Horse and cows, yes. Mexican longhorn Corriente cattle, yes. Llamas? Quite possibly. Goats? For sure. But camels in San Diego’s backcountry? And I’m not speaking of the dromedaries at the world-renowned San Diego Zoo Safari Park, also a great place to see camels.
No, I was 45 minutes east of San Diego exploring the backcountry when just after rounding a bend on State Route 78—the main meandering road to the mountains and desert beyond—I hit the low-grade hill’s bottom straightaway and saw camels in a spacious pasture, moseying around between large boulders and grazing on the scrubby grassland fauna.
