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309		<p align="left"><img data-recalc-dims="1" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="7760" data-permalink="https://travelingmarla.com/about/traveling-marla-eiffel-tower/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/travelingmarla.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/traveling-marla-eiffel-tower.jpg?fit=3134%2C2814&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="3134,2814" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 60D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1405385023&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.4&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Traveling Marla Eiffel Tower" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/travelingmarla.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/traveling-marla-eiffel-tower.jpg?fit=748%2C672&amp;ssl=1" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-7760" src="https://i0.wp.com/travelingmarla.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/traveling-marla-eiffel-tower.jpg?resize=300%2C269&#038;ssl=1" alt="travel best hotel view Eiffel Tower" width="300" height="269" />I&#8217;m a writer, teacher, digital photographer, and speaker. I have lived in different parts of the United States, and in different parts of the world.</p>
310<p align="left">I have a Master&#8217;s degree in Creative Nonfiction, a Bachelor&#8217;s in English, and am a certified teacher in English as a Foreign Language. I&#8217;m a lifelong student of anything that strikes my interest, so I&#8217;ve also wound my way through certifications in Adapted Aquatics, ISO Auditing, International Logistics, and Advanced Venomous Snake Handling (yup, that&#8217;s a real thing.)</p>
311<p><strong>WHY I USE &#8220;TRAVELING MARLA&#8221; FOR MY WEBSITE</strong></p>
312<p align="left">Aside from it being easy to remember, and aside from writing about this life of travel, I use the moniker because it was given to me by a woman I adore: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0497423/?ref_=nv_sr_1">Ida Lee</a>* of Los Angeles.  I like to pretend my other friends use it as well. (They do not.)</p>
313<figure id="attachment_4392" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4392" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="4392" data-permalink="https://travelingmarla.com/2013/05/27/only-a-few-years-a-goodbye-post/jeff-wendy-marla-2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/travelingmarla.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/jeff-wendy-marla.jpg?fit=604%2C604&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="604,604" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Jeff Wendy Marla piano banjo trio letter to sister Hugh Laurie version of Swanee River" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#8217;m the little one on the far end of the piano.&lt;/p&gt;
314" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/travelingmarla.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/jeff-wendy-marla.jpg?fit=604%2C604&amp;ssl=1" class="size-medium wp-image-4392" src="https://i0.wp.com/travelingmarla.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/jeff-wendy-marla.jpg?resize=300%2C300" alt="guest post blog Traveling Marla South Africa move" width="300" height="300" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4392" class="wp-caption-text">I&#8217;m the little one on the far end of the piano.</figcaption></figure>
315<p><strong>WHY I&#8217;M SO &#8220;STRANGE&#8221;</strong></p>
316<p>I like to say I&#8217;m the punchline of a joke:</p>
317<p><em>What do you get when you cross a banjo-picking, coal-mining Appalachian family with an ancestry of ruminative, classically trained educators?</em></p>
318<p align="left">In other words, I&#8217;m just another product of rural western Pennsylvania.</p>
319<p align="left"><strong>WHERE I TRAVEL &amp; WHAT I WRITE</strong></p>
320<p align="left">My own wanderlust began in summers with my dad in Utah and Nevada, and the southwest will always be one of my favorite regions of the United States.  Whether in America or abroad, I love to capture slice-of-life moments in writing and photography, and share them with others.</p>
321<p align="left">I&#8217;ve been asked about my favorite places and experiences. I don&#8217;t know about favorites, but certainly I have some indelible memories.</p>
322<p align="left">Wild camping in Botswana led to a few close encounters with elephants, and a leopard. Indelible trips: dune bashing in the UAE&#8217;s Arabian Desert;  sleeping under the stars at Furnace Creek in Mojave&#8217;s Death Valley, drifting off to the sound of barking geckos in the Kalahari; racing pigeons in Indonesia; and standing by the great dune wall of the Namib Desert as it cascades into the Atlantic.</p>
323<figure id="attachment_5968" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5968" style="width: 242px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="5968" data-permalink="https://travelingmarla.com/2014/02/03/chamizal-national-memorial
