Traveling the Music Highway

The stretch of I40 between Memphis and Nashville is known as the Music Highway and we headed there for the weekend. Two of my friends were in town for the Sigma national convention so we all headed to visit with them. Andrea and Tracy and I, along with three other recent grads, traveled for the sorority the year after college to collegiate chapters across the country. It was a strange, strange time, living out of a suitcase for a year, but it was one that I would never trade. I got to visit lots of places and met lots of people. Andrea and Tracy are still very active with the National Organization and were in town for the national convention. I figured this might be one of the last times I get to see them, especially together, so I convinced John that we needed a mini-vacation to Nashville. We left out yesterday morning and got there around 1:30. Emmy and I went to the hotel to meet them and Emmy was of course, an angel. She was quite charming to everyone. She got to meet not only Andrea and Tracy but Jane Kinderman, who was an fixture at the national office from my chapter, Margaret Fields, who kept us all in the loop when we traveled, and Jeannie Johnson, who was the Collegiate Vice President when I traveled. John, Emmy and I went out for a bit in the afternoon and then he stayed home with The Girl while I went to dinner with my girls. It was so wonderful to see my friends. I am so very lucky to have incredible women that want keep in touch with me after all these years and keep being MY friends!

We got up Sunday morning and went for a swim, then went to Music Row and then headed home. First, we got ready...

And then Mama wrapped me up in a hooded beach jacket for the walk from the room to the elevator to the pool...

And Daddy held me in the pool...

And Mama and I dried up after our swim...

Then we went to Music Row to get my picture made by giant guitars for Johnny Cash and the Carter Family...

Then I was soooooooooooooooo excited to head home!