Alpacapalooza 2011

This weekend we participated in our first alpaca show of the year, Alpacapalooza, hosted by the Alpaca Association of Western Washington at the Clark County Event Center in Ridgefield, WA.  It seemed like the rain would never stop for the week prior to attending the show.  We did our best to try to keep them under cover, but we don't have a barn.  By Friday when we loaded up to head to the show our show string was like wet sponges.  A little bit of a disheartening way to start the show season, but it is the first weekend in April in the NW....rain happens!

Alpaca shows are always a fun time and it's great to get to see all our friends and other breeders we don't get to see throughout the year.  So no matter what the results in the show ring it is a fun and exciting time.  This year we had entries in Halter classes, Production classes and the Fleece Show.  We also had a few offspring being shown from other ranches out of a couple of our Herd Sires.

Here's a picture of our friend Kelli from Four Seasons Alpaca Ranch taking a Blue Ribbon with her CCNF Andean Fury daughter, Four Season Farms Jasmine.  Photo courtesy of our friend Janice Ngan.