LA/XC-5 2016
LA/XC-5 DAYS FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX: POSTING FROM GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
Three-day mileage from Des Moines, IA, to Grand Junction, CO: 990.8
Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 2,221.6
Road Music: Monday: CNN, MSNBC, and FOX to…
LA/XC-5 2016
LA/XC-5 DAY TWO AND THREE: POSTING FROM DES MOINES, IOWA
Two-day mileage from Austintown (suburb of Youngstown), OH to Des Moines, IA: 770.4
Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 1,230.6
Road Music: Saturday: Sirius Cycle (stuc…
LA/XC-5 DAY ONE: POSTING FROM AUSTINTOWN, OH
LA/XC-5 2016
Today’s mileage: 460.2
Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 460.2 (duh)
Road Music: Sirius Cycle (one-time-only explanation: I tend to start my road days with the news — especially…
* * *COUNTDOWN: 6 DAYS TO LA/XC-5 * * *
Once again, oldest son Matt will be hitching a ride for a short stretch
The official logo of LA/XC-5 (2016)
on my just-around-the-corner (starts in less than one week from today!) Beagl…
* * *COUNTDOWN: 28 DAYS TO LA/XC-5 * * *
Poor Kemba’s been coping with adversity this whole summer.
The purple ball
All my dog wants out of life is to fetch the purple squeaky rubber ball that I chuck into the ocean for him. …
Last summer, Kemba’s first birthday celebration on #hermanbeach in
Party favors
Amagansett was a relatively low-key affair. Kept under wraps until the afternoon of the party, and even then only signaled by a small copy-paper…
Got back from a quicky late-night bite at the Grey Goose. I’d been gone for maybe 45 minutes. Kemba greeted me, of course, at the playroom door, all in a lather. God forbid I’d get back from even the shortest trip without dropping everything to play with him.
“Come on, Handsome, let’s go out i…
The outlook wasn’t sunny over Winslow Park that day;
Kemba and friend
But the parking lot was all but full, and Kemba still had to play.
And then when Patricia kicked the ball and Kemba went to get it,
Bullet snatched it clea…
Kemba tells me he misses this view . . .
Was talking last Friday to one of my Hartford writing students — a hardcore dog lover who also happens to be a big-time fan of this blog. She knows pretty much all there is to know ab…
