Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Temecula Wineries





My mother and I have been fond of wine for awhile now, her much longer than I, of course ; ). She had a great idea to celebrate the three of our birthdays (Ed's, hers' and mine) by going on a 2 night/3day vacation to Temecula! Yes, those of you that just replied, "what, why Temecula?" I'll tell you why, it's only an 1.5 or so away, there are hot air balloons, wineries and great places to eat and you feel that you aren't in LA! And that last one is the one of the best parts, especially when you want to get away!



We visited 4 wineries: Wilson Creek, Tesoro, Ponte and South Coast and and made some new friends. We also found some time to play the Wheel of Fortune and ebay slots over at Pechanga Casino. Our initial intention was to fly in the balloon, but due to wind gusts our reservations were canceled 2 days in a row! The sweet lady @ Sunrise balloon called me @ 530am, to break the news to me. But no worries, I still have tickets and am looking to take mom back around June 1st for the Balloon and Wine festival!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like a good time! :)

The Thorson Throwdown said...

How fun! Wine and hot air balloons-doesn't get much better than that!