There is a big slug of irony in the fact that the Earth Fair in Balboa Park always causes a huge traffic jam on Park Boulevard.
"You should have taken the bus."
"I did take the bus, but it was stuck in the traffic/"
MTS ran a special Balboa Park shuttle between City College and the Route 7 stops in Balboa park, looping around at the Zoo entrance.
Firss top was the Sierra Nevada beer garden (all drinks $6) where I had a long talk with a musician who had already finished his set. He and his wife were both from Vermont, so we had along talk about that.
I stopped to chat with a lot of political groups. I asked the NORML guys what they did when they realized that had won. I stopped at a vegan tent and told them I was a cheeseburger giuy, so what was their best alternative? The best we could come up with was a Miracle Burger with vegan mayonnaise.