Camels



Who you looking at?



 There have been a few experiments with camels in Southern California.  Well, if you look around at parts of the Mojave Desert you would think you were in some outpost manned by the French Foreign Legion.

Towards the end of the 19th century, the army used camels to travel with their provisions along what is now Interstate 10.  Then the railway came through and the name of the place became Waterman.  Now it is Barstow.

Today, if you want to see camels in a natural habitat you can visit them at Mojave Narrows Regional Park in Victorville/Apple Valley.

They live on the ranch there where horses can be rented; they are quite friendly even though they have that wonderful snooty look about them.

Camels in Victorville (or are they Dromedaries?)