Posts by Hank

And They’re Off!

LA/XC-3 2013 LA/XC-3 DAY ONE: MERCER, PA Today’s mileage: 433.6 Total LA/XC-3 mileage: 433.6 Road Music: ESPN New York (lasted till Delaware Water Gap); CNN; the Highway (new country); Artist of the Day: Taylor Swift (n…

The Next 100

* * * COUNTDOWN: 1 DAY TO LA/XC-3 * * * The last coffee run of the season: Geiger, Kelly, Greg, Beagle Man Officially stuck a fork in summer with our last bike ride to Jack’s Monday morning. I know, I know — but it’s stil…

Saved By the Pathfinder

* * * COUNTDOWN: 7 DAYS TO LA/XC-3 * * * The new (very old) Official Vehicle of LA/XC-3 (Robby, I added the BEAGLE ON BOARD decal for the trip; hope you don’t mind.) Just about a month ago, Ricky took it upon himself to a…

Oh, Yeah, Ricky and Robby. Right . . .

* * * COUNTDOWN: 20 DAYS TO LA/XC-3 * * * All right, I think it’s about time I admit it. My annual September road trip across America with Ricky the Beagle is no longer about driving the beloved family LA/XC-3 2013 dog ou…

A Dog Named Hank

* * * COUNTDOWN: 24 DAYS TO LA/XC-3 * * * Meet “Hank.” Hank’s a French bulldog, and he’s Beagle Man’s latest friend. The B-Man is always inordinately Hank fascinated when he runs into another creature named Hank. They m…

NOW You Tell Me!

* * * COUNTDOWN: 35 DAYS TO LA/XC-3 * * * The Trojan beagle? Earlier this week, in his Roof Rack Report, Ricky described my feeble attempts at getting myself acclimated to the new Audi, the Official Vehicle of LA/XC-3. Ob…

The Mystery Of the Drooping Osprey Perch

Broken perch (You can see the perch/arm drooping more clearly in the close-up photo, left) Back home in WePo after the long, glorious, perfect-sizzling-sunny-summer-beach-weather weekend in Paradise, aka Montauk. Early-morni…

I Brake For Beagles

I’ve told the story a bunch of times about the night during LA/XC-1 that my Garmin went kablooey on me in the Badlands and I had to slink into a cowboy bar and ask for directions. I knew I’d be pegged as an outsider, but I was hoping to look as little like a pathetic easterner as possible, so I …

Finally! An Obedience Training Method For Even the Most Stubborn Dogs!

“Ricky, lie down and fall asleep on the tile floor in the kitchen. Good boy!” No, it’s not your imagination; Robby’s been making way more appearances in Beagle Man than usual lately. That’s cause he’s home from school for th…

My Dog, the Animal

Ricky, my pet animal, rides shotgun Robby and I laugh at a lot of the same stuff. Sometimes we even make identical puns simultaneously. I find his deadpan tweet-humor hilarious. He laughs hysterically at my corny “daddy jo…