Taking A Walk

by Dwayne Phillips I carry a little notebook and pencil with me while walking. Here is a photo (right) of them sitting next to a coffee cup for scale. I use a notebook from Moleskine, but just about anything would work. I use a little pencil like those that golfers use to keep score. I […]

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by Dwayne Phillips The first question people ask me when I tell them that I am walking from here to there is, “but how do you do that? Do you sleep on the side of the road? Do you …” Here is the method I have used for the past two weeks (Chattanooga to Tuscaloosa). […]

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by Dwayne Phillips An essential piece of equipment for walking is the bandanna (can be spelled either bandana or bandanna). I prefer the dark blue classic look. The only other acceptable color is red. Everything else is, well something else. Among the uses for the bandanna while walking: Wrap around your digital camera so it […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I stopped into a roadside gas station and food mart today. I saw an RC Cola, and that meant one thing: I was in one of the finer establishments in the country. A little more looking and there it was – Peach Nehi. You see, Peach Nehi is the best soft drink […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I am walking in a south westerly direction each day. I don’t walk north and I don’t walk east.  The sun hits my in the back and on my left side in the morning. The sun gradually moves around to hit my face and right side in the afternoons. Maybe someone who […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Today we walked through the village of Fairfield, Virginia (that’s what their sign read – “village”). That was the only town or village or anything we transited). We covered about 13 miles. Rain was forecast, but except for some drizzle in the morning, we were dry. The three miles north of Fairfield […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Today was overcast and cool – 53 to 66 degrees F. Perfect for walking. We covered 14 miles of mostly rural and then all city. We went through the wide places in the road of Mauzy, Lacey Spring (not springs), and Melrose before walking through Harrisonburg, Virginia. Mauzy has a general store […]

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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 […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Karen and I walked from Purcellville to Berryville, Virginia. Purcellville is in Loudon County while Berryville is the county seat of Clarke County. This is 15 miles and took six hours of walking. Here is a photo of the Clarke County Courthouse in Berryville. This walk was all done on Route 7. […]

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by Dwayne Phillips This day was farther back on the calendar than I remember. Karen walked with me and we traversed the W&OD trail (this links to the Friends of the W&OD and this links to the Wikipedia article on it) from Virginia Route 28 into the town of Leesburg, Virginia. This took us out […]

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