Howling Hill Ranch ~THE GENETIC GIGOLOS~
"Success is in our DNA"
The first blankets have arrived - 
T
hey are beautiful!
And thank you for visiting this page! Here you will learn how to participate in one of the industry's most exciting ventures!
If this is the first you have heard about The Alpaca Blanket Project, check out the following link, but be sure to come back! About the Alpaca Blanket Project
fiber pick-up routes
We - Rich and Shannon Koch - will be taking vacation beginning June 20th, and driving a truck through Eastern Idaho, Southern Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and parts of We would like to establish the Drop Points close to trip route. To help offset the John Malkus, with West Coast Alpaca Transport has graciously agreed to help us collect fiber along the I-5 corridor between California and Washington. If you live in this area and have fiber you would like to send to the Alpaca Blanket Project, please read the instructions below. To take advantage of his generosity without causing him problems we ask you to follow a few simple rules: Peter and Carol - FOUNDERS OF THE ALPACA BLANKET PROJECT - will be taking several trips around Oregon this summer to pick up fleece. As they get their route and dates planned the details will be posted here.
Oregon. We need your help to consolidate fiber and establish Drop Points
for these runs. A DROP POINT is simply a place for others to bring their fiber,
which will then be picked up and trucked to Oregon. All you need is a dry
place to store it, and we’ll do the rest. Please email us at richnshan@hotmail.com and let us know if you can help with this. For those who cannot be a Dro
p Point, but want to
donate fiber, please check out the map for your closest Drop Point. If there is
not one near you, let us know and we will try find a way to get it.
cost of our trip, we are asking .25 cents per pound with a $10 minimum and
a $25 maximum. (click to enlarge map) 
1. Please pack your fiber in plastic bags with your identification (business cards
work great!) inside the bags. Do not pack your fiber in boxes. This way it will take
up less space for the alpacas he hauls.
2. Please agree to meet John along I-5 in a place that is easily accessible for his
trailer.
3. Please meet him at the time agreed upon. His primary job is transporting
alpacas, and we don't want to hold him up on his deadlines.
4. Be sure to thank him for this generous donation of time and transportation!
To contact John to find out when he will be in your area and arrange a pickup,
click on the icon below to leave him an email. Or you can visit his website at
http://www.westcoastalpacatransport.com/ 
Packaging requirements
2) Inside your bag please put a slip with the following information:
- Ranch Name:
- Ranch Identifier: (if you have one)
- Box number: (if boxed)
- Bag number:
- Weight:
- Color:
- Grade: (if known)
- Put complete name and address on the back of each slip.
3) Please include a talley sheet with the above information for each bag being dropped off.
4) Please pay the requested donation fee (25 cents per pound with a $10 minimum and a $25 maximum) when you drop off fleece at the collection point.
5) See the Alpaca Blanket Project Website for other fleece requirements.
