Posts by Hank

Ricky? Ronnie? Reggie?

Robby and Ricky as pups 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 …

Andrew’s Army

Something a little different today. Andrew Accardi 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 o…

Why Ricky Gets Dragged Along On All My Hikes

Hiking Bromley: We didn’t “summit,” but we had a great time 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 t…

LA/XC-3: Still?

LA/XC-3 SUMMARY LA/XC-3 2013 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…

Arriving At Destination

Less than 48 hours later . . . LA/XC-3 2013 LA/XC-3 DAYS TWENTY-SEVEN AND TWENTY-EIGHT: CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA; ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, AND WESTPORT…

You Never Know Who You’re Gonna Run Into In Nashville

LA/XC-3 2013 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 m…

Guitar Hero

LA/XC-3 2013 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 Tw…

Pushing the Envelope

LA/XC-3 2013 LA/XC-3 DAYS FIFTEEN, SIXTEEN, SEVENTEEN, AND EIGHTEEN: PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, SANTA CRUZ, BERKELEY, SAN FRANCISCO, SANTA MONICA/L.A;, EL CENTRO Day Fifteen mileage: 243.9 Day Sixteen mileage: 392.9 Day Se…

Highway 1

LA/XC-3 2013 LA/XC-3 DAYS TWELVE, THIRTEEN, AND FOURTEEN: L.A./SANTA MONICA, AND THE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY FROM SANTA MONICA TO CAMBRIA Day Fourteen mileage: 238.7 Total LA/XC-3 mileage: 3,689.2 Road music: Joe Walsh (A…

Welcome to Paradise!

LA/XC-3 2013 LA/XC-3 DAYS EIGHT, NINE, TEN, AND ELEVEN: BRYCE CANYON, UTAH; HOOVER DAM, NEVADA-ARIZONA; L.A. AND SANTA MONICA Day Eight mileage: 337.4 Day Nine mileage: 326.2 Total LA/XC-3 mileage (to Loews Santa Mon…