3 Years Around the World

Balboa Park

Day 261: June 16, 2025 – San Diego, California



Balboa Park is a San Diego gem. At 1,200 acres, it’s bigger than many cities. It could take months to see its 19 gardens, 18 museums, theater, zoo, recreation center and restaurants. Here are a few shots from an afternoon of exploring.

Botanical building
Inside the Botanical buiilding
Artist at work in the Rose Garden
Rose Garden
“The Poet and His Muse”
by Niki de Saint Phalle in Alcazar Garden
Museum of Us
Butterfly Weed
A red-tailed hawk soars above Balboa Park
Spanish Village Art Center
Aeonium
Coral Tree
Smoothies Bar
8 responses to “Balboa Park”
  1. Mary Avatar
    Mary

    Love your flowers, as I always do.

    1. Basia Avatar
      Basia

      Yes, I remember! 🙂

  2. Dave v. Avatar
    Dave v.

    Thanks for sharing the beautiful photos. Brought back memories of revisiting the zoo in the ’00s, and playing in the park wilds in the ’50s. I still have the scars from falling on palm fronds.

  3. Ron Walker Avatar
    Ron Walker

    You’re right, it’s a gem. We’re so lucky to have all this on our doorstep!

  4. Shannon Clubb Avatar
    Shannon Clubb

    I have fond memories of us in San Diego with Jane Anne and her family. Funny I was coming home from Reno just last week and had a stop in SD and was thinking just of that trip !!!!! I still have a picture of you letting the kids bury you in the sand at the beach. Good memories with you and Jane Anne.

    1. Debbie S Wallace Avatar
      Debbie S Wallace

      Now you are in my neck of the woods. Grew up a few miles outside San Diego… In Santee. How long are you docked in San Diego? Enjoy!!!
      Balboa Park is the Best!!!

      1. Basia Avatar
        Basia

        Debbie – we were in San Diego for just a couple days. I was considering going to Santee because it’s supposedly a good birding spot, but ran out of time. We are about to arrive in SF today.

    2. Basia Avatar
      Basia

      Yes! I have a whole bunch of pictures from that. And yes I especially love the one of me buried in the sand…those were the days