LA/XC DAYS FIVE AND SIX: AMARILLO TO GRAND CANYON; GRAND CANYON TO LAS VEGAS
Ricky's Grand Canyon moment
• Two-day mileage: 1,039
• Total LA/XC mileage: 2,947
• Road Music Monday: Rand…
LA/XC DAYS THREE AND FOUR: NASHVILLE / TULSA / AMARILLO
Two-day mileage: 971
Ricky, meet Tucker. Tucker, meet Ricky
Total LA/XC mileage: 1,942
Road Music Saturday: Country from my iPod ( stretch…
LA/XC DAY TWO: NASHVILLE, TN
Broadway Ricky: Beagle Man, pooch, and new friend Steve in front of Tootsie's
Today’s mileage: 666
Total LA/XC mileage: 968
Road Music: CNN on XM Radio (missed t…
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 Wes…
Just one more day until our much-anticipated road trip. Yup, tomorrow Ricky and I em-BARK.
Ricky's last sleep for three weeks in the Cozy Confines of Devon Road
Though I like the image of me and my pooch riding …
Bring it on, Irene!
Sunday morning, 4:50 AM. I hear the shakety-shake. Ricky had jumped out of his bed and was doing his morning dog-thing. The moment I had half-dreaded, half-anticipated had arrived: My beagle w…
Zoe, Chloe, and Tucker (top to bottom)
I’d by lying if I said I wasn’t starting to really look forward to my cross-country drive to L.A. with my doggy. I know it all started as a promise to Robby to bring his pup ou…
Have been out at the beach in Montauk on vacation for the last two weeks. Have forgotten — as you can see — how to write in complete sentences.
In the midst of this sun-sand-surf interlude, with nothing but picture-perfect weather, my niece Kat had a baby — George Edward. To be called Teddy,…
"It's so hot. And I'm full of sand. And the horse flies are eating me alive. And I hate the water. I just don't get it . . ."
We were on the beach yesterday — a reasonable move, I think, wi…