This past weekend, Brandon and I went away for a night. We went to Temecula for a hot air balloon ride and wine tasting. Since the hot air balloon ride is a "sunrise" ride, we had to wake up very early to get there by 6:00am. Oh, and did I mention there was a time change and we lost an hour? Thanks to some noisy neighbors, we got up before our alarm and were out of the house at 3:40am with a full tank of gas and a full thermos of coffee.
To make a long story short, we ended up not going on our hot air balloon ride. We were unimpressed by the company {cough... Sunrise Balloons} and didn't want to put our lives in their hands at 2,000 feet up. This, however, left us with a dilemma... what do we do at 8:00 in the morning in Temecula? We were staying at South Coast Winery, but couldn't check into our villa until the afternoon, and the wineries didn't open until 10, so we decided to sit in the jacuzzi and have some champagne! It was really nice, since it's something we aren't able to do too often. It was a beautiful day in Temecula- a bit brisk at 8:00am- but the salt water jacuzzi felt great!
We went to a 2 wineries the first day and 2 the second. We were able to taste in Leonesse Cellars' barrel tasting room (thanks to our friends Grant & Brooke), which was a nice treat, and their wines were fantastic. The second day we went back to Churon Winery, where we were married. It's always nice to go back there. We finished up our trip with an amazing lunch at Public House in Old Towne Temecula. If you are in the area, I would highly recommend it!
Gramma Joan stayed with Hudson, and he did great without us! So much so, that we may have another night away in our near future! Although we missed our boy, it was a much needed break from our normal day-to-day life and responsibilities and we came back feeling refreshed!
