Tuesday, August 4, 2009

summer camp: farm animals (alpaca farm)

This morning we visited Black Creek Alpaca Farm in Marion, NY. There we met a 2 day old cria (baby alpaca) pictured below. The mother certainly stepped up to do her job and watched carefully what the boys did and did not let us too close to her baby.

Hey mama, that's my baby . . .watch it (don't worry Blaise just laughed the whole time).

8 acres of farm (you can have approximately 10 alpacas per acre), alpacas to feed, chores to be done (we helped a bit with them) and boys cautiously excited to meet these very soft creatures. After feeding our new friends the boys each received a small finger puppet to take home made from alpaca yarn . . . we will have to visit again soon.

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