The Hills are Still Alive with the Sound of Music.
My mom will love this picture – she adores Regis!
If you look closely in the background, underneath the white cloud, you’ll see the famous Hollywood sign up on the hill.
Before we hit Hollywood, Mike and I took a detour to wine country, to the Temecula Valley. I’d actually never heard of Temecula before, but it is quite popular in California. We had a blast. We conquered six wineries in 5 hours. Yeh – nuf‘ said.
A quaint section of the town, although some call it a tourist trap. It was a nice get-away for a day.
Our first winery of the day – Keystone Winery.
A grape vine from one of the six vineyards we visited.
Wine makes Mike a deep thinker.
Then he gets happy again.
Look how dry the hills are.
Did I mention it was friggin‘ HOT?
Mike and I took a spontaneous cruise around the Long Beach harbor. $10/each and what a fun time. It was a great way to end the day.
A view of Lake Eisnore – as we traveled back to LA from Temecula. We took an “Off the beaten path” road – that gave us both white knuckles and sweaty palms – as we drove high up into the mountains on a two-lane road with sometimes no guardrail. I was panic-stricken. But look at the view!
