Anyone watch the whole debate last night? I listened all day to the analysis on CNN and Fox News (I like to hear what the elephant-guys are thinking) — and then I fell asleep one minute in, right after Mitt wished Barrack and the Mrs. a happy anniversary! Damn! I do enjoy my sleep: I probabl…
It’s a good thing we’re almost back in CT, because I’m just about at the end of my leash. I think by now most of you have recognized my Roof Rack Reports as an attempt to establish my independence, and to distance my astute political commentary from Beagle Man’s numbskull ramblings about sports,…
So there’s this item about Nikka the Drug-Sniffing Dog in the Huff Post “Weird News” section on Wednesday. I didn’t see it until a couple of days later, because Beagle Man was hogging the laptop. Turns out this Nikka lives in Vaughn, New Mexico. We passed through Vaughn on Wednesday — probably…
LA/XC-2 DAYS TWENTY-ONE AND TWENTY-TWO: SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO; AUSTIN, TEXAS
Austin
Day Twenty mileage: 333
Day Twenty-one mileage: 376
Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 6,214
Weather leaving Santa Fe: 75…
Santa Fe
LA/XC-2 DAYS NINETEEN AND TWENTY: CALIFORNIA; SEDONA (ARIZONA); ROUTE 66
Day Nineteen mileage: 486
Day Twenty mileage: 413
Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 5,506
Santa Monica
LA/XC-2 DAYS FOURTEEN AND FIFTEEN: LAGUNA BEACH; SANTA MONICA; LOS ANGELES
The first time we stayed in Santa Monica back in the spring of 2010, when Robby was in town for his first look at USC, I pegg…