Moonpie Farm and Creamery, Cottondale, Florida

 We were headed to Falling Waters State Park in Chipley, Florida for an Audobon Society birdwatching trip when we discovered their campgrounds were closed for road maintenance. So we booked Friday night at the Moonpie Farm and Creamery Harvest Host in nearby Cottondale, Florida. We were met by the owner at the end of her dirt road and directed to a gorgeous grassy spot in between her two duck ponds for the night. We followed her to the country store which was filled with all her homemade goodies like jams and jellies, preserves, and cracker crisps. She had homemade seasoned goat cheese and yogurt in the freezer along with homemade breakfast sausage to go with the abundant farm fresh eggs. We loaded up with a selection and had crisps and goat cheese for happy hour and scrambled eggs and sausage for breakfast the next morning. We had a walk around the farm before dark to visit all the animals. We left early after breakfast for the birdwatching trip at the Falling Waters State Park. It was a combined trip with the plant society so we wandered through the park looking at flowers, plants, and birds. It was a beautiful sunny day and a nice walking group. We stopped at the Odd Pelican Brewery in Freeport for a cold beer and a taste of pork ribs and tacos from their Rising Swine food truck.

Followed the French ducks to the country store

Her peacock's feathers are on display

Strutting roosters

Our campsite at Moonpie Creamery

Just ducky pond

Around the farm

The farm at dusk

The falls at Falling Waters State Park

The red-headed woodpecker on a dead tree

Tiny wildflowers

Boardwalks leading to the falls and the lake

The end of a great birding trip at Odd Pelican Brewery