Imagine visiting Louisiana with friends.

Eat your fill of Cajun barbeque! Tour antique shops and antebellum plantations! Join a crawfish boil and sample some gumbo! Get to know Creole culture! Tap your feet to the tunes of filmmakers and accomplished musicians Monty and Marsha Brown on their musical romp throughout Louisiana!

Beginning with a performance of their song “Goodbye, Bayou,” Monty and Marsha take you on a personal tour of their home state, joining family parties, crawfish-eating contests, parades and festivals along the way, and feature the music of zydeco, Leadbelly and bluegrass.

Starting in the Northwest Parishes of the state, the film proceeds through the Bienville Parish, Natchitoches, Cane River & The South, Cajun Country, Baton Rouge and New Orleans regions. Among the many highlights are visits to an alligator park, Bed & Breakfasts, plantations, Mardi Gras, the Acadian Cultural Center, Jackson Square, the St. Louis Cathedral and French Quarter of New Orleans.

Visits to several workshops and factories illustrate the diversity of craftsmanship and industry to be found in Louisiana: accordion makers, the Tabasco® factory, cane sugar harvesting and refining, culminating in the preparation of delicious bread pudding made with freshly milled sugar.

Although shot before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, this travelogue features areas of the state visitors can still enjoy today, along the way to those storm-ravaged areas. If planning a visit to Louisiana, come join your local friends Monty and Marsha Brown, and say Hello! Louisiana!