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Veterans picnic at Rocky Bayou State Park Aug. 15

Time: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Join the Rocky Bayou Park staff and volunteers on Saturday, August 15th 2015 for a picnic honoring all United States Veterans. This Picnic is to celebrate the 70th anniversary of V Day. The picnic will begin at 11 am until 1 pm. The park will be serving hamburgers and hot dogs on a first come first serve basis for all United States Veterans. Come picnic with Veterans and enjoy the park for the afternoon....

Breakfast with a ranger at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park Aug. 8

Date/time: Sat., Aug. 8, 9 – 10 a.m. Topsail Hill Preserve State Park invites you and your family to Breakfast with a Ranger. Join the Rangers of Topsail Hill to learn about the park, its history and to ask them all the questions you can think of about the park its wildlife and anything in between. This program is ideal for the whole family to enjoy. To cover the cost of food, please bring $5.00, which goes to Friends of...

Guided kayak tour of Western Lake on Wednesdays in August

Time: 9 – 11:30 a.m. The Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA), in partnership with Northwest Florida State College, is offering the fall season of their popular eco-tourism initiative, Eco Adventures of Walton County. Explore a coastal dune lake of South Walton County. This kayak tour will take you around Western Lake, one of the larger lakes of the coastal dune lake systems. Experience the diversity of wildlife and habitats that define these unique lake systems. This tour is led by the...

Free movie night at the Lakeyard in DeFuniak Springs Aug. 7

The Special Events Committee of the City of DeFuniak Springs is pleased to present August Movie Night on Friday, August 7, 2015. This annual family-oriented, back-to-school event has become a tradition and will be held in the amphitheatre at the Lake yard again this year. The movie is “Percy Jackson and the Olympians,” the 2010 action film which is taken from the opening story in the five book series by Rick Riordan and directed by Chris Columbus. The plot revolves...

Explore the sights and sounds of nature at night July 29

Dates/times:  July 29 – 7:30 – 9 p.m. The Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA), in partnership with Northwest Florida State College, announces the summer season of its popular eco-tourism initiative, Eco Adventures of Walton County. Discover the sights and sounds of nature at night. Nonie’s Ark Animal Encounters will guide evening Eco-Adventures for the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance this summer on Wednesdays. A minimum of five Eventurer’s are needed and a maximum of 25. We will meet at some of Walton County’s...

Movie, food, and fun at Camp Helen State Park July 29

Date/time: July 29, 5:30 p.m. Camp Helen State Park is offering a summer full of movies, food and fun with a series of family-oriented movies, interpretive programs, and old-fashioned campfire cookouts. On Wednesday, July 29, “The Princess and the Frog” will be the last film shown in the 2015 series. This movie involves a hard working waitress Tiana, who dreams of owning her own restaurant. After kissing a prince who’s been turned into a frog by an evil witch doctor,...