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12-08-2017, 08:35 PM
Hello all,
I’ve been lurking for a while and posted a few times. I thought it was about time that I did and introduction.
I live in Mount Vernon, WA. I grew up in western Washington, Tacoma area. I’ve been hiking and backpacking in the Cascades and Olympics since I was a teenager (I'm now 72). I’ve had problems with back pain since my thirties and could not carry a back pack for a good part of my adult life.
In 2000 we were hiking on the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie river trail when we met a couple of people walking down the trail with a couple of goats following, carrying their stuff. That piqued our interest, so we stopped and chatted with them.
Pack goats sounded like an intriguing way to be able to go on multiday trips again. So, I started researching pack goats. I found that Donna Semasko, Edelweiss Acres , in Olympia was putting on a pack goat seminar that spring. We went to the seminar, got a bunch of information, and came home with two goat kids. That was the start of it all. I’ve been packing with goats since.
The 2000 kids in 2002:
Franz Klaus
Hans & Snowball Hans & Klaus
Klaus The 2000 kids
I did not want to wait until the kids were grown, so I started looking for a couple of adults, and found Jefferson and Blazer.
Jefferson and Blazer in 2001
Perry
I’ve been lurking for a while and posted a few times. I thought it was about time that I did and introduction.
I live in Mount Vernon, WA. I grew up in western Washington, Tacoma area. I’ve been hiking and backpacking in the Cascades and Olympics since I was a teenager (I'm now 72). I’ve had problems with back pain since my thirties and could not carry a back pack for a good part of my adult life.
In 2000 we were hiking on the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie river trail when we met a couple of people walking down the trail with a couple of goats following, carrying their stuff. That piqued our interest, so we stopped and chatted with them.
Pack goats sounded like an intriguing way to be able to go on multiday trips again. So, I started researching pack goats. I found that Donna Semasko, Edelweiss Acres , in Olympia was putting on a pack goat seminar that spring. We went to the seminar, got a bunch of information, and came home with two goat kids. That was the start of it all. I’ve been packing with goats since.
The 2000 kids in 2002:
Franz Klaus
Hans & Snowball Hans & Klaus
Klaus The 2000 kids
I did not want to wait until the kids were grown, so I started looking for a couple of adults, and found Jefferson and Blazer.
Jefferson and Blazer in 2001
Perry