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!);
I haven’t really complained to Beagle Man yet, but I can tell you guys: I’ve kind of had it with life on the road. I don’t like these Best Westerns nearly as much as the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel. And I’m sick of the car. I don’t even care if I can have the shotgun seat.
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
Hey, guys, Ricky the Beagle here. I know, you haven’t heard my voice yet on LA/XC-5. What can I say? Sounds to me like B-Man and the K-Dawg have been living large — first on the road, now in Santa Monica. But I can’t complain; I had a good run on my own cross-country trips
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
LA/XC-5 DAYS SEVEN AND EIGHT: POSTING FROM WILLIAMS, ARIZONA Two-day mileage from Grand Junction, CO to Williams, AZ: 691.8 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 2,913.4 Road Music: Thursday: Back-to-nature silence for two hours; Dierks Bentley mix; Politics on Sirius; LA/XC-5 “Live” playlist — Dierks, Stones, Dylan, Dixie Chicks, Trish Murphy, and Janis Joplin (explained Janis’s inclusion on
