Gouda Girl here visited Winchester Cheese Company just a few minutes from our resort. We got to see how they make Gouda Cheese and we got to taste all sorts of Gouda. YUMMY. Yvonne's favourite (and mine) was the Extra Hot Jalepeno variety. We bought three wedges of different flavours and will enjoy a cheese party tonight for dinner. Part of our tour was a video of Wolfgang Puck cooking with Gouda, so we've got some yummy ideas. Outside the factory is the farm that houses the cows that make the milk that make the cheese. Excellent example of the food chain for Yvonne's school. We just did a food module last month. There was also a motley crew of animals - a lama, goose, and sheep all housed together.

Just around the corner is the Diamond Valley Lake Dam. We can see it from the resort, but it's so blended into the hillside, you can't really tell whether it's dirt or a dam. We drove up to the lookout point that gave us a really nice view of the rural area of Menifee. Just around the corner is solid subdivisions. The Lake is the largest man-made lake in California and contains 6 month's worth of emergency water supply for the LA basin. Very weird that they allow gasoline powered boats in the water, but no human body contact is allowed. They even have floating porta-potties for the boaters. Go figure - gas is OK to be in the drinking water, but not a little pee. Only in California. You would think only electric powered boats would be allowed.