Every breath you take Every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take I’ll be watching you. — The Police I give my rolling swivel chair a sudden shove back from my desk, and Kemba, who’s been napping in his doggy bed of red-and-white ticking on the floor of my study, springs
LA/XC-5 DAYS TWENTY-SIX AND TWENTY-SEVEN: POSTING FROM STAUNTON, VA Two-day mileage from Tupelo, MS to Staunton, VA: 711.2 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 6,990.9 Road Music: Tuesday: Entire Elvis catalogue, from Tupelo all the way to Alabama state line, then Sirius cycle, then “Deep Themes in Country Music” playlist as a run-up to Lynchburg and the Jack
LA/XC-5 DAYS TWENTY-TWO, TWENTY-THREE, TWENTY-FOUR, AND TWENTY-FIVE: POSTING FROM TUPELO, MS Four-day mileage from Fort Stockton, TX to Tupelo, MS: 1,249.9 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 6,279.7 Road Music: Friday: Mostly politics. Very cool speech by Obama in support of Hillary; almost as good as Michelle’s speech the day before; then, all Trish Murphy all the time “ahead of”
LA/XC-5 DAYS TWENTY AND TWENTY-ONE: POSTING FROM FORT STOCKTON, TX Two-day mileage from Blythe, CA to Fort Stockton, TX: 809.2 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 5,030.2 Road Music: Wednesday: Politics on Sirius (“No way I vote for Trump,” says a lady from Ohio. “I’d vote for a clown first. A clown with a red nose.” Well said!);
LA/XC-5 DAYS TWENTY AND TWENTY-ONE: POSTING FROM FORT STOCKTON, TX Two-day mileage from Blythe, CA to Fort Stockton, TX: 809.2 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 5,030.2 Road Music: Wednesday: Politics on Sirius (“No way I vote for Trump,” says a lady from Ohio. “I’d vote for a clown first. A clown with a red nose.” Well said!);
LA/XC-5 DAYS FIFTEEN, SIXTEEN, AND SEVENTEEN, EIGHTEEN, AND NINETEEN: POSTING FROM BLYTHE, CALIFORNIA Mileage while in Santa Monica and environs: 454.5 Today’s mileage from Santa Monica to Blythe, CA: 256.9 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 4,221.0 Road Music: Politics on Sirius (all this Trump stuff is too irresistable); then ESPN, but they were broadcasting Dodgers vs. Nats,
LA/XC-5 DAYS TWELVE, THIRTEEN, AND FOURTEEN: POSTING FROM SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA Weather: Absolutely perfect. Always. “Put it in the books!” as Howie Rose would say on New York radio . . . only this time that goes for the Mets whole season. A deliriously optimistic — and appropriately loud (LET’S GO METS! LET’S GO METS!) crowd of NY
LA/XC-5 DAYS NINE, TEN, AND ELEVEN: POSTING FROM SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA Two-day mileage from Williams, AZ to Santa Monica, CA: 596.2 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 3,509.6 Road Music: Saturday: Mets vs. Phils (Mets clinch!); LA/XC-5 “Live” playlist; Sirius — Tom Petty Radio and E Street Radio (live concert from San Sebastian Spain); Sunday: Jets vs. Seahawks
