Monday, May 17, 2010

Today we leave the house for the RV; if it is finished.
I went over to the ranch across from us to see the alpacas. Herb gave me their mailing address and email address to be able to keep in touch. He said it'll be a really dry summer with high chances of wild fires because they didn't receive enough snow this winter. When the owners of our rental house come the first of June, Herb needs to tell them to cut the dry grass around the house. You need a 30 foot barrier around the house to be safe from the fires. Herb has 100 feet of gravel around his ranch, so he'll be fine.
The alpaca had a 19 # baby boy with blue eyes. He'll make a good pet and he'll be good for his wool; but he won't work for a stud because the blue eyed alpacas usually end up deaf. That is not good because they need to be able to hear the llama and the dog making noise when a wolf is around. I was able to hold the baby alpaca. The mother alpaca kept baaing at me because she didn't want me to hold her son. But she didn't bite or push me; she just stayed really close to me. Herb said he would sell us the baby alpaca when we return to Florida! Couldn't you see an alpaca in Florida with all of that thick wool! It would pass out!
Sofia, I fed the 6 horses every night I was here. I also found out some of the others names. Sherman is the roan; Painter is the brown and white painted pony; Lady is the black and white painted pony; Maddie is the sorrel colored (light brown); the really dark horse that always was wearing a coat and was always so shy was a show horse that has something wrong with her. The other dark brown horse that is fairly young and a bully is a new addition to these stables. Herb doesn't know his name. But he always bites the other horses so he can get the carrots. They still don't have much grass in their paddocks to eat. The owner is in New Mexico putting tattoos onto horses lips instead of branding them. His wife is still here taking care of the horses.
We drove to Livingston to check on my boots we ordered. Then we drove to Billings to the RV. It took 3 hours and the RV isn't ready. The part won't be in until tomorrow. They allowed us to stay in the RV and hook up to their power and water overnight. The part should be here by noon tomorrow.