Balboa Park – San Diego’s Answer to New York’s Central Park

After spending the winter (5 months) at Palm Creek in Casa Grande, Arizona we have hit the road to begin our West Coast Tour. Our plan is to follow the west coast north through California, Oregon, and Washington State and then head over to Idaho’s Coeur D’Alene and then head south thru Idaho, Nevada, and the western portion of California , including Yosemite and Death Valley. Who knows what will actually happen but that is the ‘plan’.

 

We are staying at the Santee Lakes Regional Park about 20 minutes from downtown San Diego. Great park with excellent access to the sights and activities of San Diego.

For the next week or so we are travelling with Anne & Rick, our friends from Palm Creek. All too soon they will go their separate way as they have a commitment in Canada. We have had a great time with them and will miss their company. No worries though – we will meet them back in Palm Creek next fall.

Here are some pictures from San Diego’s Balboa Park, a great park created by the founder of San Diego patterned after New York’s Central Park. It has a number of museums and exhibits plus a spectacular rose garden.

The painted ‘skull’ is from a very good Mexican restaurant (I forget the name, sorry) located at 5th & Maple. The Carousel is a restored antique located between Balboa Park and the San Diego Zoo complete with hand carved animals.

See Ya!

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