Monday, September 1, 2008

Alpacas? How did this happen??

This path I've embarked on all started several years ago when I was snow skiing in Winter Park, CO, and went in a knit shop looking for yarn. Yes, I love to knit! Anyway, while there I saw pictures of the alpacas the owners of the store were raising and thought they were sooooo cute! End of story - not quite. A year or two later I was in the same shop, saw new pictures and thought Cameron should raise these on her newly acquired land. They would go well with the cat, dogs, and pig! At least I thought that until I learned the price - never mind. I'm a "good mama/grandmother" but not that good!

Flash forward to this summer. I sold a rental property as I realized I was a "loser" as a landlord. The tenant went more months without paying than paying! I had planned to invest the money in land but hadn't found just what I had envisioned when something else happened. I was in another knit shop, this one in MS, and the owner was showing me raw alpaca fleece which she was thrilled to have purchased. (See a pattern here?) The light bulb went off and I realized that if Cameron and Danny were interested I could buy the alpacas and we could partner on raising them on their land!

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