LA/XC-32013 LA/XC-3 DAYS EIGHT, NINE, TEN, AND ELEVEN:  BRYCE CANYON, UTAH; HOOVER DAM, NEVADA-ARIZONA; L.A. AND SANTA MONICA Day Eight mileage:  337.4  Day Nine mileage:  326.2  Total LA/XC-3 mileage (to Loews Santa Monica): 3,251.0  Road music:  ESPN Radio — and because it’s California, and Friday, the Beach Boys (The Greatest Hits, Vol. 1; Today!);  the Zac Brown Band (The Foundation; You Get What You Give) Weather leaving Bryce Canyon City Thursday morning: 62 and...

I cannot wait to tell you about one of the stupidest comments I’ve ever heard!  Beagle Man says the kid must have been super drunk.  Robby’s sure he was high.  I just think he was really, really dumb.  Anyway, B-Man and I had just reached the USC campus at about 6 o’clock Friday night, after over 3,200 miles of driving. Robby and I did our The Reunion, Part 3 hugs and smooching, I peed and pooped in front of the Teke house, right on cue “like a good, good...

LA/XC-3 DAYS FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN: GOODLAND, KANSAS; GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO; BRYCE CANYON, UTAH LA/XC-32013 Day Five mileage:  430.1 Day Six mileage:  371.1 Day Seven mileage:  420.2 Total LA/XC-3 mileage: 2,587.2 Road music: Sirius cycle; Beagle Man’s 200 Favorites playlist; Dierks Bentley (Home).  [I’ve semi-abandoned my featured-artist-of-the-state concept.  Seemed like a cute idea at the time, but I’d rather listen to what I feel like listening to. ...

I’m not really sure if there’s any logic to the connection between how the Jets do on the field and how I get treated — but it’s sure as hell there!  On Sunday, when Tampa Bay had all but stuck a fork in the Jets, Beagle Man was giving me zero treats, was late on my 3PM meds-and-banana, and was yanking my leash if I so much as tried to move an inch from the godforsaken spot outside Ozarkland where he was able to get Sirius satellite reception.  Then, after his...

LA/XC-3 DAYS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR:  COLUMBUS, OHIO; ST. LOUIS AND INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI LA/XC-32013 Day Two mileage:  211.7 Day Three mileage:  475.4 Day Four mileage:  243.9 Total LA/XC-3 mileage: 1,364.8 Road music:  ESPN Radio  (Any time I can listen to Colin Cowherd while I’m on the road, I’m gonna do it.  The guy’s incredibly entertaining and absolutely brilliant.  And he always agrees with me :)); CNN; The Highway.  (To make things simpler from here on...

I’ve been meaning to address this for a long time:  I don’t know why Beagle Man treats me like fine china.  It’s nuts.  Two years ago, on LA/XC-1, he wouldn’t carry his stuff from the car to the motel room without keeping me right alongside him on the leash.  Last year he got the brilliant idea of keeping me nice and secure in the crate in the back of the SUV while he did all the packing and unpacking.  And this year, just this morning, when he was loading...

LA/XC-32013 LA/XC-3 DAY ONE:  MERCER, PA Today’s mileage:  433.6 Total LA/XC-3 mileage: 433.6 Road Music:  ESPN New York (lasted till Delaware Water Gap); CNN; the Highway (new country); Artist of the Day: Taylor Swift (new feature this year: I listen to my whole collection from a prominent singer associated with the state we’re passing through; T. Swift was raised in Wyomissing, PA.  Country Shmountry); NFL network for Broncos-Ravens pre-game Weather leaving Westport: ...

* * *  COUNTDOWN:  1 DAY TO LA/XC-3  * * * The last coffee run of the season: Geiger, Kelly, Greg, Beagle Man Officially stuck a fork in summer with our last bike ride to Jack’s Monday morning.  I know, I know — but it’s still summer till the 21st.  Blah, blah, blah.  Ricky and I have a zillion things to do today — last day in WePo before hitting the road — but I do have one important piece of business to take care of before becoming thoroughly overwhelmed by last-minute...

* * *  COUNTDOWN:  6 DAYS TO LA/XC-3  * * * I was gonna tell Beagle Man that he left out a pretty important detail from yesterday’s post — how we’re gonna get back from L.A. after delivering the Pathfinder to Robby — but two readers beat me to the punch.  (Thanks, Bill and Mary.  And by the way, I love getting comments — so keep ’em coming :))  One of them wondered if I might be flying back.  Please!  You really think I can fit in one of those under-seat crates for...

* * *  COUNTDOWN:  7 DAYS TO LA/XC-3  * * * The new (very old) Official Vehicle of LA/XC-3  (Robby, I added the BEAGLE ON BOARD decal for the trip; hope you don’t mind.) Just about a month ago, Ricky took it upon himself to announce in his Roof Rack Report that the Acura MDX, veteran of LA/XC-1 & 2, had been retired, and this year we’d be cruising in luxury in a new Audi Q5.  (See “The New Official Vehicle of LA/XC-3”)  Ricky had already test-snored in...