Did you enjoy your stay? I probably won't keep my rental car and would walk/Uber to destinations. The zoo appears to be a short Uber ride and Maritime museum and Little Italy appear to be walkable. We enjoy walking if the area is safe.
Jumping in here. We enjoyed our stay at the resort a few years ago. As you said, the zoo and the rest of Balboa Park are a short ride or a longer uphill walk away. We like to walk as well, so we did that. We also walked to Little Italy for dinner and didn’t encounter any issues. We also walked to the Gaslamp District, which is about a half mile away. There were a couple of homeless people that we passed on the other side of the road, but didn’t have any issues there either.
Other than the poor air quality we enjoyed our stay. Over all a nice resort. Their bar and grill served a good breakfast at a reasonable price for the area. While there are homeless in the area we generally felt safe enough to walk around. While the resort isn’t too far from most things, it’s definitely not a prime location.
Poor air quality in March? Was there a fire? I have lived here for over 30 years and have never experienced poor air quality in March (or really any other time other than if there is a brush fire.)
Not even close. But realistically it adds little time to your journey.
Compared to KS, yep. We’d get up on the morning and see the nice orange haze above the city. If you’re use to it, my bet is you won’t notice it.
It is called fog or marine layer. It is water vapor you can see. Maybe you only have tornados in Kansas. San Diego does not have poor air quality, certainly not in March.
Air quaity does I believe depend on what's happening over the Border
All I can say is my wife’s lungs disagree. The fog in Kansas is white. What we were seeing had the orangish color of smog. Sure it’s better than LA, but it’s not that great. We have a similar issue in Denver. It’s better/worse at different times of the year, but it’s never great.
I really enjoyed San Diego. There’s several museums over in Balboa Park. The water front was enjoyable. We took the ferry over to Coronado and spent an afternoon. A few restaurants with nice views looking back at the San Diego skyline. It’s a really nice city to visit
My mentioned a large model railroad display that he thought was in Balboa Park. Did you see it or do you know where it might be. I always love visiting the zoo both for the wildlife and plants.
Where do you live in Kansas?
I didn’t see it, but we were only in town for three nights. We did a trolley tour and I don’t recall a railroad museum being mentioned.
We live in the cultural center of the universe. Wichita, Kansas (sarcasm). Essentially an old cow town that grew into a small city.
