Balboa Park

We are so fortunate to have the beautiful Balboa park in our midst here in San Diego. First built for he 1915 Worlds Exhibition, it has remained one of the iconic parks, full of lush landscaping, water features, canyons and host to a large number of museums.



Deciding that all work and no play was making us pretty dull, we decided on an outing to Balboa park yesterday afternoon. It's a destination that Maya can come along and yesterday she did. We meandered through the pretty spaces, had a sit in Alcazar garden, and visited the Vochol exhibit.

Over 2 million beads!

.....crazy detail





We ended up at the organ concert. The Spreckles organ is one of the largest outdoor organs in the world and was first played at the 1915 opening of the park. Every Sunday at 2:00 p.m. there is a free organ concert. Admittedly not my favorite music, but Mark loves it. When I saw him pick up the large, sun protecting umbrella, I knew that signaled his intent to spend some time listening to organ music.