The Garden of Eden

If I had to imagine the Garden of Eden I would imagine it to look like Balboa Park. That place is sooooo beautiful. After walking around the gardens there I resolved to come home and whip my back yard in shape (too bad it's getting to be the time when it's 5,000 degrees outside--now my enthusiasm will surely fade by the time October comes around.)

When we got there I realized that I had forgotten (no surprise there) batteries for the (new) camera back at the campsite. Luckily there was a gift shop that sold them.

Every time we go to San Diego we plan a trip to Balboa Park to see something different. This time I really wanted to see the Japanese Friendship Garden. It was a little pricey ($15 for all of us) for how small it was, but it was definitely beautiful and tranquil.

The kids especially loved the huge koi fish.

Curtis and Hannah wanted to go into the Timken museum so the rest of us waited outside by the the lily pond. It was perfect weather and everything smelled so clean and fresh.

Hallie and her hoodie.

After walking over to the U.N. buildings (Hannah's choice) we decided to go in the San Diego Botanical Society building. That was AWESOME!!! I can't believe the diversity of plant life they have in there, and it really showed me that we have NOTHING (!!!) around here. Our trees barely give enough shade for a little lizard. *sigh*

Look at these orchids! I want to move in. I'll just take up a little corner of the place. I'll be no bother at all. I promise.

Hannah couldn't believe how big the leaves were. Poor thing. She has decided that she wants to go to SDU for college. That is, if it doesn't fall in the ocean after the several quakes San Diego has had since last week.

I wanted to take a picture in front of these gladiolas but there was a big ugly trash can in the way. Curtis moved the can to the other side of this planter so we could take this shot. We didn't move it back before we walked away because really, we had only moved it a few feet. Well, the lady manning the booth that was closest totally gave us the stink-eye as she moved the trash can back. Sorry for living. lady!

That place is magical. If you are in the area, you should go. We've been to the Science Center, San Diego Zoo, San Diego Museum of Modern Art, and the Museum of Natural History.

Next year: The Air and Space Museum and the Railroad museum. I can hardly wait!