I decided to guest-blog tonight so everyone can get a normal perspective on this insane trip. That, and Hank has been obsessively asking me to do it since we pulled out of the Denver airport parking lot 3 days ago. I couldn’t bear his having to cross off “Carol Post?” from his list a third consecutive
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LA/XC-5 DAYS FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX: POSTING FROM GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO Three-day mileage from Des Moines, IA, to Grand Junction, CO: 990.8 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 2,221.6 Road Music: Monday: CNN, MSNBC, and FOX to pre-game for Round One of Hillary vs. Donald; my “Deep Themes in Country Music” playlist (the likes of “Beer” by Lee Brice;
At 11 o’clock this morning, Beagle Man posted —and I quote — “He’s been an absolutely perfect and wonderful dog so far on this trip.” That’s me he’s talking about, just so you know. One hour later, he’s screaming his guts out at me. Can I please tell my side of the story? So we
LA/XC-5 DAY TWO AND THREE: POSTING FROM CLIVE (DES MOINES) , IOWA Two-day mileage from Austintown (suburb of Youngstown), OH to Clive (suburb of Des Moines), IA: 770.4 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 1,230.6 Road Music: Saturday: Sirius Cycle (stuck with “The Spectrum” for awhile — enjoyed the wide range, everything from Florence + the Machine to
LA/XC-5 DAY ONE: POSTING FROM AUSTINTOWN, OH Today’s mileage: 460.2 Total LA/XC-5 mileage: 460.2 (duh) Road Music: Sirius Cycle (one-time-only explanation: I tend to start my road days with the news — especially during this freaky, weird, and scary, but enormously entertaining election season — on CNN, MSNBC, and FOX News (for comic relief); then sports
* * *COUNTDOWN: 6 DAYS TO LA/XC-5 * * * Once again, oldest son Matt will be hitching a ride for a short stretch on my just-around-the-corner (starts in less than one week from today!) Beagle Man cross-country-road-trip-with-dog. As you might recall, Matt joined me and Kemba on our northern return route — Portland, Oregon
* * *COUNTDOWN: 6 DAYS TO LA/XC-5 * * * Once again, oldest son Matt will be hitching a ride for a short stretch on my just-around-the-corner (starts in less than one week from today!) Beagle Man cross-country-road-trip-with-dog. As you might recall, Matt joined me and Kemba on our northern return route — Portland, Oregon
* * *COUNTDOWN: 17 DAYS TO LA/XC-5 * * * What? We’re picking up and driving from here to Los Angeles — again? I thought that trip back in April of 2015 was a one-off! What a nightmare! Does Beagle Man even remember? How I was so nuts over being stuck in the car all
* * *COUNTDOWN: 28 DAYS TO LA/XC-5 * * * Poor Kemba’s been coping with adversity this whole summer. All my dog wants out of life is to fetch the purple squeaky rubber ball that I chuck into the ocean for him. But when he swims for it, retrieves it, and drops it at my
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Last summer, Kemba’s first birthday celebration on #hermanbeach in Amagansett was a relatively low-key affair. Kept under wraps until the afternoon of the party, and even then only signaled by a small copy-paper sign taped to the Beagle Man’s surfboard*, there were just seven humans and two dogs in attendance. This year, aided by an
