Thursday, January 9, 2014

Balboa Park and Old Town with the McClellans 1 '14

View from McClellan's living room of the sunrise
While most of our time in California will be spent helping to relocate Cece's Mother from California to Arizona, we are determined to spend some quality time with as many of our other family and friends as possible while we are here. First on our list of must see people  is Cece's daughter Laura and her family.
Laura, CC, Ryan, and Dylan
Balboa Park
Laura suggested that while David was working the rest of the family visit the arboretum in Balboa Park so that CC could see their tropical plants.  Unfortunately the greenhouse was closed, so Bruce volunteered to take us all to the zoo instead.

BJ and Dylan  on the tram tour
Below CC and Ryan on the tour
It was a good choice as it gave us lots of opportunity to interact with our grandkids, Dylan and Ryan.
CC, Dylan, Ryan, Laura
Later on we went to Old town  for lunch
Laura and CC
Then we  visited a few of the shops in the area
The boys loved the rock shop
and took a stroll around.. TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL, the second oldest synagogue structure extant in the American West, (built in the wake of the San Diego boom of 1886-1888).
BJ in front of Temple Beth Israel
 and  The Mormon Battalion Memorial Visitors Center near Old Town San Diego is an historic site commemorating the long journey of the Mormon Battalion and their contribution to the growth of the west.had the kids pose in front of the Morman Battalion Monument. The Mormon Battalion was the only religious unit in American military history, serving from July 1846 to July 1847 during the Mexican-American War. We had the boys pose in front of the Mormon Battalion Monumant
Boys will be Boys

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