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
I cannot wait to tell you about one of the stupidest comments I’ve ever heard! Beagle Man says the kid must have been super drunk. Robby’s sure he was high. I just think he was really, really dumb. Anyway, B-Man and I had just reached the USC campus at about 6 o’clock Friday night, after 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
I’m not really sure if there’s any logic to the connection between how the Jets do on the field and how I get treated — but it’s sure as hell there! On Sunday, when Tampa Bay had all but stuck a fork in the Jets, Beagle Man was giving me zero treats, was late on 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
I’ve been meaning to address this for a long time: I don’t know why Beagle Man treats me like fine china. It’s nuts. Two years ago, on LA/XC-1, he wouldn’t carry his stuff from the car to the motel room without keeping me right alongside him on the leash. Last year he got the brilliant 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
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* * * COUNTDOWN: 6 DAYS TO LA/XC-3 * * * I was gonna tell Beagle Man that he left out a pretty important detail from yesterday’s post — how we’re gonna get back from L.A. after delivering the Pathfinder to Robby — but two readers beat me to the punch. (Thanks, Bill and Mary. 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
