music brought us together

Part 1: Day 1 of my vacation

My trip starts out in this historic train station located right in my town of Elkhart,IN.

With beautiful glass windows and wood benches, this historic train station was built in 1900

once the train arrived and i got settled into my seat , earphones on, and




 camera in hand

i was ready to discover where this train ride was taking me.


we passed through big cities during the night

during the day we passed through small historic towns nestled into the mountain side

We traveled over rivers (names unknown)

riding through tunnels carved into mountain sides until i

arrived at Union Station in Washington DC

 Part 2 : Day 2  Music brought us together


After getting onto another train at Union Station, i arrived in Burke, VA.


I was coming here to join up with 15 other women..... 


A few years ago i started posting on a messageboard where others like me enjoy music. 


I found myself in a thread with a group that calls themselves "Dots"  / "craddlerobbers"
they have a map of the world and for each person in the thread there is a dot on the map representing you.
I don't think I need to explain what Craddlerobbers mean.. (i'm the youngest craddlerobber in the group) 


After 3 years of talking with them and getting to know them  ,they decided it's been to long since they had a get together, so plans were made and before i knew it, i was finally getting to meet some of them!


I spent the next two days with a great bunch of ladies ,i will have ever met. We came from all walks of life but we clearly loved the same thing.  Some traveled from Washington State,Canada, New York City,New Hampshire,North Carolina, Ohio,Illinois and me from Indiana  for this get together.


We drank

We Ate

We drank some more....

We talked ,danced, laughed and sang. i truly felt like i was part of the Ya Ya Sisterhood with these ladies

We enjoyed watching some videos of concerts we have been too

Then we ate

and drank some more!!

and of course we had to pamper Donna (not her real name)

For what ever reasons that has brought us together, we certainly have made lasting friendships

more to come....