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324" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/travelingmarla.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/traveling-marla-baxter-chamizal-national-memorial-el-paso-texas.jpg?fit=748%2C924&amp;ssl=1" class="size-medium wp-image-5968" src="https://i0.wp.com/travelingmarla.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/traveling-marla-baxter-chamizal-national-memorial-el-paso-texas.jpg?resize=242%2C300" alt="Traveling Marla and Baxter stopping at Chamizal NM in 2010." width="242" height="300" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-5968" class="wp-caption-text">Traveling MarLa and Baxter at Chamizal Nat&#8217;l Memorial in 2010.</figcaption></figure>
325<p align="left">This website is a way to connect with my readers, to give you a glimpse into the life around me as I see it, both at home and wherever I go in the world. I hope you&#8217;ll join me.</p>
326<p>Love, MarLa</p>
327<p>*Update, 2017: I was heartbroken to learn that Ida Lee passed away. She lived to the beautiful age of 96, and how I wish her years could have been double that. Even after her physicality started challenging her she had such a fierceness in her soul, never-ending wanderlust, and a mind eager and willing to share so much of her knowledge, experience, and wisdom. Thank y
327ou, Ida Lee, for the powerful woman you were, and the legacy you leave behind.</p>
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410						<a href="https://travelingmarla.com/about/#comment-6492"><time datetime="2014-01-27T09:39:36-05:00">27 January 2014 at 09:39</time></a>					</div><!-- .comment-metadata -->
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415					<p>Hi Marla, just wanted to say that you have a beautiful blog. I especially enjoyed your posts from the Maldives as I have been there 5 times myself. It is truly paradise! All the best, Irene 🙂</p>
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431						<a href="https://travelingmarla.com/about/#comment-2465"><time datetime="2013-02-21T03:27:55-05:00">21 February 2013 at 03:27</time></a>					</div><!-- .comment-metadata -->
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436					<p>Good morning.<br />
437I logged on a few minutes ago, and there waiting for me was a notification that you liked my &#8220;I have nothing to say about pancakes&#8221; post. That&#8217;s very gratifying, so many thanks for that.<br />
438And now that I have looked around your blog I feel even more gratified, and perhaps a little surprised and flattered. I&#8217;ll be following from now on.<br />
439Do feel free to come again.<br />
440Simon</p>
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452						<a href="https://travelingmarla.com/about/#comment-2235"><time datetime="2013-01-28T06:34:27-05:00">28 January 2013 at 06:34</time></a>					</div><!-- .comment-metadata -->
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457					<p>TAG! You&#8217;re it! I&#8217;ve never participated in a blog award, so not sure of the appropriate protocol &#8211; but I&#8217;ve nominated you as &#8216;The Next Big Thing&#8217;, as I believe you&#8217;ve got a great inspirational book in you just waiting to burst forth! You can find the questions on my site, if you&#8217;re interested in playing along! <a href="http://humantriumphant.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/ive-been-tagged-as-the-next-big-thing/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://humantriumphant.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/ive-been-tagged-as-the-next-big-thing/</a>  Either way, have a terrific day, Marla!</p>
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469						<a href="https://travelingmarla.com/about/#comment-2233"><time datetime="2013-01-28T00:48:08-05:00">28 January 2013 at 00:48</time></a>					</div><!-- .comment-metadata -->
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474					<p>Hey there!  Just nominated you for a Sunshine Award&#8230;hope that&#8217;s not too weird 😉<br />
475<a href="http://sheslosingit.net/2013/01/27/sunshine-award/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://sheslosingit.net/2013/01/27/sunshine-award/</a></p>
476<p>Lisa</p>
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488						<a href="https://travelingmarla.com/about/#comment-1871"><time datetime="2012-12-28T01:05:08-05:00">28 December 2012 at 01:05</time></a>					</div><!-- .comment-metadata -->
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493					<p>You are a delight. My hat-tip today comes in the form of a blog of the year star, which you can find here: <a href="http://trophos.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/further-award-sharings/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://trophos.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/further-award-sharings/</a> 🙂</p>
