LA/XC-52016 LA/XC-5 DAYS TWENTY-SIX AND TWENTY-SEVEN: POSTING FROM STAUNTON, VA Two-day mileage from Tupelo, MS to Staunton, VA: 711.2 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 6,990.9 Road Music:  Tuesday: Entire Elvis catalogue, from Tupelo all the way to Alabama state line, then Sirius cycle, then “Deep Themes in Country Music” playlist as a run-up to Lynchburg and the Jack Daniels Distillery (“Jack Daniels kicked my ass again last night,” Elvis slept here Eric Church;...

LA/XC-52016 LA/XC-5 DAYS TWENTY-TWO, TWENTY-THREE, TWENTY-FOUR, AND TWENTY-FIVE: POSTING FROM TUPELO, MS Four-day mileage from Fort Stockton, TX to Tupelo, MS: 1,249.9 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 6,279.7 Road Music: Friday: Mostly politics.  Very cool speech by Obama in support of Hillary; almost as good as Michelle’s speech the day before; then, all Trish Murphy all the time “ahead of” (as “You think you could lock the car so we can get in the water, for...

LA/XC-52016Greetings from Fort Stockton! LA/XC-5 DAYS TWENTY AND TWENTY-ONE: POSTING FROM FORT STOCKTON, TX Two-day mileage from Blythe, CA to Fort Stockton, TX:  809.2 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 5,030.2 Road Music:  Wednesday: Politics on Sirius (“No way I vote for Trump,” says a lady from Ohio.  “I’d vote for a clown first.  A clown with a red nose.”  Well said!); rest of Sirius Cycle; “Duets” playlist (samples: “Highway Don’t...

I haven’t really complained to Beagle Man yet, but I can tell you guys:  I’ve kind of had it with life on the road.  I don’t like these Best Westerns nearly as much as the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel.  And I’m sick of the car.  I don’t even care if I can have the shotgun seat. What’s so enchanting? I’m starting to really miss Winslow Park, and all my friends there — Lincoln and Sadie and Roxy and all the rest.  I miss the ocean at...

LA/XC-52016Greetings from Blythe — and other desert cities! LA/XC-5 DAYS FIFTEEN, SIXTEEN, AND SEVENTEEN, EIGHTEEN, AND NINETEEN: POSTING FROM BLYTHE, CALIFORNIA Mileage while in Santa Monica and environs:  454.5 Today’s mileage from Santa Monica to Blythe, CA: 256.9 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 4,221.0 Road Music:  Politics on Sirius (all this Trump stuff is too irresistable); then ESPN, but they were broadcasting Dodgers vs. Nats, and I’ve checked out of baseball for the...

LA/XC-52016Welcome to the neighborhood! LA/XC-5 DAYS TWELVE, THIRTEEN, AND FOURTEEN: POSTING FROM SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA Weather: Absolutely perfect.  Always. “Put it in the books!” as Howie Rose would say on New York radio . . . only this time that goes for the Mets whole season.  A deliriously optimistic — and appropriately loud (LET’S GO METS!  LET’S GO METS!) crowd of NY ex-pats and plain old visitors from the New York area (that would be us) gathered...

Hey, guys, Ricky the Beagle here.  I know, you haven’t heard my voice yet on LA/XC-5.  What can I say?  Sounds to me like B-Man and the K-Dawg have been living large — first on the road, now in Santa Monica.  But I can’t complain; I had a good run on my own cross-country trips back in Seriously, is this Frisbee worth risking drowning over? the day.  Okay — so what about this Misty the Beagle Kemba was palling around with yesterday at Huntington Beach!!!???  Yes, I...

LA/XC-52016 LA/XC-5 DAYS NINE, TEN, AND ELEVEN: POSTING FROM SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA Two-day mileage from Williams, AZ to Santa Monica, CA: 596.2 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 3,509.6 Road Music: Saturday: Mets vs. Phils (Mets clinch!); LA/XC-5 “Live” playlist; Sirius — Tom Sedona’s best-in-show dog park Petty Radio and E Street Radio (live concert from San Sebastian Spain); Sunday: Jets vs. Seahawks (yuck); NFL Sunday Drive; Mets vs. Phillies (final game of regular...

LA/XC-52016 LA/XC-5 DAYS SEVEN AND EIGHT: POSTING FROM WILLIAMS, ARIZONA Two-day mileage from Grand Junction, CO to Williams, AZ: 691.8 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 2,913.4 Road Music:  Thursday: Back-to-nature silence for two hours; Dierks Bentley mix; Politics on Sirius; LA/XC-5 “Live” playlist — Dierks, Stones, Dylan, Dixie Chicks, Trish Murphy, and Janis Joplin (explained Janis’s inclusion on first road post, “Impressive This desert bighorn sheep was real,...

Such a beautiful rest stop! I decided to guest-blog tonight so everyone can get a normal perspective on this insane trip.  That, and Hank has been obsessively asking me to do it since we pulled out of the Denver airport parking lot 3 days ago.  I couldn’t bear his having to cross off “Carol Post?” from his list a third consecutive night, so here goes. “Tremendous!”  “Amazing!” “Incredible!” “Unbelievable!”...