So what if we didn’t go to a honky tonk, get drunk and shoot someone? My momma and I had a great time road tripping to see my brother’s family, including his granddaughter!!! Neither of us had met her yet. She just turned 3.

She was a pleasure to meet. Well worth the 6 days of travel to and from my mom’s house in New Mexico to my brother’s home in Washington.

Before hitting the road, I saw brothers, nieces, spouses, and a cousin!!! Bonus.

We saw scenery galore traveling back roads through New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Washington. We made one wrong turn in Colorado; 30 miles of gorgeous! We found snow in Wyoming and avoided more snow by heading east into the Bitterroot Mountains of Idaho. Back roads. We love back roads.

We ate, and ate, and ate. Yum.

We stopped at cute hotels, historic sites, coffeehouses, and wherever else caught our eye. (The Blue Lantern in Lewiston Idaho serves one of the best scones I’ve ever tasted. Downtown Lewiston is charmant!)

We made it home. Whew.

The lirios were there to greet us. Ahhhh.