Pechanga!

Sounds like a descriptive word for ‘ka-bamb’!  Its actually an Indian reservation with a huge casino, campground and golf course in the town of Temecula.  We had to move out of our campsite Saturday morning because the whole campground was booked up.  We will spend the night in a parking lot and then move back into the campground on Sunday. 

We stayed because we wanted to play golf at The Journey at Pechanga again.  We were here a few years ago and it is a great course although its very difficult.  On the front nine there are three elevated tee boxes in a row and two more on the back nine.  It is so much fun to see your ball soar across the desert and land on the fairway waaaay down there!  That said, we enjoyed the weather, the views and the beauty of the course but we both felt we played terrible golf until we saw a chart in the pro shop that rated this course according to your handicap. It showed that John’s score would be at least 5 above his handicap and mine would be 25 above my handicap.  That made us feel a whole lot better. 

Sunday was a lazy morning until we moved back into the RV park and the wineries opened.  John picked out five wineries to visit but that is very unrealistic as our taste buds get so coated by the third winery that every wine starts to taste the same or better than it actually is. We stopped at Palumbo, Robert Renzoni, and Hart Wineries and we bought a couple of bottles from Palumbo and six from Hart.  Now, Hart was our third stop of the afternoon and thats where we bought the most wine.  I sure hope it tastes as good in a few days as it did today!