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Break Time

 Hearst Zebras Alerting To the Hartz'  After beating up my aging body all day Wednesday putting up a metal storage shed we decided to take a break and heal for the next session due today.  I said, "let's drive up the coast to Ragged Point and have lunch."  As usual, my bride said "I'm packed."  So after a great breakfast she made of scrambled eggs, honey-maple pork sausage and English muffins, off we went.  I opted for the freeway to get near the area sooner, and so we could stop and explore places once we got to Highway 1.  We stopped in San Simeon, a town with a dozen motels, a liquor store, and an "Indian" trading post.  After perusing the trading post we went into the small residential neighborhood, between the motels and the Hearst Corporation Ranch land. At the fence we were surprised and delighted to spot several of the legendary zebras, descendents of the ones brought in by William Randolph Hearst.  While my bride collected p...