Oklahoma and the alpacas....

 It is Thursday, April 8th and we are now on that part of the trip whereby we drive 8 hours or so every night til we get home.....So, we passed thru Oklahoma City and Tulsa and are presently in a little town called Jay, Oklahoma.  It is a harvest host farm, and this particular farm has alpacas.  Did I mention that about 1/2 hour from the farm, we found ourselves looking at a closed road sign just before the bridge into the town...There was a bit of a confusing detour and extra driving but we got there.

This alpaca farm has 33 females and 14 male alpacas and 1 llama.  They bought their farm in 2008 with a handful of alpacas.  They breed them, and today, they bred 5 of them.  The gestation period for alpacas is about 11.5 months. The females range in age from 8 months to 17 years old.  We went inside the gate and walked around with them.  I was impressed at how quiet they are and how observant they seemed to be.  The owner said that there is always one or two alpacas that are “on patrol “ for the group.  She said that one can never just have 1 or 2 of them.

When you stay at a “harvest host”, you make a purchase if possible to support their business.  So, I purchased a hat and some yarn that was sheered from their alpacas.  Tonight, as I get ready for bed, the farm is quiet for human or auto sounds......but I am listening to group of coyotes howling and an owl hooting.  It doesn’t get any better!and this is my morning picture!

And this is my morning view....