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Welcome to L.A.

LA/XC-2 DAYS TWELVE AND THIRTEEN: PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY; L.A.; SANTA MONICA Day Twelve mileage: 464 [NOTE: While I’ll continue to tally miles during my stay in L.A.-Santa Monica for the next week, I won’t be posting it daily] Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 4,087 Weather leaving San Francisco: …

Upset Special

LA/XC-2 DAYS NINE, TEN, AND ELEVEN: NEVADA; OAKLAND, CA; PALO ALTO; SAN FRANCISCO Day Nine mileage: 509 Day Ten mileage: 27 Day Eleven mileage: 33 Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 3,622 Road Music: XM regular stations; LA/XC-2 Playlist (featuring Luc…

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 Y…

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…