Taking A Walk

Walking Down US Highway 11 – Winchester, Virginia to Louisiana

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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 […]

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

Day 62 – The Wooded Corridor

October 17th, 2009 · No Comments

be Dwayne Phillips Fall weather remained with us today. Ahh, I have been waiting four weeks for this weather. Sunny all day, 48 to 63 degrees, and cool north wind. Wonderful. I walked 20 miles today. That is a little farther than needed, but tomorrow is a day of rest, so I pushed it. I […]

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Tags: Lamar County · Mississippi · Pearl River County

Day 61 – 182 Swans

October 16th, 2009 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Ah, Autumn. We went from mid-August to mid-November in 12 hours. Today, 55 to 65 degrees with high winds from the north – dry and cool. Wow, what a difference. I look forward to a few days of Fall weather. I walked 17 miles today. I walked through Petal and Hattiesburg, Mississippi. […]

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Tags: Forrest County · Lamar County · Mississippi

Day 60 – Stupid Hurts

October 15th, 2009 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Some break in the weather today – no rain. We had the next worst thing – heavy fog in the morning. Everything becomes wet, but slowly and surely, not quickly and surprisingly. The temperature ranged from 75 in the fog to 85 and cloudy. The sun didn’t come out on us while […]

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Tags: Forrest County · Jones County · Mississippi

Day 59 – Rain and Pickup Trucks

October 14th, 2009 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips I walked 18 miles today. Yes, I am slowing as the week progresses. Perhaps I did too much on Monday and Tuesday (20 and 19.5 miles respectively). My excuse was the rain again this morning. I didn’t have the energy to trudge through miles in the rain. Instead, we sat around in […]

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Tags: Jones County · Mississippi

Day 58 – Turn-Offs to Nowhere

October 13th, 2009 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips No rain today, that was nice. Heavy fog in the morning at 68 degrees and gray overcast skies at 80 degrees in the afternoon. I thought it would be cooler here by now. It is supposed to be in the mid-80s tomorrow. You get damp when walking in the fog. I walked […]

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Tags: Clarke County · Jasper County · Jones County · Mississippi

Day 57 – Columbus Day in the Rain

October 12th, 2009 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Today was a holiday, so the traffic was a little different and there were no school buses. It rained today – off and on all day. It was 65 degrees, but the precipitation was: drizzle heavy rain mist repeat six times I was fortunate that I had a different logistics system today. […]

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Tags: Clarke County · Lauderdale County · Mississippi

Day 56 – Couldn’t Dodge the Rain

October 10th, 2009 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips The rainĀ  caught me today. Prior to today, I was able to watch the weather radar on the Internet and the iPhone, wait out lines of showers, and walk in the good weather. It didn’t work today. I was on the road at 7AM – in the rain. I called it quits […]

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Tags: Lauderdale County · Mississippi

Day 55 – Mississippi

October 9th, 2009 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips It was hot today folks. 80 degrees at 6AM and 95 in the afternoon. During today’s walk, I drank four 20-ounce bottles of water, one 20-ounce bottle of Gatorade, one 20-ounce Welch’s Grape Soda (the number 2 best soft drink in the world), one 12-ounce Coke, and one cup of coffee. I […]

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Tags: Alabama · Lauderdale County · Mississippi · Sumter County