LA/XC-3 DAYS TWELVE, THIRTEEN, AND FOURTEEN: L.A./SANTA MONICA, AND THE PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY FROM SANTA MONICA TO CAMBRIA Day Fourteen mileage: 238.7 Total LA/XC-3 mileage: 3,689.2 Road music: Joe Walsh (Analog Man); Neil Young (After the Goldrush; Greatest Hits); John Fogerty (The Long Road Home) Weather leaving Santa Monica Wednesday morning: 81 degrees and mostly Read More
LA/XC-3 DAYS EIGHT, NINE, TEN, AND ELEVEN: BRYCE CANYON, UTAH; HOOVER DAM, NEVADA-ARIZONA; L.A. AND SANTA MONICA Day Eight mileage: 337.4 Day Nine mileage: 326.2 Total LA/XC-3 mileage (to Loews Santa Monica): 3,251.0 Road music: ESPN Radio — and because it’s California, and Friday, the Beach Boys (The Greatest Hits, Vol. 1; Today!); the Zac Brown Read More
LA/XC-3 DAYS FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN: GOODLAND, KANSAS; GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO; BRYCE CANYON, UTAH Day Five mileage: 430.1 Day Six mileage: 371.1 Day Seven mileage: 420.2 Total LA/XC-3 mileage: 2,587.2 Road music: Sirius cycle; Beagle Man’s 200 Favorites playlist; Dierks Bentley (Home). [I've semi-abandoned my featured-artist-of-the-state concept. Seemed like a cute idea at the time, Read More
LA/XC-3 DAYS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR: COLUMBUS, OHIO; ST. LOUIS AND INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI Day Two mileage: 211.7 Day Three mileage: 475.4 Day Four mileage: 243.9 Total LA/XC-3 mileage: 1,364.8 Road music: ESPN Radio (Any time I can listen to Colin Cowherd while I’m on the road, I’m gonna do it. The guy’s incredibly entertaining and Read More
LA/XC-3 DAY ONE: MERCER, PA Today’s mileage: 433.6 Total LA/XC-3 mileage: 433.6 Road Music: ESPN New York (lasted till Delaware Water Gap); CNN; the Highway (new country); Artist of the Day: Taylor Swift (new feature this year: I listen to my whole collection from a prominent singer associated with the state we’re passing through; T. Read More
* * * COUNTDOWN: 1 DAY TO LA/XC-3 * * * Officially stuck a fork in summer with our last bike ride to Jack’s Monday morning. I know, I know — but it’s still summer till the 21st. Blah, blah, blah. Ricky and I have a zillion things to do today — last day in Read More
* * * COUNTDOWN: 7 DAYS TO LA/XC-3 * * * Just about a month ago, Ricky took it upon himself to announce in his Roof Rack Report that the Acura MDX, veteran of LA/XC-1 & 2, had been retired, and this year we’d be cruising in luxury in a new Audi Q5. (See “The Read More
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* * * COUNTDOWN: 20 DAYS TO LA/XC-3 * * * All right, I think it’s about time I admit it. My annual September road trip across America with Ricky the Beagle is no longer about driving the beloved family dog out to see our poor homesick boy in far-away California. Oh, sure, it started Read More
* * * COUNTDOWN: 24 DAYS TO LA/XC-3 * * * Meet “Hank.” Hank’s a French bulldog, and he’s Beagle Man’s latest friend. The B-Man is always inordinately fascinated when he runs into another creature named Hank. They met in front of Jack’s Coffee in Amagansett, and the way B-Man was oohing and ahhing over Read More
* * * COUNTDOWN: 35 DAYS TO LA/XC-3 * * * Earlier this week, in his Roof Rack Report, Ricky described my feeble attempts at getting myself acclimated to the new Audi, the Official Vehicle of LA/XC-3. Obviously, that post put awareness of our upcoming cross-country road trip in the air. The next day I Read More
