Monroe, Louisiana

I drove through Mississippi today and made it to Monroe, Louisiana.  I stopped at the Simmons-Wright Company store which dates back to 1884 and got to talk with owners Gary and Janice Pickett.  They were great about letting me wander around taking photographs. I stopped in Vicksburg and walked around the historic downtown, the courthouse and the Mississippi River waterfront. The photos below are two baldcypress trees (with reflections from a Louisiana bayou wetland and an old flat iron from the Simmons-Wright Company store.