Moonshadow Alpaca Ranch

After spending the night at the Casino we started out on the next stop of our travels. Through Harvest Hosts we had arranged to stay at the  Moonshadow Alpaca Farm just outside of Bellingham. We arrived early in the afternoon and we were greeted by our friendly host Deb. She helped us get set up including running out an extension cord for us to have power - way beyond what she needed to do - such a great host!
Once we were all set up she took us on a tour of the barns and we got to meet a bunch (herd?, group?, pack?) - well, a whole lot of the cutest Alpacas! The most fantastic part of the visit was we got to see "Obsession" or "Mo" as they call her and her brand new five'ish hour old baby!!!! It (I think it was a she) was the fuzziest little thing already up and walking around within an hour of birth.

Mama and Baby

We met a whole bunch of "ladies" in another fan cooled indoor pen (Alpacas suffer from the heat coming from the high cold air of the South American mountains) and then went outside to meet "the Boys" who were in and out of the barn watching everything we did. Even seeing the 30 or so Alpacas not one of them looked alike - they each had their own look about them and have such "Character" faces including one I thought looked like a "Wookie". I loved running my hands over their supersoft fur. They get sheared in the spring and the fleece is sent out to be spun into skeins of such soft wool that is sold in the little "store" they have on the property as well as other items some made in South America that help South American families.

I think this one looks like a bunny!

Such inquisitive looks they gave us!

The "WOOKIE" called Magnum - my favourite!

We had a nice "happy hour" of wine and cheese under the shade trees being watched by a dozen inquisitive eyes of "the Boys" followed by a great dinner. We then took Henry & Bitsey (yes - we took the quivering, shivering, whining lump of fur with us this time) for a walk up the scenic rural road and then off to bed for a wonderful restful sleep.

Sleeping under the trees a few feet from
Alpacas is probably a once in a lifetime memory!