Taking A Walk

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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by Dwayne Phillips A side story… One day last week when the sun blazed most of the day and the temperatures reached into the 90s… I was at the motel for the evening. I was walking down the hallway towards my room. In front of me was an old couple (almost as old as me […]

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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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by Dwayne Phillips I am happy to report that I have a new logistics routine. My older brother has joined me as a support driver. He drives me to the start point of the day, meets me for lunch, and picks me up at the end of the walking for the day. No more backtracking […]

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by Dwayne Phillips The rain  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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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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by Dwayne Phillips Another 18 miles walked today. The temperature was 68 degrees in the morning with a low cloud cover. We ended with 88 degrees and mostly sunny. I am glad that I was able to start at 7AM and end before 3PM. After 3PM the heat coming off the pavement is much worse […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I awoke to the sound of thunderstorms (seems like a good title for a book or something). They were moving through the area. This delayed the start of walking today and also caused me to break the walk for an hour in mid-morning. The temperature was 65 degrees with the threatening skies […]

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by Dwayne Phillips In Georgia and Alabama, there are mile markers along the side of Route 11. I don’t recall seeing these in Virginia and Tennessee. These mile markers are a blessing and a curse. The blessing is that it is easier to keep track of my progress. I know how far I have walked […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Today I walked 16 miles through the fog and humidity. I went near the town of Knoxville (I think I did) and through the town of Eutaw, Alabama. The weather was the story for most of the day. At 7:30AM I was in a heavy fog at 68 degrees. When in the […]

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