Well, as the quote goes, our best laid plan to get our Montana ranch up and running before winter has been trumped by the earliest arrival of winter weather that anyone here can remember. This comes on the heels of the coldest, snowiest spring that anyone can remember, and the coldest, wettest summer. Thanks to all the weather delays, we find ourselves approaching winter (and it looks like it will be a hard one) without the facility being completely finished.
After the first two snow storms in September that dropped over a foot of snow, followed by the week of sub-freezing daytime high temperatures, Don came up from Arizona to check on me. We reviewed our options and decided that discretion is the better part of valor in this case...we will move the herd back to Arizona for the winter. While costly and a lot of work, this feels like the right decision. It is safer for me and for the alpacas. We will try again to get moved in up here next spring.
So starting in early November, look for us at Heartland Ranch, home of Mark and Rachel Hendrickson (and, formerly, Heartland Ranch Alpacas). Heartland Ranch is located about 30 miles north of the Mexico boarder, and about an hour southeast of Tucson. Come see us if you are in the area!
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