Llama expert, Navy veteran, and former commercial abalone diver Al Ellis imagined his 207-acre Sublette County ranch would one day become a sanctuary for veterans. That vision is now taking shape after Ellis passed the deed for his property to the Boulder Crest Foundation just before Christmas.
“We want other people to enjoy this space — people who deserve it, people who we owe something to,” Ellis told Cowboy State Daily from the living room of his two-story log home. “Llamas are the reason this house is here,” the 84-year-old said. “We visualized being old here and wheeling over to the big windows to watch the llamas.” That’s what his wife, Sondra, enjoyed. She died in August after a lengthy health battle.
