Vacation rentals in Fort Collins

Welcome to Smooth Alpaca! Our unique and immersive Alpaca adventure will thrill you. Discover the "inside" workings of a renowned Alpaca ranch. You'll be surrounded with surreal mountain views and totally immersed in Colorado nature. You'll be entertained as well as educated while you're up close and personal with our Alpacas. You'll also get a behind the scenes look at the care facilities. Come experience this new and unforgettable adventure with your family and friends. Alpacas are gentle and bond with all ages. Come experience it for yourself! -Explore Nature casually without the requirement of Hiking -Guests have a ton personal time with the Alpacas -Safety orientation on how to interact with the Alpacas and Goats (including signing release of liability) -A Behind the Scenes look at an Alpaca Ranch -Guests interact with unhaltered Alpaca's in their natural habitat -If you bring your camera, you'll be able to take some great Alpaca photos -Kids encounters - Alpacas love children and infants -Feeding time is a perfect opportunity to get up close to our un-haltered alpacas. -We are ADA Accessible -We support and donate our ranch for many important causes: Men & Women with trauma, public service departments, Schools, kids with disabilities and much more. Contact us for information

Just Like my other pipe class but for pocket pipes! Instagram/mountainpupllc You will start by picking out your wood blanks from an assortment of hardwoods, both natural and dyed that will be assembled during our workshop, cut, carved, engraved if you like, polished and finished into something you can really be proud of. At the end of the workshop feel free to bring your own tobacco or otherwise seeing as how this is Colorado.... and give your new pipe a try on the patio! Feel free to bring a friend to observe for FREE! However seating is limited and prioritized for paying participants work order will go: -Pick your wood -Design your shapes -Assemble the blanks with glue and clamps -Write down what you would like to have laser engraved into the pipe while we take a quick beer/wine break -Sanding and finishing and engraving -Enjoy your new creation! The whole process will last roughly an hour and a half to two hours, we will be in my shop (Garage) the entirety of the work time and mainly you will be using a rotary tool with an extension attachment (makes it like using a pen to carve/sand rather than holding the entire tool). I will have music playing and examples for ideas, like I mentioned feel free to bring things to try with your new pipe after we are done or BYOB while we work as well. Just use common sense, we will be working with power tools that have sharp bits. Other things to note Any and all experience levels are welcome, I especially encourage folks who have never tried any wood working. I will always be there to help or step in if any step of the process makes you uncomfortable. I can often accommodate custom classes for specialty pipes, just shoot me a message anytime!

Upon arrival at the ranch, we'll get grounded and connected to the space and then visit with the goats (at least a herd of 12) to learn from their wisdom around curiosity, courage, confidence, and connection. We'll explore ways you can grow these qualities in your life as you meet each of them and give them scratches which is a nice flow of giving/receiving. You'll see which goat you connect with the most and you'll learn a bit about them. We'll do a short meditation to feel the goat quality you most want in your life. Then we'll head to the large horse pasture on several acres and you'll get to meet the herd of 4 horses and 1 mini donkey. Again you'll observe the horses and see which one you are most drawn to and why. You'll learn about each of the equines and what they teach which is often about power, leadership, presence, living from our hearts, and staying centered/grounded. We'll end with another short meditation to feel the healing power of the horses and become connected to the horse quality you want more of in your life and work. All work with the animals is on the ground (no riding) and is based on respectful touch and listening to their desires as much as our own.

Big “Hello” from the “Girls” and I on Arkansas Mountain. We begin our goat hiking adventure at the ol’ Stage Stop cabin, our home. It’s a passion of mine to unfold the feeling of the 1859 gold rush from the journals and letters kept by these people; men, women and children. First, you’ll meet Polly, Mimi, Polka and Coco, your hiking companions. They are gentle girl goats, intuitively aware of our younger hikers. They trek with us as we retrace the trail of the '59ers. You'll see old mine portals, the Cloud City school house, Cornish stone walls built to shore up hillsides, root cellars, blacksmith shop, and more. I'll point out holes where miners dynamited in their search for gold and multiple pine tree trunks growing over old mining tunnels. The land reveals many secrets of our past when you know its contours. Then the celebrated goat race. Full disclosure upon arrival! Race entrance offering 25cents. There is time for photos and trail stops for breathing and storytelling. Our hike ends at the STAGE STOP, where we began. The STAGE STOP was named for the blacksmith shop located on our property, the Ol' Crane Ranch. A review: "The hike with Valerie and her goats was the highlight of our trip. . . [H]er stories offered everything to experience the real beauty and history of Colorado." If price is prohibitive, suggest another.

In our tour you will learn about Longhopes, its mission and vision, and meet our donkeys. The experience is 2 hours long but may be longer depending how long you want to brush donkeys for ;) You will learn about their health, behavior, and medical needs that we provide when donkeys are rescued. You will see first hand results of past extreme rehabilitation cases. You then will walk through our paddocks... NO BINOCULARS NEEDED! Just your HANDS to pet them! Through the barns and paddocks you will meet our 60 residents and learn all of their stories. You will learn about our gentlest donkeys and will have a chance to experience meeting donkeys that have just entered our rehabilitation program. You will see our obstacle course and training arena, our hospital room, recovery room, barn and padock for our special needs donkeys, and will get to meet, pet, hug, kiss, and take several pictures with our donkeys. At the end of the tour you have the opportunity to feed treats to our senior donkeys, spend time brushing them, and help us with their training! Your experience will directly benefit the rehabilitation of the donkeys to help them get adopted into their forever home! Other things to note All guests must wear face masks or a face cover to protect the safety of other guests and Longhopes staff. Wear closed-toe shoes and comfortable clothes to walk in. Wear sun screen in summer/Heavy coats and hats in winter. During winter it can be muddy, so wear appropriate footwear to enjoy the tour