LA/XC-3 SUMMARY LA/XC-32013 Total state tally LA/XC-3:  24 (Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas,…

Less than 48 hours later . . . LA/XC-32013 LA/XC-3 DAYS TWENTY-SEVEN AND TWENTY-EIGHT:  CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA;  ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, AND WESTPORT,…

Finally, we got on a roll!  After three-and-a-half weeks of visiting people, the last few days of our trip we visited not Brinkley and me: Just two beagles chillin’ one, not two, not three, but four of my dog-friends.  In Cha…

LA/XC-32013 LA/XC-3 DAYS TWENTY-THREE, TWENTY-FOUR, TWENTY-FIVE, AND TWENTY-SIX:  NASHVILLE, ATLANTA, AND CHAPEL HILL Day Twenty-three mileage:  462 Day Twenty-four mileage:  37 (in and around Nashville) Day Twenty-five mi…

All right, so where the heck is the Pathfinder???  I could swear we left Westport in it.  And I’m positive we were still driving it when we reached L.A.  But today I woke up from just a quickie little nap and saw GMC on the center of the steering wheel where NISSAN used to be!  (Yes, I know my le…

LA/XC-32013 LA/XC-3 DAYS NINETEEN, TWENTY, TWENTY-ONE, AND TWENTY-TWO:   LORDSBURG, NEW MEXICO; MARFA AND AUSTIN, TX; HOPE, ARKANSAS Day Nineteen mileage:  454 Day Twenty mileage:  399 Day Twenty-one mileage:  408 Day Twe…

What is it with Beagle Man and my freakin’ bowls?  Has he told you yet, very modestly, that to pull off a trip like this, with all the miles of driving, and the sight-seeing, and the visiting, and the blogging, and staying in a different motel every night, you have to be really efficient and real…

LA/XC-32013 LA/XC-3 DAYS FIFTEEN, SIXTEEN, SEVENTEEN, AND EIGHTEEN:  PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, SANTA CRUZ, BERKELEY, SAN FRANCISCO, SANTA MONICA/L.A;, EL CENTRO Day Fifteen mileage:  243.9 Day Sixteen mileage:  392.9 Day Sev…

So we’re back in Santa Monica, staying at the Hotel California this time.  Right next door to the Loews.  Now correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t we just leave Santa Monica on Wednesday?  Only Beagle Man could come up with an itinerary like this one.  And I thought I’d made it pretty clear I’d ha…

LA/XC-32013 LA/XC-3 DAYS TWELVE, THIRTEEN, AND FOURTEEN:  L.A./SANTA MONICA, AND THE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY FROM SANTA MONICA TO CAMBRIA Day Fourteen mileage:  238.7 Total LA/XC-3 mileage: 3,689.2 Road music:  Joe Walsh (An…