Alpacas and the Colorado National monument

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Our next stop as we made our way across Colorado westward was just down the road 
in Silt, Colorado where we stayed at another Harvest Host which was an alpaca farm.




They had 107 alpaca here including several new babies with their mothers



For only being two weeks old both the babies we saw were huge but we have since learned that when born they are about 1/3 the size of the mother...yikes!



These guys were recently sheared so their fleece may seem short





They are actually very friendly and don't shy away from people


We were lucky to be able to stay on such a beautiful rural setting.
We just camped out in the hay field and we were right at home.


For those of you who may be wondering how we can camp in the middle of a hay field without water or electric hook ups, we have the ability to carry 80 gallons of fresh water and with the holding tanks for grey water and black water we are able to easily dry camp like this for up to 5 days 
with all the comforts of home like hot showers and coffee in the morning.
And with the 400 watts of solar power and the new batteries we recently installed on the roof 
we have enough power to run the TVs, computers, fans and most appliances.
We can't run the microwave or A/C but hey, we're supposed to roughing it, right?  



So glad me made this stop but it's time to move onto Fruita, CO and the 
Colorado National Monument!


While it's less than 100 miles away the landscape in the Colorado National Monument  is worlds apart from the green mountains and fields of Glenwood Springs and Silt, Colorado.


Sitting on a high desert plain near the Utah border the Colorado National monument is 20,500 acres or 32 sq. miles of canyons, cliffs, rock formations and untold miles of hiking trails.


Hard to believe that Millions of years ago this entire area sat beneath a great ocean.




While we were here in early June the weather was warm but the hiking was great.


 

Yup,.. Life is Good...… Definitely!

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