A weekend of llamas

This was a full weekend of llamas. From traveling to Virginia to deliver two angora goats to a friend and shear her llama, Eubie, to a llama trek on Saturday.

Seeing my friend and Eubie (see previous post - Wrapped up in llama) again was a treat. I had hoped Eubie was as still as sweet as he was a year ago, and he didn't disappoint us. Plus, seeing him adjusted to his new environment was a treat.

Each morning my friend opens to the gate to the pasture and lets Eubie and her nine goats (now 11 - with the two new girls) roam freely over her 150-acre farm. In the evening, they all come home and she goes and closes the gate behind them.

The farm is pretty vertical. Seeing a herd of goats and a llama scale the mountainside beside her house is a treat. It gives you insight into how llamas must look and behave in the wild. Eubie makes climbing the mountain look easy, but it's not above him to leave the goats long enough to stroll by the house in the hopes of scoring a carrot treat.

Although we feared wet weather may cancel our llama trek at Divine Llama Vineyards yesterday, it was a very nice hike. Gretchen and Katie were great guests. We took another male llama from Four Ladies and Me farm with our two boys for the first time. Our alpha male was determined to let the new guy know the rank and file on the crew. Gretchen and Katie tolerated his snorting well.

All three llamas enjoyed wading in the stream as the guests enjoyed their picnic lunch. It's hard to say who enjoys these outings more - the guests, the llamas or us.