Balboa Park Really Does Have It All

Let me start by pointing out that San Diego, CA doesn't get very much rain.  Among the fifty major cities in the U.S, San Diego ranks in a tie for third, behind Las Vegas and Phoenix.  Further, its rainiest months generally run from November to March.  So, with that said, how likely is it that idt will rain on a day in late April in San Diego?  Well, here it is, Jaime's wedding day and it's raining.  Well, into each life, a little rain...

Well, it's raining, and we have an open day until the wedding happens at 5:00 PM.  We head for San Diego's Balboa Park.  By reputation, Balboa Park is the biggest attraction in San Diego.  It is the home of the San Diego Zoo, and it contains fifteen museums, ten gardens and horticulture exhibits, and six centers for the performing arts.

One of the Museums is called the Museum of Man.  My wife observed that a museum containing exhibits like Instruments of Torture and Monsters and BEER-ology could not be called anything but a Man’s Museum.  Very droll.

When we visited, we learned Balboa Park has something else, too.  We walked along a path connecting two gardens and came upon a group of mothers with babies in those heavy-duty strollers they can run behind—Jogging Strollers.  They were being led through a series of exercises by a trainer with her own Jogging Stroller and baby.  As we skirted the next building, we entered a square with more than a dozen senior citizens tooling along behind their walkers.  I guess Balboa really does have it all.  At least it has people covered--from strollers to walkers, with everyone in between.