Alpaca Farm Days are over for another year. What a great weekend. Our friends, Clara and Dan Clifton from Alpacas at Dairy Creek in North Plains, OR, and our assistant, Korynn Greisen, joined us for the weekend. There was a steady stream of visitors both days--there wasn't even time for us take a break for lunch.
Here is a photo of Dan Clifton allowing Jumpin Jack Flash to enjoy a hug from a very happy little visitor.
Our incredibly talented fiber artist, Peggy Boisvert, joined us and shared her skills with our visitors. She is very willing to explain the process involved in turning fiber into yarn and was wonderful with the children who found her spinning fascinating (they are not the only ones--Peggy just watched in amazement when she wasn't answering alpaca questions).
Sunday was the first day we put a halter and lead on Wilson Jr. He certainly did his father proud. We allowed him to walk around with Jumpin Jack Flash for a while and he was a natural. Here he is getting some hugs from Peggy's sons, Nikolai and Gabriel.
There was a great deal of interest and we thank our friend Denise Ness at Farm House Funk for sending a steady stream of visitors. We were also very fortunate in that the newspaper thought our event worthy enough to feature us in two sections of the paper--this one was especially fun as it was perfectly centered on the front page of Friday's Daily Astorian section where they highlight what is happening around town.
Lots of ideas for next year's event are being noted and follow-up calls being placed. This weekend is just such a great opportunity to share these critters with the community. More than once we heard people say they drive by all the time and were thrilled to get the chance to meet them and learn more about them.
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