First, we took the train to the Expo center which I have to say was pretty much painless...well, except for the guy on the train who kept telling his girlfriend that she "was just a bitch" and she would respond with "I'm just trying to better myself" about 25 times two rows down from us. Luckily, Maxwell was pretty oblivious thanks to someone having left a bunch of balloon animals on the train for (I'm guessing) random children to find.
but on to the show...Ok, so there are apparently two main types of alpaca, Huacayas and Suri. The most popular of the alpaca breeds are the Huacayas, which are your typical curly haired fuzzy alpacas. The Suris are actually Huacayas with a few recessive genes thrown in there, but the Suri, with their corded hair and adorable little goofy faces are starting to advance in the US. Although people in South America have been breeding Suri alpacas for...I don't know millions of years or something, they have only been in the US since 1991. Of course, you would never want to mention cross breeding a Suri with a Huacaya to a Suri breeder, because then the breeders will come after you with pitchforks, conveniently already located in the stalls for clearing of hay ridden with alpaca pellets.
They also come in variations of 3 colors, red, white and black, and all of the color variations come from those three colors. I have to say that I did see some beautiful animals there, including this one on the way to be judged...
Max called these "Teddy Bear Alpacas" and started mincing me saying "oh, hello there beautiful, aren't you a beauty?" He wouldn't touch them, but commended me on my bravery for letting them snuff my hand...they have little noses that are like velvet!
He looks mean, but seriously, this was the friendliest alpaca there...
Roving, roving, roving...
I like to call this one a "Rastapaca"
Of course, the Alpaca Cult was there, recruiting as always...
These were all Suri alpacas, but they come with the requisite "enforcer" alpaca in case you start asking too many questions, if you know what I mean...
Max tried his hand at spinning
And then we went back on the train where I gave him smoothie and enjoyed a quiet ride home before the sugar hit...incidentally, did you know you could get a durian smoothie at the Saturday Market? I had no idea...lucky for me Max was more into strawberry and banana than corpse fruit.
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