Originally published in Yellowstone Valley Woman.
Angi Lyngby-Cox loves the calm and curiosity of this social herd
Just west of Billings sits the Mule Train Alpaca Ranch (MT Alpaca Ranch), where alpacas roam and an occasional antelope and deer may play. Home on the 20-acre range are owners Angi and Udo Lyngby-Cox, who raise alpacas — slender-bodied animals with long necks and legs, small heads and pointed ears. These adorable creatures have fleece that is made into luxuriously soft, warm garments and blankets. The couple breeds the animals to continually improve the conformation and fiber characteristics of this creature’s much-sought-after fleece.
Calm and curiosity reign at MT Alpaca Ranch with the two breeds of Suri and Huacaya alpacas. The Huacaya fleece resembles that of a teddy bear while the Suri fleece looks like “dreadlocks.” Angi says of her raising and being with her alpacas, “This is a quiet place. A place of serenity and reflection when I’m with them.”…