Posts by Hank

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…

Badlands

LA/XC DAYS EIGHTEEN, NINETEEN, AND TWENTY: ROCK SPRINGS (WYOMING) TO DENVER; DENVER TO BADLANDS; BADLANDS TO MISSOURI VALLEY (IOWA) • Three-day mileage: 1,318 • Total LA/XC mileage: 6,359 • Road Music: Sunday — NFL Radio; Monday — iPod malfunction (again!); listened to pretty mu…

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…

There’s a New Marshal in Town

LA/XC DAY SEVEN: LAS VEGAS TO L.A. • Las Vegas-L.A. mileage: 270 • Total LA/XC mileage: 3,218 • Road Music Monday: Tom Petty iPod marathon (Even though he’s a Florida boy, I’ve always heavily associated him, and his lyrics, with CA) • Today’s state tally: 2…