Ricky? Ronnie? Reggie?
I must have told the story about how Ricky came to be “Ricky” a thousand times: How Robby, then 9, named his beagle puppy for Ricky Williams, the Miami Dolphins running back, and his ultimate hero at the time. How when Williams retired unexpectedly at age 27, two days before training camp, Robby…
Andrew’s Army
Something a little different today.
One of Beagle Man’s very favorite kids in the entire world, Andrew Accardi, passed away last week at the age of 20, after battling pediatric neuroblastoma for 15 years. My own personal remembrance of Andrew will be in tomorrow’s print version of the Westport Ne…
Why Ricky Gets Dragged Along On All My Hikes
Am up in VT. Came here Wednesday night, straight from teaching my writing course in Hartford. It always occurs to me when I reach Trinity that I’m 1/3 of the way to VT and pointing in the right direction — so this time I continued on. According to my internet weather site it was supposed to rai…
LA/XC-3: Still?
LA/XC-3 SUMMARY
Total state tally LA/XC-3: 24 (Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware); l…
Arriving At Destination
LA/XC-3 DAYS TWENTY-SEVEN AND TWENTY-EIGHT: CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA; ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, AND WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT
Day Twenty-seven mileage: 260
Day Twenty-eight mileage: 304
Total LA/XC-3 mileage: 7,978.4 (FINAL!)
Road music: Sirius cycle; Eric Church (Carolina, Chief, Sinners Like…
You Never Know Who You’re Gonna Run Into In Nashville
LA/XC-3 DAYS TWENTY-THREE, TWENTY-FOUR, TWENTY-FIVE, AND TWENTY-SIX: NASHVILLE, ATLANTA, AND CHAPEL HILL
Day Twenty-three mileage: 462
Day Twenty-four mileage: 37 (in and around Nashville)
Day Twenty-five mileage: 252
Day Twenty-six mileage: 393
Total LA/XC-3 mileage: 7,414.4
Road musi…
Guitar Hero
LA/XC-3 DAYS NINETEEN, TWENTY, TWENTY-ONE, AND TWENTY-TWO: LORDSBURG, NEW MEXICO; MARFA AND AUSTIN, TX; HOPE, ARKANSAS
Day Nineteen mileage: 454
Day Twenty mileage: 399
Day Twenty-one mileage: 408
Day Twenty-two mileage: 397
Total LA/XC-3 mileage: 6,270.4
Road music: Sirius cycle; Litt…