Welcome to Lucky Acres Farm We hope you can come for a visit soon. In 1994 we bought 28 acres of land in Townville, SC. We were vactioning in the area and found an ad in the newspaper for an "old homestead" for sale. We immediately fell in love with the place and paid the initial real estate binder with a credit card check as we had no idea of purchasing land. For two years we came here on vacations from our home in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate NY. In september of 1996 Joe retired from his job with NY state and we moved here two days later. We have never been sorry. Gloria had to return to work to pay the mortgate and Joe has been very busy taking care of our homestead. We have always wanted to find something that would allow the land to pay for itself. In 2002 we learned about alpacas quite by chance from a magazine ad. We have always been animal lovers and fell in love with alpacas. We became members of AOBA and got much information about alpacas. We visited several farms in SC, NC, GA, and VA and attended seminars whenever we could. For one year we asked many questions of our new "alpaca friends" and learned all we could. We are most grateful for their guidance and advice. In May of 2003 our first alpacas were delivered. That was a very exciting day at Lucky Acres Farm. We purchashed 3 pregnant huacaya girls, one intact male, and one gelding. We also have a gelded guardian llama to look after the girls and babies. Our intention is to breed alpacas for quality fiber, excellent health and conformation, as well as a friendly disposition. I can hardly wait for the day that I can retire from my job and join Joe as a full time alpaca farmer.