Temecula, CA
May was a quiet month filled with rest and relaxation so now that June is here, we are ready for some more adventures! This past weekend we packed up the trailer and hastened a short distance down the freeway to the rolling hills of Temecula Wine Country where the 29th Annual Balloon and Wine Festival was being held. It started in a dirt lot and has come a long way, now finding a home at the Lake Skinner Recreation area. Camp spaces here are hard to come by. The spaces open up in March and usually sell out within the hour so we felt fortunate to not only get one, but two! My cousin and his wife, and some old friends joined in on this adventure.
We started the weekend off with some wine tasting and my favorite part of the whole weekend....the balloon glow! The balloon pilots drag out their balloons and set them up around the perimeter of the wine garden. Just after twilight they count down a burn and we watch all of the balloons glow! They also coreograph the glowing balloons to popular music. We got some great pictures as the pilots filled the envelopes with cold air, and then fired up the burners, pushing them into the sky.
The rest of the weekend was filled with shopping at various vendors, wine and beer tasting, awesome music, and hanging out with friends and family at the campground. Our friends Tony and Crystal came to share the weekend with us bringing their twins Ashlynn and Paige. We had such a great time with them. The last time we saw them was back in March in NorCal at the Carrs. Campfires, failed apple crisp, wine and bacon for breakfast, and great concerts were just a few of the memories we made. Lifehouse played the Saturday venue at the main stage and we staked out our seats early to get good spots. It was a hot weekend but full of laughs and good memories. We are already lining up our strategy for obtaining more spots next year!
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