Saturday, Nancy and I drove to Westcliffe for the day to look at the fall colors and the aspens. We ended up at
Bob and Sue Hill's alpaca farm. After stopping in Westcliffe for a nice lunch, we participated in Alpaca Farm Days. This took us to Bob and Sue's beautiful ranch out in Wet Mountain Valley just North of town. I like the hair style. Don't you?
Alpaca's are bred for their fleece which is extremely soft to the touch. They also have a very pleasant demeanor and seem to like people. I enjoyed feeding them. Bob and Sue use the ranch to show children how to raise and care for animals. Throughout the year you'll find a houseful of 5th graders running around and caring for their alpaca.
Sue offered to show Nancy how operate a loom. After only a few minutes Nancy began to enjoy it using both pedals and moving pretty fast. Maybe she's found a new occupation!
We did actually see a few trees changing color. This photo was taken from the Wet Mountains looking at the East side of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The
Sangre de Cristo Mountains are one of the longest mountain chains on Earth. They stretch from
Poncha Pass, Colorado, in the north to
Glorieta Pass, New Mexico, in the south. There are ten peaks over 14,000' high in the range, and more than two dozen over 13,000'. As you can see, it's starting to snow in the high country. Tyler and I climbed Horn Peak when he was about 10. It's the high one on the left in the photo.
We caught the fall colors at just the right time. Any later and we would've missed it. On the way back Nancy wanted to stop and look at
Royal Gorge. However, upon arrival we discovered they wanted
$24 per person to see it!
What? Why so much I asked? "You get to ride on the Ferris wheel and the other rides for free," I was told. I told her I could see the Grand Canyon for less than that and we walked away. Kind of a
ROYAL GOUGE, we thought.
Alpaca's are bred for their fleece which is extremely soft to the touch. They also have a very pleasant demeanor and seem to like people. I enjoyed feeding them. Bob and Sue use the ranch to show children how to raise and care for animals. Throughout the year you'll find a houseful of 5th graders running around and caring for their alpaca.
Sue offered to show Nancy how operate a loom. After only a few minutes Nancy began to enjoy it using both pedals and moving pretty fast. Maybe she's found a new occupation!
We did actually see a few trees changing color. This photo was taken from the Wet Mountains looking at the East side of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are one of the longest mountain chains on Earth. They stretch from Poncha Pass, Colorado, in the north to Glorieta Pass, New Mexico, in the south. There are ten peaks over 14,000' high in the range, and more than two dozen over 13,000'. As you can see, it's starting to snow in the high country. Tyler and I climbed Horn Peak when he was about 10. It's the high one on the left in the photo.
We caught the fall colors at just the right time. Any later and we would've missed it. On the way back Nancy wanted to stop and look at Royal Gorge. However, upon arrival we discovered they wanted $24 per person to see it! What? Why so much I asked? "You get to ride on the Ferris wheel and the other rides for free," I was told. I told her I could see the Grand Canyon for less than that and we walked away. Kind of a ROYAL GOUGE, we thought.
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