Taking A Walk

by Dwayne Phillips This happened on the day we walked through Harrisonburg, Virginia. It was a good day. We started out in rural areas at a spot where Route 11 crossed Interstate 81. We walked through three small towns that were wide spots in the road – Mauzy, Lacey Spring (not springs), and Melrose. I […]

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by Dwayne Phillips This happened during the first week of the walk in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I cannot recall what town it was. At the south edge of town was a large house shaded by large, old trees. There were rocking chairs on the front porch. In each rocking chair was a elderly […]

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Well, here it is. The sign seen over and over and over and over while walking in Virginia. Yes, the Virginia Lottery sign. I guess maybe I could have bought some tickets to see what all the excitement is about. We saw this sign in almost every gas station in Virginia. I think most of […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Today we walked through the twin cities of Bristol, Virginia and Bristol, Tennessee. Again the weather was sunny and reached the mid-80s F. It seems that we have set record highs for temperature the last three days. It has been low humidity and comfortable. It now appears that we will dodge the […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Today we started 15 miles north of Abingdon, Virginia and ended in Abingdon. The weather was again sunny and into the 80s F. A fine day for walking. Most of the day we spent walking through rural areas. We walked near Glade Spring and Emory, Virginia. I write “near” because we were […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Today we walked through Seven Mile Ford and Chilhowie, Virginia. We covered 12 miles. The weather was clear, sunny, and reached 85 degress F. Seven Mile Ford is a wide spot in the road. It was pretty big for this type of town with businesses and several dozen brick homes. I stopped […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Today we walked through Atkins and Marion, Virginia. The weather was lousy again this morning. It is cool and wet so you wear a rain jacket, but it is also warm enough that you perspire heavily under the jacket. Ick. We covered 12 miles. Atkins is a wide place in the road, […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Today we walked through Wytheville and near Rural Retreat, Virginia. The weather was lousy most of the day. Really warm, foggy, and sticky in the morning. The afternoon threatened rain. We covered about 15 miles again. The big pencil – this is in front of an office supply store on Main Street […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Today we walked from where we left off yesterday (about five miles south of Pulaski) to the outskirts of Wytheville. We sort of passed through Fort Chiswell, Virginia. Cloudy all day with drizzle all afternoon. No heavy rain though. All the walking was rural. Most of the time Interstate 81 was 50 […]

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by Dwayne Phillips This evening (October 7th) we ate dinner at Hardee’s near Dublin, Virginia. Something was odd when we walked in as there appeared to be a dozen people sitting but not eating. Then I saw in a far corner a couple of guitar cases and an upright bass. We ordered our “food” (two […]

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