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Join me as I drive almost the entire length of the Pacific Coast, from San Diego to Seattle, and hit some highlights in between.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Things didn&#8217;t start out so well last night.<\/strong> My flight, which was scheduled to leave at around 8:30 pm didn&#8217;t push back from the gate until a few minutes before midnight. Yes, we sat on the tarmac for over three hours, with regular updates from the cockpit about the mechanical part that was missing from the plane that we simply couldn&#8217;t fly without (gee, thanks?). Pilots made up for it though, getting us to San Diego in four and a half hours instead of the scheduled six.\u00a0But today&#8217;s a new day, the first day of this new adventure, and I can&#8217;t wait!<\/p>\n<p>Hope you&#8217;re following along on Facebook (yeah, there&#8217;s <a title=\"Wanderlust for One on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WanderlustforOne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a new Facebook page<\/a> for the new <strong>Wanderlust for One<\/strong> and I&#8217;d love for you to join the growing community there), <a title=\"Wanderlust for One on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/WanderOne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a title=\"Wanderlust for One on Tumblr\" href=\"http:\/\/wanderlustforone.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>\u00a0plus a few Instagram photos thrown into the mix. Stay tuned for some of my crazy as hell observations from one of my favorite regions of the world!<\/p>\n<p>xx (no kisses, just hugs &#8216;cuz I don&#8217;t know yet how you <em>really<\/em> feel about me \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n<p>Marsha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, everyone! I&#8217;m finally off adventuring again, this time on the West Coast of the United States. Join me as I drive almost the entire length of the Pacific Coast, from San Diego to Seattle, and hit some highlights in between. Things didn&#8217;t start out so well last night. 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