Have you ever been to an alpaca farm? If not, add it to your bucket list immediately. They are so goofy and friendly, and they don't have any top teeth, so they can't truly bite you. The little goofballs love carrots, so you can feed them all day (they're quite selfish), and if you're brave enough (I wasn't), you can hold a carrot with your mouth and they'll give you a little slobbery kiss.


I'm lucky enough that I live about 15 minutes from the L & R Alpaca Haven Farm and it's only $10 for an hour visit (carrots included!). It's fairly private, so there aren't a ton of visitors there at once, and the farm owners will specially walk you around, answer literally any questions you may have, and tell you all about the alpacas and each one's individual story.


We visited in May, just after the alpacas were sheared for warmer weather, so they all have some funky haircuts. I definitely want to return when it's a little cooler and they're all goofy fluffballs.


This particular farm is about 45 minutes outside of Atlanta in Douglasville, GA (which is home to many of the Stranger Things' filming locations). Our visit to the alpaca farm was the main attraction of the day, but we also grabbed breakfast, lunch, and a treat. Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the post for a few foods recommendations for the area, too.




























Recommendations for Douglasville eateries


For breakfast, we had Farmer's Table, which is locally sourced and fresh. I had an iced coffee and breakfast tacos (and let me tell you, those things were good as hell).









For lunch, we headed to Taste of Thai, which was my first time having Thai food. The coconut soup was included with the meal, and tasted a lot like coconut flavored cream of chicken. It's definitely a taste to acquire.








For an afternoon treat, we went back to Farmer's Table for a visit to the accompanying sweet shop. I got a coffee flavored rolled ice cream, complete with chocolate covered espresso beans.