usually stop in for a snack.

Some of the curious cows along the way

One of three rural black churches on the route

Another of the black churches in an area called Sunshine

Cemetery next to the Sunshine church

Iberville Parish sign

Large live oak tree with lots of Spanish moss

Another view of the live oak

Small cypress outbuilding among the oaks

Seemingly ineffective sign

Longwood Plantation sign (the plantation is no longer there)

Plaquemine ferry on the Mississippi River.  At 20 mile mark of bike ride

Shipyard about 1 mile from the ferry

River Road Restaurant, formerly a small general store,
about 1 mile from Barthel's store

Sign for a towing company on the river

Tractor in field along the levee