Taking A Walk

Walking Down US Highway 11 - Winchester, Virginia to Louisiana

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Pearl River

January 4th, 2010 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips
I attended high school in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. This remained my home while I attended college. During these seven years one source of confusion in my life (I had many) was the concept of Pearl River. While taking a walk, I traversed all my Pearl River demons. Allow me to try to explain.
My [...]

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Tags: Louisiana · Mississippi

Day 65 - The Terminus

October 21st, 2009 · 4 Comments

by Dwayne Phillips
I reached the southern terminus of U.S. Route 11.
Today’s was a 17-mile walk. The weather was fine again, a little warm, with 65 in the morning and 80 in the afternoon and few clouds in the sky.
I walked through Slidell and Irish Bayou, Louisiana as well as the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge.
Slidell [...]

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Tags: Louisiana · Orleans Parish · St Tammany Parish

Day 64 - Louisiana

October 20th, 2009 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips
Another beautiful day for a walk in the countryside - 45 in the morning and 80 in the afternoon without a cloud in the sky. And I finally crossed into Louisiana. Not much farther to go. I walked through the towns of Carriere and Ozona as well as the city of Picayune in [...]

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Tags: Louisiana · Mississippi · Pearl River County · St Tammany Parish