Estes Park Wool Market
Sunday I took a day off — I’m trying to do that every once in a while, and y’all in back can stop laughing now — and went up to the Estes Park Wool Market. I knew that there were going to be wooly animals there, since Mel had gone on at some length about llamas and alpacas and sheeps! But what I hadn’t realized is that the wool market is primarily about the animals.
There were competitions for sheep, llama, alpaca, and goats — we got to watch part of the sheep judging, complete with proud kids and 4-H banners. And exceptionally cranky sheep. We didn’t try to pet those.
We tried to pet just about everything else though. The llamas and alpacas tended to be very aloof, though we found a few who didn’t mind some attention.
The sheep were (with the exception of the ones being judged) far friendlier.
One of them didn’t want to let us go, he was having so much fun getting scratched.
Momma and baby sheep:
Look at the horns on this guy! A lot of the sheep had four horns — it seems to be pretty common — but this guy’s were the awesomest.
And there was a baby yak! He was only six days old and was being bottle fed. He was adorable! Such a tiny thing. We gave him lots of love.
There were big grownup yaks too. Even grownup yaks are terribly cute.
Yak butt!
I want a yak. Next time you go, pls to steal me one.
Haha, oh doofus sheep. <3
@Andrea: The baaaaby yak was only $1000….
(Psst! Grownup yaks are more like teenage yaks! They get even bigger!)
Awesome! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Yak in person, hope to some day, in Tibet. :)
Ooh real yaks in Tibet! But you can always visit here for the Wool Market too. *tempt* *tempt*