Yep, Everyone, that's right, an Alpaca farm, yep, real, live Alpacas, cousins to Llamas. We went to Suncrest Alpaca Farm on Friday, September 2nd at about 9 in the morning. We drove up to a house that had a barn out back with some Alpacas out back. These fuzzy, and odd looking animals are kept for either showing or their fleece which is 8 times warmer than wool, no lanolin (making the wool seem greasy) and isn't scratchy. About 40% of the population is hypoallergenic to wool, but only 3% is allergic to the Alpaca fleece. We got to see the process from which the fleece is turned into yarn. By the way, Josh and I got some awesome Alpaca fleece hats! They are very warm and pretty cool! We got some pictures!
So also in the title is High Country Orchards, they grow mainly grapes and Palisade peaches. These Palisade peaches are known as the world's best peaches, and boy are they ever! Palisade peaches are as big as Josh's hand and weigh in at about a half a pound each! Here are the pictures from the Orchard and Alpaca Farm.
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| All of us with baby Alpaca, Rocky. |
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| A white bunny that is kept for its fleece |
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| Palisade peaches the size of Josh's hand! |
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| Josh and I in our Alpaca fleece hats! |
WOW! You guys have seen some amazing sights! I have always wanted to go to the Grand Canyon and also see the ruins at Mesa Verde. We'll have to talk more after you get back. I need some reccommendations from your mom on how long our family should wait to head out west! (I doubt your trip would be as fun if you had a 3-yr-old in the mix!) Can't wait to hear about your next stop, and also to see you all upon your return. Be careful out there!
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Oh! I love the bunny! we want to get Angora rabbits and use the fleece but my dad said no...bummer.
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