How many people knew September 29th is National Alpaca Day? Well, now you do.
To celebrate the holiday we visited a local alpaca farm just down the road from my parent's house. We learned a lot about alpacas, which Sam still insists on calling "llama alpacas." After a little coaxing Sam decided it was safe to pet the alpaca named Tuko. This little baby alpaca was so busy eating some grass he didn't notice the farmer coming up and all his other fellow alpacas taking off. I consider it lucky the grass was so distracting.
Sam liked petting the alpaca, but was more interested in talking to the ones on the other side of the fence. He said, "It's soft, like a dog." You can tell that he isn't around a lot of animals.
I was also able to convince my mom to sign up for a drawing to win a pair of free alpacas. We think chances are good since she was the only one to sign up. If so next September there will be an alpaca farm tour at the Koontz house.
Jordan and Sam trying to get close without scaring the alpacas away.
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