I headed out of Mansura and got to La.1.  Avoyelles Tire is on the corner. "Tires ain't pretty and they don't smell good", says a local ad. That might be true, but Avoyelles Tire sure takes your mind off the looks and smell with their mural. "Primitive Art" murals can be seen everywhere. There are great ones in Bunkie, Church Point and at Avoyelles Tire.
   I continued on 107 as I knew La.1 was a business corridor and I wanted to be off the main road. 107 also was getting boring, although there is a fine old church previously seen in the Marksville Article. Go there now if you want, you won't lose your place.
   I turned right onto Old River Road. "Old River" is the most over used location name in the state. "Old" means "was a" when talking about rivers. They are oxbow lakes, previous channels of the river that were cut off. A resident said this one was not left by the nearby Red River but by the Mississippi in one of her previous moods. Look at the map and see its size. That makes sense.
Old River Road left 107 and dove down the bluff to the swamp and lake.
There's are affluent "camps"there and a boat launch.
Just unbelievable.
   I wasn't stopping in Marksville this time although I did go through the old downtown. Visit Marksville. There is Maximum Stuff there plus you can gamble away your kids' inheritance and make a bunch of deserving Indians rich.
   I first thought this plaque was not too interesting. Then I saw that it locates the spot where the Battle of Mansura started. Now it's cool.
Right before crossing the Red River turn off and follow the levee. Ever been to Moncla? Me either. It is really Old Hidden Louisiana. Again unless you are driving a Massy or Deere, it's a dead end.
But it's a teaser, you ride on hardtop for a while along the levee.
The Old House is now a storage building. At least it's useful.
   I was starting to float and what appears but the Moncla Community Center. The two doors on the left are restrooms. They were locked.