| We’ve brought a little bit of Macchu Picchu to southwest Idaho. Ever since we first laid eyes on these magical creatures from the Andes we’ve been helplessly under their spell. Alpacas are as much a part of the spiritual heritage of the Incas and their descendants as they are a part of the region’s ecosystem and economy. The spirit of these animals magnetically attracts people everywhere--adults and children alike--to their curious but unassuming faces, the soft fullness of their fiber, the lightness of their step, the vulnerability in their humming. As tenders of alpacas in the northern Americas, we are keenly aware of the beauty of the treasure that has been entrusted to us. Beneath the ranching enterprise, the thrill of owning and developing a herd, and the hope of building a successful business lies a conviction that these animals do not really belong to us; rather, they are messengers that point us back to a part of ourselves we’ve lost touch with as twenty-first century devotees of the gods of technology and consumerism-- a place that longs for the simplicity of living in peace, walking in beauty, in harmony with all of life.
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