Friday, March 15, 2013

Vacation Day 3: Balboa Park and Torrey Pines

Today we got up early and ate breakfast at a fun place called Hash House A Go Go. The food was great, yet portions were huge. Here we are with our meals. And yes that is a BBQ bloody mary with a pork rind garnish in the picture with Jason. And no I would not recommend it unless you, like him, enjoy drinking condiments.

After breakfast, we went to Balboa Park. We did the audio tour to get an overview of the park. It is massive and we couldn't come close to seeing it all in one day. It was beautiful and we enjoyed being outside and seeing various parts of the park.

After walking for awhile, we decided to pick a museum to see. We decided on the Museum of Man which sounded very interesting on the website. Unfortunately it is probably the worst and dullest museum I have ever been to. There was a traveling exhibit on torture which was well-done and interesting, yet also extremely depressing (we decided a Holocaust museum was the only thing we could think of that would be sadder). The rest of the museum was a bust and we didn't stay there for long.

After improving our moods by walking around Balboa Park some more, we went to Torrey Pines State Reserve. Of course, by then the fog had rolled back in, so of course it was foggy and cold. But it was still a beautiful park and we enjoyed walking on the trail and then we also walked along the beach.

After it got dark, we decided to eat some Mexican food in Old Town. We really enjoyed this meal even though the restaurant was a bit touristy. In Kansas City, we only have Tex Mex and this was less cheesy and more coastal, so it was a really nice change.

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