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Last Sunday, Ricky and I discovered a brand-new hiking area.  Well, all right, we didn’t actually discover it.  My friend Sarah, who has China the chow chow, told me about it, but Ricky and I did have the whole place to ourselves on Sunday.  Well, all right, not exactly to ourselves — but there cer…
Yesterday on the FAN, Joe and Evan were analyzing the Jets’ dwindling playoff chances.  I have to admit — earmuffs, Robby — they were more bullish than I am at the moment.  Their conversation brought to mind a recent family discussion about what Ricky likes most.  Of course, we then started ranki…
Yeah, yeah, yeah — the beagle actually landed four weeks ago.  I know that.  I thought of this title the day after writing “It’s a Wrap,” my first post LA/XC-2 report, and have been wishing I’d used it ever since.  Sort of the way Barack felt, I’m sure, on October 4, when he thought of all his gre…
LA/XC-2 SUMMARY Total state tally LA/XC-2:  26 (Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virg…
LA/XC-2 DAYS TWENTY-THREE, TWENTY-FOUR, TWENTY-FIVE, AND TWENTY-SIX:  LEAVING AUSTIN; LOUISIANA-MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA; ATLANTA; DELAWARE Day Twenty-three mileage:  453 Day Twenty-four mileage: 457 Day Twenty-five mileage:  260 Day Twenty-six mileage:  676 Total L…
LA/XC-2 DAYS TWENTY-ONE AND TWENTY-TWO:  SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO; AUSTIN, TEXAS Day Twenty mileage:  333 Day Twenty-one mileage: 376 Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 6,214 Weather leaving Santa Fe:  75 and brilliant sunshine Road Music: Texas favorites, in honor of Austin, “Live Mus…
LA/XC-2 DAYS NINETEEN AND TWENTY:  CALIFORNIA; SEDONA (ARIZONA); ROUTE 66 Day Nineteen mileage: 486 Day Twenty mileage:  413 Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 5,506 Weather leaving San Francisco:  77 and sunny Road Music:  XM Radio regulars; Adele (21); Singles playlist; Monday Ni…
LA/XC-2 DAYS SIXTEEN, SEVENTEEN, AND EIGHTEEN:  SANTA MONICA, L.A., SAN DIEGO Let me set the stage for you.  It’s 45 minutes before kick-off . . . Falcons vs. Chargers . . . on a sunny, super-hot Sunday in San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium.  We’re enjoying all sorts of access to the Falcons via ou…
LA/XC-2 DAYS FOURTEEN AND FIFTEEN:  LAGUNA BEACH; SANTA MONICA;  LOS ANGELES The first time we stayed in Santa Monica back in the spring of 2010, when Robby was in town for his first look at USC, I pegged Big Dean’s “Muscle In” Cafe as my perfect “home” beachside bar and hangout.  Right on the San…
LA/XC-2 DAYS TWELVE AND THIRTEEN:  PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY; L.A.; SANTA MONICA Day Twelve mileage: 464 [NOTE: While I’ll continue to tally miles during my stay in L.A.-Santa Monica for the next week, I won’t be posting it daily] Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 4,087 Weather leaving San Francisco: …

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