Taking A Walk

by Dwayne Phillips
We paused our walk on November 4th with the birth of our grandson. That was almost a month ago. I miss the walking - a lot.
I am trying to find a way to be back on the road. What is holding me is the mundane task of finding a job. I don’t want [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
I sing to cows while walking. Now and then I pull out my little iPod and listen to music. I tend to sing along sometimes. There is no one to listen but the cows in the pastures.
This is one of the things that make this walking so much fun.

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by Dwayne Phillips
Most of this walk passes through rural areas. That is perhaps why I am enjoying it so much. As such, we walk by many grazing cows.
The cows are quite entertaining. They are accustomed to all manner of motor vehicles. Tractor trailers, tractors, pickups, motorcycles (really loud motorcycles - are there any other kind?) [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Sometimes when on the road it seems that my legs have forgotten how to walk. They move one at a time and propel me forward, but something isn’t right. Actually a lot of somethings are not right.
Something hurts - a blister on the heel of this foot, a blister between the toes of [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
I suppose I should have written this post much earlier in the blog as it relates to what is where.
We are walking U.S. Route 11 from North to South, at least that is way it is in theory. In reality, Route 11 goes from the northeast to the southwest. Often, we have been [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Another often-asked question is, “what is your day like?”
A typical day, hour by hour

wake
06:30 breakfast
Do my Tech blog from the motel room (if the WiFi access is working)
Bible reading
08:00 pack, load the car, checkout, drive to starting point
08:30 start walking
15:30 stop walking
drive to motel, check in, unpack
16:00 move photos camera to computer, photo [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
While walking, we generally know where the “towns” are along the way. We do have maps and Google maps and those things. Still, while on the road I wonder how far or close or whatever the next town might be.
Another question in my mind is, “what is in the next town?” The maps [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Okay, what is the most popular business in America?
We have seen plenty of car and truck repair places on the road. Other frequent businesses are:

gas stations
yard sales
flea markets
tractor supply stores

But what is the most popular national franchise business? The fast food places like McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Taco Bell?
No, it is the humble dollar store.
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by Dwayne Phillips
I have mentioned Hunt Brothers Pizza a couple of times. This is a franchise that supplies a store with a small pizza oven and pizza-making supplies. We have seen many gas stations along Route 11 that serve Hunt Brothers Pizza. They have a sign in the window or on the building the one [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
The third most asked question about this taking a walk is,
Why are you doing this?
One big answer comes on the afternoon of October 30th (just one example of many I could give). The sky is clear blue, the sun is shining brightly in its low-in-the-sky autumn position. I am walking by green pastures [...]

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