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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…

USC or Bust!

Just one more day until our much-anticipated road trip. Yup, tomorrow Ricky and I em-BARK. Though I like the image of me and my pooch riding side by side across the country, carefree and up for anything, kind of like Butch and the Kid, in reality . . . a hell of a lot of planning went into this t…

Hurricane Who?

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 was going out in the pitch black to pee in Hurricane Irene! I was well-prepared for the “event” — had…