Mr. Spontaneity
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 al…
Found Our Beach!
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 …
Wrong Side Of the Tracks
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: Po…
I Want To Go Home!
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.
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 milea…
In the ‘Hood
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 …
Surf Dogs
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
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 clinc…
“If You Like Topography . . .”
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;…
Reality Check
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 parki…