Chasing Old Faithful
LA/XC-2 DAYS FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT: DENVER, THERMOPOLIS (WYOMING), YELLOWSTONE AND GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARKS, IDAHO, AND NEVADA
Day Five mileage: 289
Day Six mileage: 420
Day Seven mileage: 298
Day Eight mileage: 406
Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 3,052
Road Music: XM regular stati…
An Extra Hour!
LA/XC-2 DAY FOUR: IOWA AND NEBRASKA
Yesterday’s mileage: 467
Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 1,639
Road Music: NFL Football: Jets game; NFL “Drive Time”; Denver-Pittsburgh game; for a short musical break: Keith Urban (Get Closer album)
Weather leaving Grinnell: 65 under a gorgeous blue Iowa sky
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Smear Campaigns
So two nights ago we meet Luke and his roommate Hayes for dinner at the Grinnell Steakhouse (now there’s a place that has “Ricky” written all over it), and Hayes starts telling us about seeing Obama speak in Iowa City the day before. Iowa City — we just finished driving through there, but a day to…
There’s Something About Iowa
LA/XC-2 DAYS TWO AND THREE: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AND GRINNELL, IOWA
Friday’s mileage: 560
Saturday’s mileage: 322
Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 1,173
Road Music Friday: XM “regulars” (Fox, CNN, ESPN); XM The Highway (worst song heard: American Beauty by the Lost Trailers; best song heard: American…
Clint vs. Scarlett
Yeah, I know it was a week ago, but I still find myself thinking about Clint Eastwood’s speech at the RNC. Kind of weird. Kind of creepy. And then I hear on CNN yesterday that Scarlett Johansson would be speaking up for Obama. Sure, I’m a dog, but I’d take Scarlett over Clint in a heartbeat. …
Greetings From Happy Valley
LA/XC-2 DAY ONE: STATE COLLEGE, PA
Today’s mileage: 290.7
Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 290.7
Road Music: Local news (WCBS); local sports (ESPN); Fox News; CNN news; national sports (ESPN); The Highway (new country music); iPod singles playlist — a motley collection I put together, but I was rea…
Introducing . . . The Dongle!
* * * COUNTDOWN: 2 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * *
Was just reading a headline on The Fiscal Times website: “Obama on the Defense as Dems Convene in Charlotte.” Wait. Isn’t Obama the incumbent? But he’s on the defense? Politics. Go figure. Still, I like to keep up. Just because Beagle Man’s a politi…
MY PALS: Tripp
* * * COUNTDOWN: 3 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * *
Take a look at Tripp’s face. Okay, now look at mine. Even though he’s an English pointer with a preppy name, we could be brothers, no? Tripp, like Romeo, and like Monty and Bandit, is one of my Montauk beach buddies. In fact, he’s related to M&B…
Ricky Speaks Out
* * * COUNTDOWN: 4 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * *
Throughout the Republican National Convention this past week, I kept hearing Tampa this, and Tampa that. Why all this love for Tampa? Then on Thursday, while I was listening to radio coverage of Day 3, the commentator said he was “reporting live from Ta…
Wordless Wednesday
* * * COUNTDOWN: 8 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * *
Grand-nephew Teddy, Sheepadoodle Max. (That’s Teddy on the left.)
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