Posts by Hank

This past weekend Kemba jumped off the roof. Yes, my writing students at Blackham Middle School in Bridgeport, this is hyperbole.  But not by much. Wait, though.  Let’s back up a little. From the time Kemba emigrated from Canada, as a little ball of fluff, he never seemed to be where we were sure…

LA/XC-4 DAY THIRTY-ONE:  POSTING FROM WESTPORT, CT Last-day mileage from Port Clinton, OH to Westport, Ct:  571 Total LA/XC-4 mileage:  8,710 Road Music:  Sirius cycle; Spurs-Clippers; Gretchen Wilson (Here For the Party); Little Big Town (Tornado, Pain Killer); Mets-Yanks Weather leaving Por…

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…