How far would you travel to meet digi friends?

[nesser1981]

I've been seeing everyone having little meet and greets! I want to do one, I've only met 2 digi scrappers before. My friend Amber, who I got started doing it and Amy (clearskies), she walked up to my yard sale in Alaska.

So, how far would you travel?

P.S. I'm in Michigan, if anyone wants to get together sometime.

[xboxmom]

I would travel, but I would totally want it to be somewhere really fun. Like Vegas or in a dreamer world Hawaii!

[mrshobbes]

I've only met one, my friend Jenni, last July, in Florida. I've forgotten the distance, but I was in Key West and she in Miami, so we met in the middle in Islamorada, lol. About a 2-hour drive for both of us.

ETA: Okay just checked, it was about 85 miles But I imagine I'd travel up to 100 miles.

[Lauren Reid]

I met 2 digi chicks when we were still living in Boston, both of them were in town visiting family. SO fun (and surreal!)!

I'd LOVE to put together a TEXAS digi retreat so we could all hook up for a scrappy weekend somewhere! I know we have lots of digi chicks down here (although i do realize TX is ginormous!... i'm down in Houston).

[Lauren Reid]

Originally Posted by xboxmom

I would travel, but I would totally want it to be somewhere really fun. Like Vegas or in a dreamer world Hawaii!

SO in on that one! My CT and I have been trying to put together a Vegas trip for the past 2 years! bwhahaahha

[newfiemountiewife]

I drove to Chicago from Newfoundland, Canada...about 5 days of driving for a playgroup meet up! We stopped at my mom's in Ontario for a few days to break it up, but it took us about 4 1/2 days to drive straight home from Chicago.

[nesser1981]

I know lots of girls are near Chicago, I've never been, but I'm close enough I'd totally go for a scrap weekend. Or just a day visit, I keep telling DH we need to go for a weekend.

[nesser1981]

Originally Posted by newfiemountiewife

I drove to Chicago from Newfoundland, Canada...about 5 days of driving for a playgroup meet up! We stopped at my mom's in Ontario for a few days to break it up, but it took us about 4 1/2 days to drive straight home from Chicago.

do it again, I'll drive to Chicago to see you!

[xboxmom]

The Best thing to do is just pick the date and book it. Then post that you are going and when and where. Then everyone else that wants to can go and book it and try and book a hotel close by or share hotel rooms. When we went over Christmas I was able to get a room at MGM for 71$ and that was on a weekend, its much cheaper on weekdays.

[Sheana]

I eventually plan to go to Chicago to meet Laura (emmasmommy) which is about 400 miles from me (I'm in East Central Ohio).

[nesser1981]

[QUOTE=Sheana;587900]I eventually plan to go to Chicago to meet Laura (emmasmommy) which is about 400 miles from me (I'm in East Central Ohio).[/QUO

See, we should schedule a Chicago trip.

[newfiemountiewife]

Originally Posted by nesser1981

do it again, I'll drive to Chicago to see you!

I'm hoping to get down this summer, I'm going to mom's and I have a bunch of my playgroup friends that live in Chicago, so I'm hoping to hook up with them again. Some of them I've seen twice now and they really are friends for life.

I'll update you once we get closer to the summer, I'd LOVE to see you!

[neenee]

I am all for that Texas one!!!!

I have a brother in Kingwood Lauren........so, you are within my visiting distance!

[Sheana]

[QUOTE=nesser1981;587904]

Originally Posted by Sheana

I eventually plan to go to Chicago to meet Laura (emmasmommy) which is about 400 miles from me (I'm in East Central Ohio).[/QUO

See, we should schedule a Chicago trip.

We definitely should!! Maybe this summer with Jamie!!

[nesser1981]

Originally Posted by newfiemountiewife

I'm hoping to get down this summer, I'm going to mom's and I have a bunch of my playgroup friends that live in Chicago, so I'm hoping to hook up with them again. Some of them I've seen twice now and they really are friends for life.

I'll update you once we get closer to the summer, I'd LOVE to see you!

yes! Let me know!

[newfiemountiewife]

[QUOTE=Sheana;587909]

Originally Posted by nesser1981

We definitely should!! Maybe this summer with Jamie!!

That would rock! I would love that!

[lovely1m]

I have never met a digi friend, but have met friends from my online mommy group. Only ones that live near me though, one 75 miles away and one 250 miles away. I was supposed to meet one when I was in Texas, but she wasn't able to met up after all.

