You may be wondering, "how on earth are there zebras in California?! Are they sure they didn't just see black and white horses?"
In answer to all your musings, zebras are legitimately what we saw. There were about 15 free range zebras standing in a field munching on grass, just like you might see deer munching grass of the side of the road in Idaho. We saw them as we drove by, and pulled off to the side of the road to watch them. And we have the pictures to prove it, which will be posted at a later date.
So how did the zebras get there? Just a few miles from where we saw them, is a historical landmark known as Hearst Castle (which we were able to visit). In around the 1920s through the 1940s, this estate was built by a rich newspaper owner/editor and influential political figure named William Randolph Hearst. In building this Castle, he added ancient artifacts and animals from all over the world. This is also where the zebras come in. At the time, he owned the largest, independently owned zoo in the world. He collected animals like kangaroos, polar bears (seriously!), giraffes, zebras, elephants, lions and the list goes on and on and on. Today there are still a few species of the animals that remain on the Castle property and the surrounding land. The zebras are one of them!!! Yes, quite a unique and wonderful experience to
add adventure to our honeymoon.
In answer to all your musings, zebras are legitimately what we saw. There were about 15 free range zebras standing in a field munching on grass, just like you might see deer munching grass of the side of the road in Idaho. We saw them as we drove by, and pulled off to the side of the road to watch them. And we have the pictures to prove it, which will be posted at a later date.
So how did the zebras get there? Just a few miles from where we saw them, is a historical landmark known as Hearst Castle (which we were able to visit). In around the 1920s through the 1940s, this estate was built by a rich newspaper owner/editor and influential political figure named William Randolph Hearst. In building this Castle, he added ancient artifacts and animals from all over the world. This is also where the zebras come in. At the time, he owned the largest, independently owned zoo in the world. He collected animals like kangaroos, polar bears (seriously!), giraffes, zebras, elephants, lions and the list goes on and on and on. Today there are still a few species of the animals that remain on the Castle property and the surrounding land. The zebras are one of them!!! Yes, quite a unique and wonderful experience to
add adventure to our honeymoon.
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