Taking A Walk

Walking Down US Highway 11 – Winchester, Virginia to Louisiana

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Entries from November 2009

Shoes

November 5th, 2009 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips I did wear shoes while walking. I only wore two pair of shoes. The first just didn’t work for me. They were a pair of New Balance walking shoes. These are great shoes for walking around town up to ten miles a day. They didn’t, however, work out on Route 11. They […]

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Slow and Fast

November 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips Many times I would be talking or emailing a friend and hear or read, Wow! You reached there already? I walk about three miles an hour. That is pretty slow in today’s world. Consider the distance that I would walk on a big day: 20 miles. A person could drive that route […]

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My Backpack

November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

by Dwayne Phillips A constant companion on all 1,100 miles of walking was my Eddie Bauer Trailhead backpack. I guess the correct term is a “day pack” as it is big enough to carry the things you need in a day hike. I carried food, camera, band-aids, sun block, bandannas, extra clothing, sometimes a computer, […]

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