I hear Ricky was kind of disappointed with my first Duck Dog post.  Said I bounced around from topic to topic — “like a pinball.”  I get the feeling he was trying to say I’m immature.  I understand what he means.  It’s just that I get really excited by a lot of different things.  I’m not even 8 months old, don’t Me and my friend Will from the Joslyn dog park in Santa Monica. Will’s a movie star! forget!  He also accused me of being...

LA/XC-4 DAYS TEN, ELEVEN, TWELVE AND THIRTEEN:  POSTING FROM SANTA MONICA GREETINGS FROM CALI!LA/XC-42015 Two-day mileage (Tempe, AZ to Los Angeles):  447 Total LA/XC-4 mileage:  3,602 Road Music:  Sunday:  Sirius Radio — “The Hot 45” on The Highway with Storme Warren; Green Day’s Dookie, for old time’s sake; Monday: Mets vs. Washington — opening day!  (They won!  Looking for them to go 162-0!) Weather leaving Tempe, AZ Sunday morning:  83 degrees, bright...

So I see the pup has finally found his voice (The Duck Dog Speaks, April 2).  Good for you, little Kemba!  I was kinda wondering when you’d start chiming in.  Here’s a little tip for you:  Slow down.  In your first post you bounce around to like 8 different topics — eating paper . . . dog parks . . . scary horses . . .  your Easy, buddy. Let them come to you . . new logo (nice, by the way) — like a pinball.  No offense, but you sound a little ADD.  Same with your dog...

LA/XC-4 DAY NINE:  POSTING FROM TEMPE, ARIZONA GREETINGS FROM ARIZONA!LA/XC-42015 Today’s mileage:  387 Total LA/XC-4 mileage:  3,155 Road Music:  Sirius cycle; Green Day’s American Idiot; Duke vs. Michigan State Weather leaving Las Cruces, NM Saturday morning:  68 degrees, partly sunny, breezy, pleasant Weather arriving Tempe, AZ last night:  88 degrees, but cooling down nicely My little mountain lion on the prowl in Arizona Yesterday’s state tally: 2 (New Mexico,...

GREETINGS FROM NEW MEXICO!LA/XC-42015 Kemba catches his breath after shagging flies in Sonora LA/XC-4 DAY EIGHT:  POSTING FROM LAS CRUCES, NM Today’s mileage:  421 Total LA/XC-4 mileage:  2,765 Road Music:  Sirius cycle; “Music of Nashville” playlist (5 CDs from the Nashville TV show) Weather leaving Sonora, TX Thursday night:  77 degrees, mixed sun and clouds Weather arriving Las Cruces, NM last night:  exactly the same! This was pretty much it for over 400...

LA/XC-4 DAYS FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN:  POSTING FROM SONORA, TX GREETINGS FROM TEXAS!LA/XC-42015 Three-day mileage:  1,079 Total LA/XC-4 mileage:  2,344 Road Music:  Sirius cycle; all my Carrie Underwood, in honor of passing through Checotah; all my Trish Murphy, in honor of my visit to Austin Weather leaving Memphis, TN:  70 degrees, gusty Weather arriving Sonora, TX:  88 degrees; bright sunshine Three-day state tally: 4 (Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas) Gas money to date: ...

Every morning I eat something I’m not supposed to.  Back in Waynesboro, VA, the desk clerk slipped a Ever since I learned to do this a few weeks ago, I can’t seem to stop. The first few times I tried it, I fell over — AWKWARD! — but now I’ve got it down piece of paper under the door.  Beagle Man’s busy at his desk — so what am I supposed to do?  I inhale it.  He tells me the paper was directions to the dog park — and thanks a lot!  The next day I eat his...

GREETINGS FROM TENNESSEE!LA/XC-42015 LA/XC-4 DAYS THREE AND FOUR:  POSTING FROM MEMPHIS, TN Two-day mileage:  767 Total LA/XC-4 mileage:  1,265 Road Music:  One-with-nature quiet time on the Blue Ridge Parkway; then March Madness Elite 8 action; Sirius cycle, and  the rest of my “Runaway Country” playlist Weather leaving Waynesboro, VA:  40 degrees, brilliant sunshine Weather arriving Memphis, TN:  72 degrees, summer-like Kemba’s Krew in Waynesboro . . ....

LA/XC-4 DAY TWO:  POSTING FROM WAYNESBORO, VA GREETINGS FROM WAYNESBORO!LA/XC-4, 2015 Today’s mileage:  139 Total LA/XC-4 mileage:  498 Road Music:  Shhh . . . quiet.  One with nature today Weather leaving Stephens City:  a very cold, crisp 32, bright sunshine Weather arriving Waynesboro:  30 degrees, still sunny Today’s state tally: 1 (Virginia) Gas money to date:  $40.79 A handsome pair You’re at the end of Day 2 of a cross-country road trip to L.A. . . . and...

GREETINGS FROM VIRGINIA!LA/XC-42015 LA/XC-4 DAY ONE:  POSTING FROM STEPHENS CITY, VA Today’s mileage:  359.3 Total LA/XC-4 mileage:  359.3 Road Music:  ESPN New York; Sirius Radio:  CNN, ESPN, The Highway — new country (going forward, these 3 stations, my on-the-road staples, will be known simply as the “Sirius Cycle” — just a little shorthand); Runaway Country playlist — based on my recent festival experience in Melbourne, FLA, and featuring Blake Shelton, Lee...