Some quick ideas: riverboat casinos and Cajun music and gumbo at places like Boutin's in Baton Rouge; fishing and 'gator spotting at Sabine National Wildlife Refuge; hunt for spring azaleas along Wild Azalea National Recreation Trail or canoe the bayou in Kisatchie National Forest; casinos, riverboats, and Louisiana's "other" Mardi Gras in Shreveport; hiking, bouldering, and horseback riding in OK's Robbers Cave State Park, former hideout of outlaws Jesse James and Belle Starr. "Laissez les bon temps rouler!" as they say in your neck of the woods.