Alpaca Farm

Open house at the Alpaca Farm!

Alpacas are one of the oldest domesticated animal

They are sheared once a year in the spring.

This baby weighs about 25 pounds

five week old baby

Getting ready to spit

This farm has 17 alpacas. Photos are of the females. The males

including Geronimo, are kept separate.

The white fiber can be dyed, so it is the most versatile.

Spinning alpaca fiber into yarn.

Omelette with Boars head chedder and Wenslydale
Playing with dry ice...sublimation

Looking through the drinking glass

Eye agate found by ME!

Margaret's agate

Margaret's finds

Mary Emma's finds... two pieces of petrified wood on the left

Camping

Camping the week of Sept 13

The girls roasting dough over the campfire.
Lake Pepin

One of the baby mice Margaret found.

rock, fossil, agate hunting...in pajamas

Playing in the park in PJ's

breakfast

eggs and hot cocoa

watching a movie in the tent.

Star watch

Hobo dinner!

The fort....we have worked on this all summer. We went back

yesterday, and it was destroyed.

B10

Had the place to ourselves...empty campground

math

Writing a story

LUCKY!

Writing a story

One of the three pieces of petrified wood that Mary Emma found.

made these kabobs at home....placed them in a bag with marinade

and cooked them on the fire....YUMMO!

Barley is the best camping dog EVER!

View from inside the tent.

Bad storm on Wednesday night!
After being evacuated in the dark, we went back the next day to check out

the damages....lots of water...two broken poles.