[Traci Reed]

I would go far to meet someone I talk to regularly. If it's a meet up or something I would drive a couple hours

[lauren grier]

you'll go to chicago but you won't come see ME jamie ?? pssht LOL I see how it is


and I've travelled 3000+ miles :] to see my wifey. my bff.. my shawna.. for 3 weeks. and I need to see her again stat.

oh and dani too ^_^ she was there LOL.. we went to applebees

[Nathalie]

I would travel as far as circumstances allow. If I ever do a trip to the US I would be disappointed if I couldn't meet someone from the digiscrapper world!

Having said that, I have only met one digiscrapper here in Australia and I would loooove to catch up with Fee and Justine but I haven't been up further north.

[nesser1981]

Originally Posted by lauren grier

you'll go to chicago but you won't come see ME jamie ?? pssht LOL I see how it is


and I've travelled 3000+ miles :] to see my wifey. my bff.. my shawna.. for 3 weeks. and I need to see her again stat.

oh and dani too ^_^ she was there LOL.. we went to applebees

You shouldn't live so far away! LOL!

[lauren grier]

I'm closer to her than chicago lol.. she's only 31hrs (vs the 5 days drive) away ^_^

[Stacey42]

Considering I travel 50 miles just to shop someplace besides Wal Mart, I'm willing to go the distance to meet online friends. I flew to Detroit a few years back to meet some friends from a mommy board but I'd prefer to drive because I hate flying. 300 miles is probably the furthest I can manage in a car but Amtrak stops only 20 miles away so I can theoretically go to Boston, New York or other major cities on the east coast.

[pewtertm]

For me it would completely depend on the circumstances.

I first met Sharon in Fort Smith...she was there for robotics and so our family drove the 200 miles to see her. And since we are besties, if I ever have the money I'll be thrilled to drive up to KC and see her.

For a meetup, I would probably make a day trip (and if the Dallas peeps ever plan something I WILL make the trip down there). And if the Houston gang ever plans something, I might have to plan a trip to mom's LOL.

[newfiemountiewife]

La, I have up there to get home you know! We'd go East from Chicago then up to New Brunswick and cross back there. I also plan to shop in Maine for a couple of days

[Paula]

Well, since Salt Lake is only about four hours from me, I voted over 200 miles. I would love to hook up with some of my Utah buddies sometime when I'm there visiting my sister in Orem!

Or even some of my Vegas friends.

[SeattleSheri]

Originally Posted by xboxmom

I would travel, but I would totally want it to be somewhere really fun. Like Vegas or in a dreamer world Hawaii!

Locally, I would drive up to 50 miles ... I'm pretty sure you live in my radius *hint, hint*

[lizzyfizzy]

i would drive pretty far to meet a good friend online and i would even fly to meet a good friend! i keep saying i'm going to cali, so i can meet lots of you at once!

p.s. i'm going to canada and seattle in may to see lyle and sheri!! i so excited!!!!!

[SmallMoments]

Where in Michigan are you? I'm like 30 minutes from the central IN/MI border.

I think a lot would depend on where it was, if I had another reason to be there/friends to visit, etc.

[tuneskids]

The furthest I have gone to meet someone online is 164 miles, from where I used to live (Kamloops, BC) down to Bellingham, WA - to meet some friends from a online moms forum, back in 2000.
Furthest I have gone to met a digi-scrapper is about 19 miles, to meet KristinCB (that's how far apart we live).

I have a friend who topped both those, travelling 1258 miles from Pheonix to come up to Kamloops to meet me ... for my wedding!!! She was my matron of honor, we had never met in person but had talked online daily for 2 years and on the phone weekly for about 1 year. She was my best friend in essence, so she didn't hesitate to come up for it.

[newfiemountiewife]

We had one fly from Australia for our board gathering! We had 20 people from all around the world. It was neat.

[joelsgirl]

PUHlease no mass get togethers until I get back on US soil this July!

I am TOTALLY up for a Chicagoland gathering. It would be a 12 hour drive for me, but I could probably talk Joel into letting me fly, we'll see.

[aly321]

I would LOVE to meet so many of you... I swear that Robin needs to have a Sweet Shoppe Retreat somewhere. Just pick the place and dates...then we could ALL meet up!!!
I am in Utah, so anyone here I am game to get together. Lydia and I are already talking about it, and I know that Libby is coming this year to see some here!

