Editor's note: This article was published in Grand Traverse Scene magazine's Fall 2025 issue. Pick up a free copy at area hotels, visitor's centers, chambers of commerce or at the Record-Eagle building on Front Street. Click here to read GT Scene in its entirety online.

Comfort can seem to be in short supply these days. Except at Crystal Lake Alpaca Farm and Boutique where the warmth of interacting with soulful animals and the opportunity to buy the softest, coziest fall wear on Earth, both soothes and gladdens.

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