Temecula Valley is known as Southern California’s Wine Country. There are over forty wineries clustered on the rolling, vineyard-filled hills east of the city of Temecula. Temecula can get hot so enjoying this time, when spring begins to turn to summer, is an ideal time to visit. Churon is a chateau style winery, opened in …
Agua Hedionda Lagoon is a 400 acre estuary, saltwater wetland, and watershed. Since 2006, the Discovery Center, which is on the eastern end of the lagoon, has been educating the public about this threatened coastal wetland and the plants, animals, and people that have depended on it. There is a 1/4 mile nature trail that …
Views of Temecula Wine Country never get old, and neither do the options of incredible wineries to visit. Each winery has something different to offer, and a visit can be justified with any occasion (an anniversary, a sunny spring day, a baby sitter, a Saturday, or any combination of situations/excuses mentioned). I happen to prefer …
Nestled within Collier Park in Point Loma is the Point Loma Native Plant Garden. The garden features rare and endangered plants found along side the San Diego River. Shaw’s agave, for example, is only found within a 200 mile stretch of coast in California and Baja California. The garden is very organized and well kept, …
Mission San Juan Capistrano is home to the oldest building in California that is still in use, Father Serra’s church, a chapel built in 1782. This chapel is the only building still standing that Father Junipero Serra has been documented to celebrate mass. Although we spent some time in the chapel, our favorite areas are …