Finn's RV Adventure West: California here we come and the 4th of July too!

Happy 4th of July! Tomorrow is a big day for me...I turn 6 months! Today Mom and Dad are going to a Parade in Temecula, CA wearing their White Dog 4th shirts, I'm sure she'll tell you about it. For now, here is our time in Temecula!

Well we left Las Vegas on Jun 30 and evidently none too soon...they had a monsoon that afternoon that knocked down telephone poles and caused severe flooding, not what you want in an RV!

At first we thought it was really smoggy...turned out to be very windy and dusty!

As we got nearer to LA Mom had to sit on her hands! She said she's driven these interstates many a time, but in a big Motorcoach a little scary!

Our Pechanga RV resort was very nice, lots of families with their RVs decorated for the 4th, the temperature was in the low 89's and the Resort included a huge complex with a hotel and Casino where Mom and Dad spent only 20 min and $6...too smokey and loud they said! This pic is from the hotel...

They went downtown to old town Temecula and had the best pizza ever at the Goat and the Vine restaurant!

The next day Mom and Dad went to several wineries, they didn't buy anything yet, so I'm not sure about the taste. Mom said 6 tastings cost $20 each with nothing applied to any purchase. She said that was outrageous compared to Michigan, Finger Lakes, and Virginia. She said the wineries were beautiful...

This is the winery where they ate lunch...

Mom and Dad loved the misters and wished HHI restaurants had them!

They came home to find me snoozing, Mom do you have to take my pic?

This morning Mom, Dad, and I went looking for a park to go for a walk. Their are lots of them in the area. The first one we stopped at, Temecula Creek Park was nice, but our walk was short.

Dad and I thought it was good enough, but Mom said we needed to try another park. This next one was Vail Ranch Park and had a nice paved trail!

After a nice walk I was tuckered so we came home and Mom and Dad got ready for more winery tours!

I'll let Mom take it from here...

We only made it to one winery, Thornton, a winery we loved 15-20 years ago and it was still delightful. We decided to join their wine club now that they could ship to VA which gave us each a free flight of wine. They are known for their champagnes so we did one champagne flight that included 4 different champagnes and one white wine flight that included a Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, a Pinot Grigio and a Viognier. All were delicious!