Taking A Walk

Well, here it is. The sign seen over and over and over and over while walking in Virginia. Yes, the Virginia Lottery sign. I guess maybe I could have bought some tickets to see what all the excitement is about. We saw this sign in almost every gas station in Virginia. I think most of […]

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by Dwayne Phillips This is the second most asked question. Did you see such-and-such thing when you were near such-and-such city? The answer is usually, “no.” The reason is simple, We are walking on U.S. Route 11. If it isn’t on this road, we won’t see it. In some ways, this is narrow minded. This […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Today we walked the 15 miles that brought us into Greeneville, Tennessee. It was a chilly 45 degrees F this morning and later in the day, well I am not sure about the temperature later in the day. It changed drastically minute by minute. Route 11E in this part of Tennessee bypasses […]

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by Dwayne Phillips This is the single most asked question about this taking a walk. The answer is, “no.” There are various reasons including: I didn’t have weight to lose. We are walking with a car, not hiking. Losing weight requires going hungry, and I don’t want to do that now. I have enough to […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Today we walked through Johnson City and Jonesborough, Tennessee. The temperature only ranged from 55 to 60 degrees F as mist and drizzle fell all day. Route 11E misses downtown Johnson City and any interesting things there. It starts at I-26 and does the usual Golden Mile things. Then there are some […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Today we walked from the southern edge of Bristol through Piney Flats and into Johnson City, Tennessee. We walked 17 miles. The skies were overcast all day. It was windy, and the temperatures ranged from 60 to 75 degrees F. There were two interesting objects near Bristol. First is this Drive-In Movie […]

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You can follow our progress on a map on the Wayfaring.com site. Our map is on this page – click to see the link.

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by Dwayne Phillips Today we walked through the twin cities of Bristol, Virginia and Bristol, Tennessee. Again the weather was sunny and reached the mid-80s F. It seems that we have set record highs for temperature the last three days. It has been low humidity and comfortable. It now appears that we will dodge the […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Today we started 15 miles north of Abingdon, Virginia and ended in Abingdon. The weather was again sunny and into the 80s F. A fine day for walking. Most of the day we spent walking through rural areas. We walked near Glade Spring and Emory, Virginia. I write “near” because we were […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Today we walked through Seven Mile Ford and Chilhowie, Virginia. We covered 12 miles. The weather was clear, sunny, and reached 85 degress F. Seven Mile Ford is a wide spot in the road. It was pretty big for this type of town with businesses and several dozen brick homes. I stopped […]

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