LA/XC-4 DAYS THREE AND FOUR: POSTING FROM MEMPHIS, TN Two-day mileage: 767 Total LA/XC-4 mileage: 1,265 Road Music: One-with-nature quiet time on the Blue Ridge Parkway; then March Madness Elite 8 action; Sirius cycle, and the rest of my “Runaway Country” playlist Weather leaving Waynesboro, VA: 40 degrees, brilliant sunshine Weather arriving Memphis, TN: 72 […]
LA/XC-4 DAY TWO: POSTING FROM WAYNESBORO, VA Today’s mileage: 139 Total LA/XC-4 mileage: 498 Road Music: Shhh . . . quiet. One with nature today Weather leaving Stephens City: a very cold, crisp 32, bright sunshine Weather arriving Waynesboro: 30 degrees, still sunny Today’s state tally: 1 (Virginia) Gas money to date: $40.79 You’re at […]
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LA/XC-4 DAY ONE: POSTING FROM STEPHENS CITY, VA Today’s mileage: 359.3 Total LA/XC-4 mileage: 359.3 Road Music: ESPN New York; Sirius Radio: CNN, ESPN, The Highway — new country (going forward, these 3 stations, my on-the-road staples, will be known simply as the “Sirius Cycle” — just a little shorthand); Runaway Country playlist — based […]
* * *COUNTDOWN: 8 DAYS TO LA/XC-4 * * * You start recognizing the things on your to-do list that you really can’t afford to not get done when you’re up against a hard deadline. And I’m there — with a cross-country road trip that really needs to start early Friday morning, March 27. My […]
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* * * COUNTDOWN: 24 DAYS TO LA/XC-4 * * * Most of you know the deal. LA/XC, the series of Beagle Man cross-country road trips, originated back in 2011. It started as a joke, turned into a promise, became a journey, and evolved into a ritual. When Robby, back then still a senior at […]
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“Write about him,” Derr said, nodding in the direction of Harry, the low-slung, fruit-sniffing beagle. We were clustered around the baggage carousel at JFK, last stop on the Zermatt 6 Ski-the-Alps Tour, when Harry made his presence known by poking his snout into Geiger’s duffel. “There’s your connection for Beagle Man,” Derr said. The Young […]
Obviously, I knew I’d be socked in watching Ravens vs. Pats and Panthers vs. Seahawks on Saturday. And, of course, UConn hoops — vs. Cincinnati. Robby was still home from college (drove him back to the airport last night), and when Robby’s home there’s no such thing as a football or basketball game too insignificant […]
Saturday afternoon in Vermont it snowed — and kept snowing into the evening. Kemba, being Canadian, was oblivious to the weather (see photo, right); in fact, we were able to gauge the snowfall by how much accumulated on his red coat. By dinner time, the snow had turned to rain, and then . . . […]
