LA/XC-2 DAY ONE: STATE COLLEGE, PA Today’s mileage: 290.7 Total LA/XC-2 mileage: 290.7 Road Music: Local news (WCBS); local sports (ESPN); Fox News; CNN news; national sports (ESPN); The Highway (new country music); iPod singles playlist — a motley collection I put together, but I was really pleased to hear “Mockingbird” by Carly Simon and [...]
* * * COUNTDOWN: 2 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * * Was just reading a headline on The Fiscal Times website: “Obama on the Defense as Dems Convene in Charlotte.“ Wait. Isn’t Obama the incumbent? But he’s on the defense? Politics. Go figure. Still, I like to keep up. Just because Beagle Man’s a political [...]
* * * COUNTDOWN: 3 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * * Take a look at Tripp’s face. Okay, now look at mine. Even though he’s an English pointer with a preppy name, we could be brothers, no? Tripp, like Romeo, and like Monty and Bandit, is one of my Montauk beach buddies. In fact, he’s [...]
* * * COUNTDOWN: 4 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * * Throughout the Republican National Convention this past week, I kept hearing Tampa this, and Tampa that. Why all this love for Tampa? Then on Thursday, while I was listening to radio coverage of Day 3, the commentator said he was “reporting live from Tampa.” [...]
* * * COUNTDOWN: 8 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * * Grand-nephew Teddy, Sheepadoodle Max. (That’s Teddy on the left.) You can follow Beagle Man on Facebook and Twitter
* * * COUNTDOWN: 10 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * * I have a lot of friends on the beach in Montauk — that is, when I’m actually allowed to go. (Hear that, Beagle Man?) There’s Monty and Bandit, who I just told you about. There’s Beau, the yellow Lab who loves to steal Robby’s [...]
* * * COUNTDOWN: 12 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * * Just back late last night from moving Robby into his new digs at USC. You might ask, why would you fly out to L.A. to help your son move in, fly back on August 24 — and then get ready to drive out to [...]
* * * COUNTDOWN: 17 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * * Lots of times I’ve heard Robby say that, next to me, Teddy’s his favorite dog. Teddy’s a yellow Lab, and Robby used to pet him all the time when he was watching football games with his friend Ryan. You might think this would make [...]
* * * COUNTDOWN: 19 DAYS TO LA/XC-2 * * * Less than three weeks till Ricky and I hit the road again for Cross-Country Road Trip With Beagle, Part Deux! I’ll tell you, there’s gonna be lots of quality bonding going on between me and my pooch — especially after the time we’ve spent [...]
