Taking A Walk

by Dwayne Phillips
Today we walked from the southern end of Harrisonburg through the town of Mt Crawford and then Burketown. This was another cool day that started at 50 degrees F and ended at 70. It was also a short day as we stopped walking at noon after nine miles and then drove back to [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Today we walked through Mt Jackson and New Market, Virginia. We covered 15 miles. The weather was in the mid-50s in the morning and the mid-80s in the afternoon. Still quite pleasant.
Most of the day was out in rural areas. Highway 11 is by no means desolate. We are always in sight of [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Two more notes for September 17th.
The best sign I have seen on a front porch was from some town yesterday (cannot remember which).
In
1897
nothing happened here
We spent the night in a motel in New Market, Virginia. We are in our late 40s. I think we are 30 years younger than the average guest here [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Today we walked through Toms Brook, Maurertown, Woodstock, and Edinburg, Virginia. We covered 16.5 miles (a new record). The weather was 55 degrees F in the morning and in the high 70s in the afternoon. Great weather.
These are all “main street” towns in that Highway 11 becomes Main Street as it passes through. [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
We walked through Stephens City, Middletown, and Strasburg, Virginia. This was another 15-mile day with fine weather - mostly cloudy with the temperature starting at 63 degrees and ending at 75 degrees F.
Stephens City ends the clutter of Winchester. Once out of Stephens, you are in rural Virginia. I liked that. Stephens City [...]

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