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 Moni…

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…

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 Ro…

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 …

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:  ESP…

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 o…

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 (ne…

* * *  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 stil…

* * *  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, …

* * *  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 a…