We’re On The Move! Big Sur Here We Come
Mari
I’m delighted to share, Ty and I are now heading away from Southern California for extended travels in our RV! (Much as I LOVE So.Cal.!)
We leave Jojoba Hills RV Resort today and our target is to be in Seattle by April 30th. ("Huh? Seattle?" you say. "Haven’t you guys already been there done that?!") LOL. Here’s our upcoming schedule in a nutshell:
- Drive the motorhome to Seattle and stay overnight April 30. (Store the RV there through May 6.)
- Fly to Columbus, OH on May 1st to attend Kevin Nations‘ Big Ticket Blueprint event from May 2-5.
- Fly back to Seattle May 6, then take the RV up to Vancouver, B.C. to attend Ray Edwards and Dr. Andrew Jones’ Speed Money Seminar May 8-10.
- Begin our trek to Alaska up through B.C. and hang out up there all summer. (Assuming I can get good internet connection!)
- Meander back down to the US, likely veering over to the east and back along the sunbelt to return to So.Cal. for the late fall/early winter (yep, snowbirds r us).
We haven’t allowed much time for this first leg to Seattle. We’ll need to include a fair bit of freeway driving on the trusty I-5. Still, we’ll get better gas mileage. 
Our first stop, if all goes well, will be a state campground just south of Santa Barbara, at Carpinteria. It’s a ~200 mile drive and on a Sunday, we should be in good shape. Our goal is to drive up the coast route 101 a fair bit, at least to see Big Sur, which I’ve been wanting to see ever since my mum and step-dad traveled down from BC to San Diego!
Truth is, I’d actually love to be able to take the next 10-12 days and just focus on enjoying the journey and scenery and nothing else. However, along with all these seminars we’re attending, my business has been going through the roof lately!!
I’m having to dedicate huge amounts of time to managing the flow, setting up systems, and hiring support. It’s all good, though. I absolutely love what I do as a relationship marketing specialist and Facebook business coach.
In the last week or so, I’ve conducted many teleseminars, radio interviews, blog post interviews, and other media interviews (such as the American Medical News talking to me about physicians using Facebook!). I even got written up on Fast Company’s blog - they call me "the Pied Piper of Facebook." Love that!
And, yesterday, Ty and I attended a one-day event in Los Angeles by David Neagle. It was excellent, with a good turnout. I especially enjoying connecting in person with several of my most favorite women entrepreneurs. (See my photo album on Facebook; some here:)
[Mari & David Neagle] [Mari, Lesley Bohm (awesome photographer!), Lorrie Morgan Ferrero (she writes Red Hot Copy!), Dr. Cindy Brown (relationship expert, author The Cinderella System)]
[Ty, Mari & Melanie Benson Strick (Million Dollar Lifestyle Business Coach & totally amazing gal!)] [Mari & Alexandria Brown (I've been a raving fan of Ali, the Ezine Queen, for many years)]
[Mari, Kim Castle (top branding expert), Lesley Bohm, Alexandria Brown, Lorrie Morgan Ferrero, Dr. Cindy Brown]
Posted on: Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 4:46 am 
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Mari,
I’m so excited to hear that you’re going to Alaska! I grew up in Alaska. Summer is paradise there. My wife and I spent summer 2005 and 2006 in Alaska.
What parts do you plan to visit?
I imagine you will be driving the Alcan Hwy. I’ve traveled that many times in my life. It’s quite the adventure.
Once my family and I moved from AK to the lower 48 in a yellow school bus. My dad bought it, cleared out the seats and filled it with all our worldly possessions. It was quite the adventure.
Let me know if you have any AK questions! Safe travels.
April 20th, 2008 at 1:37 pmJason (I sent this by email too). Wowee – thanks for your fab comment. That is so awesome to hear you grew up in Alaska. Ty’s parents lived there in the late 50’s and one of Ty’s sisters was born there; he’s always wanted to visit! This’ll be the first time for both of us.
We’re starting out from Vancouver – which route do you recommend? We’re thinking to go up one way and back another – probably through Edmonton/Calgary and head east in the late summer.
What parts of Alaska do you recommend we visit? We’ll likely head for Anchorage, and visit Fairbanks… maybe get to Juneau too. I just love the movie Into The Wild – deeply inspiring. I imagine you’ve seen it.
Hope life in Argentina is GRAND!
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