Temecula, CA

We departed our beautiful southern AZ, crossed into CA via I-8 and passed through extensive sand dunes.  Of course, made sure to fill our gas tank on the AZ side of the border as we drove 8 hours to Temecula, CA.  

We had been invited by a friend of Amy's, to celebrate her 40th.  We arrived at a beautiful setting, a "chateau", high in the hills..  This was my first visit to Temecula and it was quite a revelation. We shared the house...opps, I mean chateau with 10 others. I must say, I think this was a first for me, rather than staying in a hotel, staying in a large house....opps, chateau and sharing all the space other than our bedroom.

How nice, overlooking the pool and the adjoining garden had a....

....statue of David!  Once inside, we roamed into various rooms and discovered not one but two....

....medieval suit of armor.  Like, who doesn't devote their home's space to this, lol?

For me, one of the highlights was the arrival of a personal chef to prepare our dinner.

The chef's assistant laid out numerous plates as we....

....sat and enjoyed being served, truly, a fabulous meal. We were in wine country, not that that would have made a difference, so the wine was flowing.  I drank way too many glasses of wine.  Meantime....

....Jack was exhausted from the drive.  It was an anxiety filled 8 hour drive for my buddy who simply hates car rides.