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Walton area Halloween events and fall festivals

Halloween festivities and Fall Festivals Butler Elementary PTO Pumpkin Patch Oct. 14 – 30 Location: Van Ness Butler Elementary School, Santa Rosa Beach. Pumpkins started at $5. Come and take a family photo in the patch! Weekdays 2:45 – 6 p.m. Saturdays 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sundays Noon – 4 p.m. Noche de los Muertos Costume Party Oct. 29 8 – 11:30 p.m. at Caliza Pool at Alys Beach Get ready for a frightful Night of the Dead Costume...

Fall Pioneer Day at Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park Nov. 6

Step back in time with a day of pioneer reenactment Saturday, Nov 6th – 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. The Department of Environmental Protection’s Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park  will host the Friends of the Emerald Coast State Parks Annual Pioneer Day. Experience a day of authentic pioneer activities to include period artisans, demonstrating spinning, weaving, soap making, butter churning and other pioneer skills. Dip candles, make rag dolls and try your skill with a saw. Guest speakers will...

Seeing Red Wine Festival comes to Seaside Nov. 4-7

Four days of food and wine offerings at the 20th annual festival The 20th anniversary celebration of the Seeing Red Wine Festival, November 4–7, features four inspiring days of private dinners, rare wines, celebrity winemakers and the Grand Tasting. The main wine tasting will feature more than 400 domestic and international wines, available for purchase at special-event pricing. The 20th annual festival, which is again a part of the Beaches of South Walton’s Autumn Tides series of events, is one...

Fall brings hummingbird enjoyment to Northwest Florida

Rare hummingbirds visit Florida this time of year Between now and early spring, rare hummingbird species from out West turn up in Florida on their way to their winter homes in the tropics. Ruby-throated hummingbirds are year-round residents throughout Florida, but many from up North also pass through here on their annual migration to Central America. Floridians who put up hummingbird feeders or grow red or orange tubular flowers may get a glimpse of one of at least nine additional...

Pick your own pumpkin at Cypress Cattle Company

Fresh pumpkins, acorn squash butternut squash and okra fall crop offerings at Cypress Cattle Company Interested in getting the freshest pumpkin available for this Halloween? You can pick your own at Cypress Cattle Company in Ponce De Leon. Starting Oct, 9 Cypress will be offering pumpkins from their one-acre patch for $3, $4 and $5. They are also offering fresh okra, butternut and acorn squash available now. Call Luke Langford at (850) 685-5890. They are located at 2890 R. M....

Antique tractor show in Vernon Oct. 9

“Pulling for Education” fun for the entire family 8 a.m. – Oct. 9 The Ninth Annual Pulling For Education Tractor Show/Pull benefits the Washington County Scholarship Trust. Events include antiqu tractor pulls as well as pedal tractor pulls for the children.  A completely restored, operational 1912 Case Steam Traction Engine, is also featured. All proceeds from the event go to scholarships for students who participate in this program from the Chipley and Vernon High Schools.  
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Singled handed sailing race at Bluewater Bay Oct. 16

Join in on the largest single haded sailing race on the Choctawhatchee Bay Come join in on the Budweiser/Blue Water Bay Marina single handed sailing race on Oct. 16. Race registration will be held on Oct. 15 from 6 – 7 p.m. at L.J. Schooners. Skippers Meeting 7:00 p.m. 10/16 Race (Bermuda Start – Start times to be assigned at skippers meeting) How?: One boat, one person, any equipment allowed except your engine. Why? Why not?  – This has become the...