The title “Futurity Champion” brings with it perhaps more cachet than any other term in the US alpaca industry. Though the Futurity is often not the largest alpaca show in the country, it has always been the toughest. It is unquestionably the Major Leagues to every other large show’s AAA ball. If you are in the the ribbons…
For the first 10 years of the NAAS’s existence we helped (ok, truth in advertising: mostly Jennifer helped, while I schlepped our kids around more than usual throughout the month of March) to actually organize and run the show itself….
We got word this week that CCNF was declared the winner of both the AOA Heirloom Halter Cup and the AOA Heirloom Fleece Cup at the recently completed Alpaca Owners Association National Alpaca Show in Harrisburg, PA! That means that we were the top overall point getters in the “large farm” division. Though it’s not totally…
Oh, the joys of a late winter road trip! After watching and fretting over the weather forecast starting almost a week in advance — and with things looking increasingly dire with each passing day — we got the automated call from Sam’s high school last Tuesday night (3/11), that his school was in fact cancelled…
Well that was interesting to say the least. We honestly didn’t head to the Empire show in Syracuse, NY last Friday thinking that we could possibly improve upon the previous week’s results from the Green Mountain show, yet improve we did. How well did we do? I think that both Jennifer and I would say…
So as readers of this blog know by now, we spent this past weekend up at the Green Mountain show in Essex, VT. Perhaps just as important to us as having a show that we only have to drive 1.5 hours to get to though, is the fact that Essex is located right next to…
