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Smelling the roses
Carol and I were in Vermont for the weekend, and brought Ricky along. We were hoping, of course, to see some prime foliage, but in truth, the colors were kind of dull, and lots of the trees were naked. “You just missed it. Peaked middle of the week,” the locals kept telling us.
Thirty-thre…
Back in the Saddle
For each and every one of my 22 days on the road during LA/XC –my cross-country-road-trip-with-beagle — and ever since, I’ve been haunted by the thought: Why no Jeep?
You may think “haunted” is too strong a word, but you wouldn’t if you understood my true core weirdness and the depth of my affi…
Ricky’s First Baby
Oh, sure, he’s seen babies before. Just last week he was hanging with his friend Red Buttons’ baby Emma at Burying Hill Beach. And Baby Ethan has visited us here in Westport the last couple of Passover Seders — though with so much tempting food around, Ricky is always banished for that occasion…
It May Not Be the Grand Canyon . . .
. . . but we call it home. Yes, Ricky and I are on familiar turf again; we’ve been back in CT just over a week now. Had a bunch of comforting “welcome home” comments waiting for us on the blog — from Pam, and Lang, and Naince, and Mary & Dante the Beagle, et al. What I’m finding now t…
We Made It!
LA/XC DAYS TWENTY-ONE AND TWENTY-TWO: MISSOURI VALLEY (IOWA) TO SOUTH BEND (INDIANA); SOUTH BEND TO WESTPORT, CT
• Two-day mileage: 1,283
• Total LA/XC mileage: 7,643
• Road Music: Trish Murphy; Creedence Clearwater Revival; John Mellencamp; Rolling Stones; Lady G…
My New Favorite Motel Chain
LA/XC DAY SEVENTEEN: ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING
• Today’s mileage: 399
• Total LA/XC mileage: 5,034
• Road Music: ZZ Top; College football (Sooners beat Mizzou)
• Today’s state tally: 3 (Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)
• New states for Beagle Man: 0 (For a moment I was thinkin…
The Long Road Home
LA/XC DAY SIXTEEN: ELKO, NEVADA
• Two-day mileage: 544
• Total LA/XC mileage: 4,635
• Road Music: Eagles, Rascal Flatts, Lucinda Williams
• Two-day state tally: 2 (California, Nevada; what can I say — they’re both huge!)
• New states for Beagle Man: 0 (Was tempted to count Nevada, b…
The City by the What? Where?
LA/XC DAY FIFTEEN: SAN FRANCISCO
Yesterday’s mileage: 438
Total LA/XC mileage: 4,091
Road Music: Sheryl Crow iPod marathon
Yesterday’s state tally: 1 (California; it’s a long state)
New states for Beagle Man: 0
It finally happened. My pardner woke me at 6:05 this morning (late for him), I s…
Fight On!
L.A. / SANTA MONICA / USC: DAYS TWO-THREE-FOUR
Clearly, I’ve led a deprived life as far as going to college football games is concerned. When you think about it, I’ve only been to one really big-time game ever — the 1997 Rose Bowl — with Ohio State beating Arizona State on a thrilling last-m…
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