It's been a long while since Liz and I had a 'Mom's on the Loose' trip, so this past weekend we took time away, leaving our families behind to enjoy their guy time. It was awesome! Lots of sunshine and warmth, laughter, singing in the car, visiting with friends, trooping as Jedi, audiobooks, serious discussions, capturing it all with many pics, spending time with my mom - I'm so grateful for the opportunity we had.
We spent a couple of nights in Spokane, my hometown - I refrained from getting overly excited at everything I recognized this time (mostly). Our goals were to troop with our costuming friends at Spocon - the con itself wasn't that great, but we had a great time with our fellow geeks! We also took a side trip to Couer d' Alene, Idaho for photo ops - it was lovely.
On our way out of town, on Sunday, we took time to look for my grandparents' grave and snap some pics for my ancestry project. We drove along the Spokane River stopping to take in the sights at a couple of spots. Then, it was on to Idaho to visit my 90 year old mother enjoying the wheat fields, the incredibly high hills along the Clearwater River, and the rush of the water going by us on the way. We got Mom laughing so much we wore her out! Unfortunately, we were all so wilty from the heat (I'm NOT complaining, mind you - I loved it) that we didn't take any pics with her this time.
Then on home yesterday taking a new route just to see something different - lots more wheat along with garbanzo beans, high prairies, several small, picturesque towns, and stopping a few times to stretch our legs...
*disclaimer - not all my photos are really worth sharing this time except to show where we traveled.
You can get a far more detailed and interesting sum up here, here, here, and here along with some awesome pics!
1 comment:
Ya know, sounds like a great, and much needed, trip for the both of you. Thanks for sharing with us. AND GREAT pics!! :-)
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