Beagleman – Page 35

Arriving At Destination

LA/XC-3 DAYS TWENTY-SEVEN AND TWENTY-EIGHT: CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA; ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, AND WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT Day Twenty-seven mileage: 260 Day Twenty-eight mileage: 304 Total LA/XC-3 mileage: 7,978.4 (FINAL!) Road music: Sirius cycle; Eric Church (Carolina, Chief, Sinners Like…

Nolan, Toby, Bingo, and Brinkley

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 one, not two, not three, but four of my dog-friends. In Chapel Hill, I got to meet Bingo, and I have to admit, he’s way cooler than I thought. (I said he looked like a squir…

You Never Know Who You’re Gonna Run Into In Nashville

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 mileage: 252 Day Twenty-six mileage: 393 Total LA/XC-3 mileage: 7,414.4 Road musi…

Switcheroo?

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 lett…

Guitar Hero

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 Twenty-two mileage: 397 Total LA/XC-3 mileage: 6,270.4 Road music: Sirius cycle; Litt…

Bowl Controversy

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 really…

Pushing the Envelope

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 Seventeen mileage (in L.A.): 20.8 Day Eighteen mileage: 248.0 Total LA/XC-3 mileage: 4…

Command Performance

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 had…

Highway 1

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 (Analog Man); Neil Young (After the Goldrush; Greatest Hits); John Fogerty (The Long Roa…

Welcome to Paradise!

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…