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My New Favorite Motel Chain

LA/XC DAY SEVENTEEN: ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING • Today’s mileage: 399 • Total LA/XC mileage: 5,034 • Road Music: ZZ Top; College football (Sooners beat Mizzou) • Today’s state tally: 3 (Nevada, Utah, Wyoming) • New states for Beagle Man: 0 (For a moment I was thinkin…

The Long Road Home

LA/XC DAY SIXTEEN: ELKO, NEVADA • Two-day mileage: 544 • Total LA/XC mileage: 4,635 • Road Music: Eagles, Rascal Flatts, Lucinda Williams • Two-day state tally: 2 (California, Nevada; what can I say — they’re both huge!) • New states for Beagle Man: 0 (Was tempted to count Nevada, b…

The City by the What? Where?

LA/XC DAY FIFTEEN: SAN FRANCISCO Yesterday’s mileage: 438 Total LA/XC mileage: 4,091 Road Music: Sheryl Crow iPod marathon Yesterday’s state tally: 1 (California; it’s a long state) New states for Beagle Man: 0 It finally happened. My pardner woke me at 6:05 this morning (late for him), I s…

Fight On!

L.A. / SANTA MONICA / USC: DAYS TWO-THREE-FOUR Clearly, I’ve led a deprived life as far as going to college football games is concerned. When you think about it, I’ve only been to one really big-time game ever — the 1997 Rose Bowl — with Ohio State beating Arizona State on a thrilling last-m…

There’s a New Marshal in Town

LA/XC DAY SEVEN: LAS VEGAS TO L.A. • Las Vegas-L.A. mileage: 270 • Total LA/XC mileage: 3,218 • Road Music Monday: Tom Petty iPod marathon (Even though he’s a Florida boy, I’ve always heavily associated him, and his lyrics, with CA) • Today’s state tally: 2…

Reunion

Keep Those Cards and Letters Coming . . .

LA/XC DAYS FIVE AND SIX: AMARILLO TO GRAND CANYON; GRAND CANYON TO LAS VEGAS • Two-day mileage: 1,039 • Total LA/XC mileage: 2,947 • Road Music Monday: Random iPod shuffle. Some pleasant surprises: “Lyin’ Eyes” (Eagles), “Little Deuce Coupe” (Beach Boys), “On the Sunn…

The Revelation

LA/XC DAYS THREE AND FOUR: NASHVILLE / TULSA / AMARILLO Two-day mileage: 971 Total LA/XC mileage: 1,942 Road Music Saturday: Country from my iPod ( stretch of I-40 between Nashville and Memphis is known as “Music Highway”); College football on XM Radio; Sunday: NFL Radio — Su…

Ricky Storms Nashville

LA/XC DAY TWO: NASHVILLE, TN Today’s mileage: 666 Total LA/XC mileage: 968 Road Music: CNN on XM Radio (missed the President’s speech last night; felt guilty; had to get caught up); ESPN Radio; “The Highway” (new country); playlist from Mikey Ice, featuring Black Keys and My M…

Just Starting Off . . . and Already Behind Schedule

LA/XC DAY ONE: ALEXANDRIA, VA Today’s mileage: 302 Road Music: ESPN Radio; “The Highway” (new country) on XM radio; my “Hurricane Irene” playlist (a mix featuring Adele, Springsteen, Keith Urban, Dixie Chicks, Creedence, Gretchen Wilson, Grateful Dead, Tom Petty, and others) Weather leaving Westp…