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Upset Special
LA/XC-2 DAYS NINE, TEN, AND ELEVEN: NEVADA; OAKLAND, CA; PALO ALTO; SAN FRANCISCO
Day Nine mileage: 509
Day Ten mileage: 27
Day Eleven mileage: 33
Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 3,622
Road Music: XM regular stations; LA/XC-2 Playlist (featuring Luc…
Chasing Old Faithful
LA/XC-2 DAYS FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT: DENVER, THERMOPOLIS (WYOMING), YELLOWSTONE AND GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARKS, IDAHO, AND NEVADA
Day Five mileage: 289
Day Six mileage: 420
Day Seven mileage: 298
Day Eight mileage: 406
Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 3,052
Road Music: XM regular stati…
An Extra Hour!
LA/XC-2 DAY FOUR: IOWA AND NEBRASKA
Yesterday’s mileage: 467
Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 1,639
Road Music: NFL Football: Jets game; NFL “Drive Time”; Denver-Pittsburgh game; for a short musical break: Keith Urban (Get Closer album)
Weather leaving Grinnell: 65 under a gorgeous blue Iowa sky
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There’s Something About Iowa
LA/XC-2 DAYS TWO AND THREE: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AND GRINNELL, IOWA
Friday’s mileage: 560
Saturday’s mileage: 322
Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 1,173
Road Music Friday: XM “regulars” (Fox, CNN, ESPN); XM The Highway (worst song heard: American Beauty by the Lost Trailers; best song heard: American…
Greetings From Happy Valley
LA/XC-2 DAY ONE: STATE COLLEGE, PA
Today’s mileage: 290.7
Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 290.7
Road Music: Local news (WCBS); local sports (ESPN); Fox News; CNN news; national sports (ESPN); The Highway (new country music); iPod singles playlist — a motley collection I put together, but I was rea…
Ricky Speaks Out
* * * COUNTDOWN: 4 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * *
Throughout the Republican National Convention this past week, I kept hearing Tampa this, and Tampa that. Why all this love for Tampa? Then on Thursday, while I was listening to radio coverage of Day 3, the commentator said he was “reporting live from Ta…
Wordless Wednesday
* * * COUNTDOWN: 8 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * *
Grand-nephew Teddy, Sheepadoodle Max. (That’s Teddy on the left.)
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Ricky To Ride on Roof Rack?
* * * COUNTDOWN: 12 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * *
Just back late last night from moving Robby into his new digs at USC. You might ask, why would you fly out to L.A. to help your son move in, fly back on August 24 — and then get ready to drive out to Cali again with your beagle on Sept. 6 — just 12 da…
Wordless Wednesday
* * * COUNTDOWN: 15 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * *
The Yin and the Yang: Roxy and Frankie
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Peg Leg and Prince
* * * COUNTDOWN: 19 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * *
Less than three weeks till Ricky and I hit the road again for Cross-Country Road Trip With Beagle, Part Deux! I’ll tell you, there’s gonna be lots of quality bonding going on between me and my pooch — especially after the time we’ve spent apart thes…
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