Meeting Great Grandma Johns

Louanne on Jul 3rd 2009

Great Grandma Johns 

A couple weekends ago we took a spur of the moment road trip so that Nadia could meet my Grandma Johns who lives in New Mexico. She still had not met Nadia and so we packed up and headed out. Grandma Johns was so excited to meet Nadia and she let Nadia go on an investigation of her house which is filled with lots of cool things for a toddler to look at. In the blue room Nadia found some stuffed bears and had a blast putting sunglasses on them.

Great Grandma Johns 

Uncle Jimmy.

Great Grandma Johns 

Saying goodbye after some fun play time with Great Grandma. It was wonderful to spend time in New Mexico and for Nadia to meet her.

Great Grandma Johns 

 Blue Swallow Motel

Click the photo above to see all the photos from the motel. We made it to Tucumcari, NM the first leg of the drive and stayed at the Blue Swallow Motel on Historic Rt. 66. Mike summed it up best by saying he felt like we were in a Cohen Brothers movie. The place was quirky and cute and owned by a character named Bill. When I called to confirm that they had a room available he said, “Yes, give me your credit card number.” Then I said, “Well how much is it?” And he said, “All the rooms are $66  a night, we are on Rt. 66!” HA!

Nadia got a kick out of all the painted garages and especially a little carved bear by the office. She said,”Take a picture mama!”

Blue Swallow Motel

Blue Swallow Motel

Filed in Travel | 4 responses so far

  • stephanie Petlow

    Whew! You three are the adventure family! I am glad that you were able to go out to Albuquerque to visit with Great Grandma Johns! She looks so happy and so does Nadia! The motel looked really old-timey- we stayed in many of those traveling around selling postcards & greeting cards.
    Thanks for sharing with all of us!
    Love,

    Nonni, Papa Brian & Uncle Bubba!
    xoxo

  • Jen

    Ahhh…I wish I were there! I’m glad you finally made it to the “Q”! :)

  • http://learntohope.blogspot.com Tahni

    that motel looks pretty awesome!

  • KathyP

    I love, love, love the look on Nadia’s face in that first picture!