[Leila]

Well, we rerouted our road trip to SC last summer so we could stop at Heather Roselli's place in TN. She's about 10 hours from me. Normally, we (meaning Andrew--I don't actually drive) wouldn't go that far, but it was a few minor changes in the route we normally take to SC.

I'd say the limit for me would be about two hours. I go down to Schaumburg a couple times a year for get togethers with some ladies from another site I'm on, and that's about two hours from me.

[newfiemountiewife]

Originally Posted by joelsgirl

PUHlease no mass get togethers until I get back on US soil this July!

I am TOTALLY up for a Chicagoland gathering. It would be a 12 hour drive for me, but I could probably talk Joel into letting me fly, we'll see.

Ok, we must arrange the Chicagoland gathering around this LOL. It'll be early July before I go anywhere anyway, the kids aren't out of school until later in June.

[Melissa Bennett]

Well in a little over 2 weeks I will be in South Carolina and it looks like no one is from there. LOL!! I am hoping to meet up with Manda though after I move!! Woot!!

[lovely1m]

My bff online lives only about 400 miles from me, I am regularly only an hour away from her, yet we have never gotten to met. It sucks so much, it never works out.

[nesser1981]

Originally Posted by newfiemountiewife

Ok, we must arrange the Chicagoland gathering around this LOL. It'll be early July before I go anywhere anyway, the kids aren't out of school until later in June.

Start planning it Jamie! I'm down.

[nesser1981]

Originally Posted by SmallMoments

Where in Michigan are you? I'm like 30 minutes from the central IN/MI border.

I think a lot would depend on where it was, if I had another reason to be there/friends to visit, etc.

I'm over on the MI/OH border, between Ann Arbor & Toledo.

Like 5 miles from Cabelas.

[rach3975]

Well, there's what I'm willing to do and what I could convince DH to go along with (ie, watch the kids for). I could probably convince him to do it if I could get there and back the same day. So if anyone ever plans a big meet up in the DC area or within a 2-3 hour drive, I'm in.

[BrattyMeg]

Originally Posted by lissab

Well in a little over 2 weeks I will be in South Carolina and it looks like no one is from there. LOL!! I am hoping to meet up with Manda though after I move!! Woot!!

Where in SC? I live pretty close to the Ga/SC border

I'm only about 30 mins from Manda

[Melissa Bennett]

Originally Posted by FlirtatiousBrat

Where in SC? I live pretty close to the Ga/SC border

I'm only about 30 mins from Manda

I am moving to Charleston, SC.

[Priscilla]

Austin is pretty central........................................... .



LOL


not that i'm biased or anything

Originally Posted by Lauren Reid

I'd LOVE to put together a TEXAS digi retreat so we could all hook up for a scrappy weekend somewhere! I know we have lots of digi chicks down here (although i do realize TX is ginormous!... i'm down in Houston).

[nesser1981]

Originally Posted by FlirtatiousBrat

Where in SC? I live pretty close to the Ga/SC border

I'm only about 30 mins from Manda

I'm coming to GA late Feb. We're going to be near Atlanta for like 3 days. If you guys wanted to get together.

[Priscilla]

Some day I plan to go to a teeny tiny town in IL to meet Deena.........

[mpatry]

I've never met any fellow digiscrappers... though I'd love to do a get together in Edmonton, Alberta with anyone else willing to... maybe this spring/summer? Edmonton's about 3 hrs from us- that's about my limit for traveling (I hate driving, but could take military transportation to Edmonton, that's if hubby couldn't drive me... lol).

[nun69]

ok so y0u guys just all need to come to Veags in August and clebrate my 40th birthday with me

[nun69]

Originally Posted by SeattleSheri

Locally, I would drive up to 50 miles ... I'm pretty sure you live in my radius *hint, hint*

I bet I am close by too

[emmasmommy]

I'm in Illinois too...we're in Chicago about once a month. I had totally planned on getting together with Leu and whoever else was game this summer anyway. I've traveled about 100 mi. to meet an online friend. We get together about once a month now at a central location for both of us. Sheana and I have been planning on meeting for what, the last 3 years now?

[BrattyMeg]

Originally Posted by nesser1981

I'm coming to GA late Feb. We're going to be near Atlanta for like 3 days. If you guys wanted to get together.

Which part? (north, south?)