Taking A Walk

by Dwayne Phillips
Today I walked 16 miles. Still no rain on me - sunny all day today with temperatures from 75 to 89 degrees. It is muggy in the morning and hot in the afternoon. I try to finish my miles by 3PM to avoid the heat and any afternoon showers. The heat accumulates on [...]

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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
Today we walked by Ooltewah and through Chattanooga, Tennessee. Another fine day with temperatures from 45 to 75 degrees F. Sunny and calm.
This airplane is posed nose down in front of a salvage yard in Ooltewah. Kind of neat. There isn’t much else to say about Ooltewah as Route 11 sort of passes [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Today we walked through Cleveland and McDonald, Tennessee. The temperatures ranged from 35 degrees F in the morning to 70 degrees in the afternoon. We walked a little over 18 miles.
We started north of Cleveland and walked the first hour of the day in the fog. That is interesting. It is a good [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
It seems strange to be away from home on Halloween, let alone doing what we are doing. No one will come to our motel door and ask for candy.  Anyways, we walked through Athens, Riceville, Calhoun, and Charleston, Tennessee. We covered 18 miles in good weather. A little chilly at 35 degrees F [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Today was a full day - 20 miles with many attractions and events. We walked through Philadelphia, Sweetwater, and Niota, Tennessee. This may be a long post. It was 32 degrees F this morning with frost. The weather warmed quickly, we stripped off all our extra layers, and it ended at near 70 [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Today we walked through Lenoir City and Loudon, Tennessee. We covered 18 miles for the second straight day. The skies were clear last night, and the temperatures plummeted to 30 degrees F. Thankfully, it wasn’t windy during the morning. It was windy in the afternoon, but the temperatures had climbed to almost 50 [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Today we walked through Jefferson City, New Market, and Strawberry Plains, Tennessee.
Note: Not all of the towns in Tennessee have two words in their names; it just seems that way.
The weather again was chilly - 40 degrees F in the morning and 50 at quitting time. We did indeed cover 20 miles - [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Today we walked through the little towns of Whitesburg and Russellville and the big town of Morristown, Tennessee. The weather was again fine - a chilly 40 degrees F in the morning but a good 65 degrees in the afternoon.
The first site of the day was this barn with a “See Rock City” [...]

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by Dwayne Phillips
Today we walked the 15 miles that brought us into Greeneville, Tennessee. It was a chilly 45 degrees F this morning and later in the day, well I am not sure about the temperature later in the day. It changed drastically minute by minute.
Route 11E in this part of Tennessee bypasses most of [...]

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