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505						<a href="https://travelingmarla.com/about/#comment-1458"><time datetime="2012-11-27T17:00:40-05:00">27 November 2012 at 17:00</time></a>					</div><!-- .comment-metadata -->
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510					<p>What an amazing and interesting life! Wow.</p>
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522						<a href="https://travelingmarla.com/about/#comment-1460"><time datetime="2012-11-27T22:17:53-05:00">27 November 2012 at 22:17</time></a>					</div><!-- .comment-metadata -->
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527					<p>It&#8217;s strange but wonderful. And I&#8217;m glad to now add the wonderful strangeness of the blogosphere! &lt;3</p>
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549						<a href="https://travelingmarla.com/about/#comment-165"><time datetime="2012-06-30T02:15:13-04:00">30 June 2012 at 02:15</time></a>					</div><!-- .comment-metadata -->
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554					<p>Hi Traveling maria, thanks for stopping by and liking my post. Regards/Amit</p>
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566						<a href="https://travelingmarla.com/about/#comment-124"><time datetime="2012-06-20T02:01:56-04:00">20 June 2012 at 02:01</time></a>					</div><!-- .comment-metadata -->
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571					<p>Merhaba! As am admirer or your work, I have nominated you for the One Lovely Blog award – pop on over to my page <a href="http://crazytraintotinkytown.com" rel="nofollow ugc">http://crazytraintotinkytown.com</a> for details. Appreciate these awards involve some work, so please take your time or if you have received them before, my apologies but it’s still nice to know someone appreciates your blog. May your day be filled with sunshine</p>
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583						<a href="https://travelingmarla.com/about/#comment-147"><time datetime="2012-06-22T15:40:40-04:00">22 June 2012 at 15:40</time></a>					</div><!-- .comment-metadata -->
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588					<p>Hello and thanks so much! I appreciate how much you&#8217;ve been reading and commenting on my blog. I also love following yours and will look at the rules related to the award &#8211; I think I saw how it gets posted.<br />
589Best,<br />
590Marla</p>
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604						<a href="https://travelingmarla.com/about/#comment-89"><time datetime="2012-06-14T13:27:53-04:00">14 June 2012 at 13:27</time></a>					</div><!-- .comment-metadata -->
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609					<p>Hi Marla,</p>
610<p>Thanks for liking the &#8220;Worst Job in America&#8221; post on our &#8220;The Two Bruces&#8221; blog and becoming a follower. You might be interested in the companion entry written by the other Bruce called &#8220;And it ain&#8217;t just the pigs that are weird.&#8221; Bruce wrote the &#8220;Worst Job&#8221; entry and I, the other Bruce, wrote &#8220;Pigs.&#8221; You&#8217;ll see we have different yet similar takes on the same event. Oh well, it makes life interesting and drives our friends up a wall.</p>
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649<p>My name is Rick Backstrom and I could use your help.  My wife and I are in the planning stage of a 10,000+ mile road trip. We will begin our Great American Dream Road Trip in Carlisle and head west. Along the way 
649we will be spending nights in Dayton, OH, Springfield, IL, Ft Madison, IA, DesMoines, IA, Omaha, NE, Lincoln, NE, Sioux City, IA, Sioux Falls, SD, De Smet (Little House on the Prairie), SD, Pickerel Lake Recreation Area, SD, Fargo, ND, Jamestown, ND, Bismarck, ND, New Town, ND, Williston, ND, Glendive, MT, Little Big Horn, MT, Billings, MT, Bozeman, MT, Butte, MT, Helena, MT, Great Falls, MT, Browning, MT, Columbia Falls, MT, Sandpointe, ID, Spokane, WA, Wenatchee, WA, Seattle, WA, Olympia, WA, Port Townsend, WA, Mora Campgrounds, Olympic National Park, WA, Grays Harbor, WA, Portland, OR, Salem, OR, Lincoln City, OR, Coos Bay, OR, Crescent City, CA, Eureka, CA, Lasse County, CA, Reno, NV, Carson City, NV, Sacramento, CA, San Francisco, CA, Monterey, CA, San Luis Obispo, CA, Santa Monica, CA, Pasedena, CA, Barstow, CA, Sunrise RV Park, AZ, Grand Canyon, AZ, Sedona, AZ, Phoenix, AZ, Walnut Canyon, AZ, Page, AZ, Moab, UT, Sanders, AZ, St. Johns, AZ, Albuquerque, NM, Santa Fe, NM, Tucumcari, NM, Amarillo, TX, Lubbock, TX, Oklahoma City, OK, Tulsa, OK, Bentonville, AR, Branson, MO, Cairo, KY, Lexington, KY, Frankfurt, KY, Charleston, WV, and home&#8230; You may have lived in or travelled to one or more of these areas. We would appreciate any input on things such as places to go, eat, or sleep. Please feel free to drop us an email at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> with any of your suggestions. Thanks for all your help.</p>
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