Taking A Walk

by Dwayne Phillips

Today I walked out of the southern end of Chattanooga, TN and through Wildwood, Morganville, New England, and Trenton, GA – 14 miles. The big news of the day is that I did not get wet by rain (lots of perspiration though). These area has been deluged the past week, but none on me today. I started at 75 degrees, cloudy and about 300% humidity. At the end of the day it was sunny with a few clouds and 85.

Here I am at the start of the day in a Wal Mart parking lot.

In just three miles, I entered Georgia.

I have to admit some confusion with Morganville and New England. They are dots on the maps, but no signs on the roadside and no signs of towns or anything. Wildwood, however, is not a dot on the map. It does, however, have a sign and a post office. I put a photo of its post office on its Wikipedia page.

This walk goes through the Lookout Valley. At least I think this is called the Lookout Valley. I saw that on an old map on a historical marker. It reminds me much of the Shenandoah Valley. Route 11 runs down the middle. The Interstate (I-24 and then I-59) is parallel to Route 11 and to the west of it.

Trenton, GA is the county seat of Dade County. Right in the middle of town in the middle of Route 11 is the county courthouse. I think it is the county courthouse. The corner stone says it is, but the building standing there looks more like a Federal building. It looks out of place. I put a couple of photos of Trenton on the Wikipedia page for it.

Tomorrow I should enter Alabama. I’ll be in that state for many days.

Oh, Trenton has a great little used book store “Books! New and Used” on Highway 136 (a block or so west of Route 11).

I love little used bookstores.