Traveling along from Madisonville on some little road, I took the shots below. A prize was waiting. Watching the street signs, I saw West Beach.  This is a good sign that the street goes to the water. Right after that I saw "Sunset Point". Sounds like a great place to take a date. Sorry, it closes at sundown. It'll have to be a day date.  You can join the working guys brown bagging it at lunch, kicked back in this beautiful spot. What a great place to recharge.
To Madisonville
Sunset Point
Lakeshore Dr.
Marigny St.
  To tell the truth, I can't remember if these shots were east or west of Mandeville. The shot below is off of Lakeshore Dr. What's with the water?  Where's West Beach?
    Picture to the left is of Lakeshore Dr. during Isabelle, a tropical storm. I would guess that a minimum of 4 to 5 feet of water is over the roadway I was on when I took the house pietures. Scary.
  This is going to be tough. I don't want to sound like a real estate salesperson, but, these homes are really lovely and, of course, very affordable.  I took their pictures because they were just beautiful and full of so much history. They were located on and just north of Lakeshore Dr. Marigny St. was especilly dense in the large "Chateaus". In the surrounding neighborhood, "Shotguns", a style very reminescent of New Orleans, prevailed. I lived next to a Shotgun in New Orleans.
  Chateau Marigny was already decked out in Halloween decorations. Louisianians love Halloween. That's when we can show our true West Indian heritage. Moss in the moon light does set the scene nicely.
  Two stories, why, water. The main living area is upstairs. The new houses are built the same way. It doesn't take much to get the Pontchartrain out of her bowl. She's a shallow lake and her water is easily pushed around. Notice the stairs here are not protected by the roof as was the case in Chateau Marigny.
    You will soon learn the source of the Marigny name.
  I turned left on Lakeshore Dr. and found these two. Again, two stories, the first floor served as....
      Below are a few of the really "cute" cottages and Shotguns I found in the neighborhood. I'll just let you look until I get more in tune with their age and architecture.
Looking south from Sunset Point
     Mandeville is the front door of the Northshore. The Northshore's front walk is the Causeway, a 24 mile twin span crossing Lake Ponchartrain, connecting metropolitan New Orleans.  It is or was the longest bridge in the United States, if not the world.   
     The Causeway was built around 1959-60. I watched it being built, pylon by pylon.               
     Thanks Henry for the picture. The cyclist are a group of his friends returnig to the city. What a ride.