On to desert country

After our nice stay in the mountains and a few hours of reminiscing, Leiya and Tony and Luka and Tetsu and I headed to Temecula to stay in another AirBnB for a couple of nights.  

My niece's wedding was at a venue near Temecula and Leiya had reserved a place for us that wasn't too far from the venue, thinking that it would make life easier because she had a rehersal to attend and she and Tony were invited to the rehersal dinner.  As it turned out, though the AirBnB was very nice, making access to it was a challenge!

We had some inkling of problems that might ensue when the AirBnB owners had texted to say "Please ignore GPS directions for getting to the accommodations.  The best route is..." and that route seemed to take us a round about way...  We kept getting deeper and deeper into a canyon and the road kept getting bumpier and bumpier.  We were hanging on the sides of the car when we finally made the last turn to our lodgings!  If that was the easier route, Wow!

The AirBnB itself was modern and airy and had a wonderful deck that wrapped around the whole building.  There were hummingbird feeders everywhere and we all enjoyed watching the hummingbirds buzz back and forth to sip nectar.

The canyon scenery was beautiful and there were numerous places to sit and enjoy the quiet.

Wineries in the distance.

We didn't quite trust Luka to not slip through the decking so he mostly got held.

He enjoyed spotting the hummingbirds and hearing them buzz as they flew by.

Three birds there at once!

The building was a hexagon which made for interesting angles everywhere.

We didn't use the fireplace and it grew quite warm in the afternoon.

The cacti flora was so amazing and someone could do a great botany art project while staying here.

Look at the color!

And shapes!  Almost like seaweed underwater...

A couple of glitches though while we staying here.  Because of the poor access roads, it wasn't really even possible to go out and buy groceries and so Tetsu and Luka and I munched on left-over bananas, salad and tortilla chips this evening while Tony and Leiya went out.  After the rehersal dinner, Leiya and Tony decided to try the "alternate route" back to the AirBnB as they couldn't believe there could be a road worse than the one we had used when we arrived at the place.  It was, and Leiya said it was absolutely terrifying trying to drive this road at night with no streetlights and no way of knowing what was on the sides of the road.  

Leiya and Tony's bed also collapsed in the middle of the night and Leiya said she sent off a complaint to the owners at three in the morning saying "the bed collapsed on MY side and I only weigh 120 lbs!"  We found Tony and Leiya and Luka camping on the livingroom floor the next morning.

But finally the 15th arrived and we were ready for my niece's wedding!  I was beginning to tire out...