Posts by Hank

LA/XC-4 DAYS TWENTY-NINE AND THIRTY:  POSTING FROM PORT CLINTON, OHIO Two-day mileage from Kenosha, WI to Port Clinton, OH:  481 Total LA/XC-4 mileage:  8,139 Road Music:  “Sweet Home Alabama” endlessly, to see if it still deserves #1 on Hank Herman’s 300 Favorite Songs of All Time, the revised…

LA/XC-4 DAYS TWENTY-TWO THROUGH TWENTY-EIGHT:  POSTING FROM KENOSHA, WI Seven-day mileage from Mount Shasta, CA to Kenosha, WI:  2,761 Total LA/XC-4 mileage:  7,659 Road Music:  Sirius cycle; NBA “red zone” (e.g., listening to the ends of all the playoff games); LA/XC-4 playlist (The Band Perry…

LA/XC-4 DAYS EIGHTEEN, NINETEEN, TWENTY, AND TWENTY-ONE:  POSTING FROM MOUNT SHASTA, CA Westbound mileage to L.A.: 3,602 Mileage while in L.A. area:  524 Three-day mileage from Santa Monica to Mount Shasta:  772 Total LA/XC-4 mileage:  4,898 Road Music:  Tuesday —  Willie Nelson’s “On the Road…

LA/XC-4 DAYS FOURTEEN, FIFTEEN, SIXTEEN, AND SEVENTEEN:  POSTING FROM SANTA MONICA Yesterday Carol, Kemba, and I drove up the PCH to visit our good friends, former-Westporters Susan and Rick.  (Carol flew into L.A. Thursday for a long-weekend visit; as I’m sure you know by now, this whole cross-co…

LA/XC-4 DAYS TEN, ELEVEN, TWELVE AND THIRTEEN:  POSTING FROM SANTA MONICA Two-day mileage (Tempe, AZ to Los Angeles):  447 Total LA/XC-4 mileage:  3,602 Road Music:  Sunday:  Sirius Radio — “The Hot 45” on The Highway with Storme Warren; Green Day’s Dookie, for old time’s sake; Monday: Mets vs…

LA/XC-4 DAY NINE:  POSTING FROM TEMPE, ARIZONA Today’s mileage:  387 Total LA/XC-4 mileage:  3,155 Road Music:  Sirius cycle; Green Day’s American Idiot; Duke vs. Michigan State Weather leaving Las Cruces, NM Saturday morning:  68 degrees, partly sunny, breezy, pleasant Weather arriving Temp…

LA/XC-4 DAY EIGHT:  POSTING FROM LAS CRUCES, NM Today’s mileage:  421 Total LA/XC-4 mileage:  2,765 Road Music:  Sirius cycle; “Music of Nashville” playlist (5 CDs from the Nashville TV show) Weather leaving Sonora, TX Thursday night:  77 degrees, mixed sun and clouds Weather arriving Las Cru…

LA/XC-4 DAYS FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN:  POSTING FROM SONORA, TX Three-day mileage:  1,079 Total LA/XC-4 mileage:  2,344 Road Music:  Sirius cycle; all my Carrie Underwood, in honor of passing through Checotah; all my Trish Murphy, in honor of my visit to Austin Weather leaving Memphis, TN:  70 degr…

LA/XC-4 DAYS THREE AND FOUR:  POSTING FROM MEMPHIS, TN Two-day mileage:  767 Total LA/XC-4 mileage:  1,265 Road Music:  One-with-nature quiet time on the Blue Ridge Parkway; then March Madness Elite 8 action; Sirius cycle, and  the rest of my “Runaway Country” playlist Weather leaving Waynesbor…

LA/XC-4 DAY TWO:  POSTING FROM WAYNESBORO, VA Today’s mileage:  139 Total LA/XC-4 mileage:  498 Road Music:  Shhh . . . quiet.  One with nature today Weather leaving Stephens City:  a very cold, crisp 32, bright sunshine Weather arriving Waynesboro:  30 degrees, still sunny Today’s state tally…