Taking A Walk

by Dwayne Phillips Today we walked through Dublin and Pulaski, Virginia. We covered about 17 miles. The weather continues to be great. Most of the walking today was through the country side. We started north of Dublin and a railroad track was 50 feet to my left. No trains though. I saw a large house […]

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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 I survived two visits to the dentist. Back on the road again. Ahhhhhhh. Today we walked through Mount Sidney, Fort Defiance, Verona,  Staunton, and Folly Mills, Virginia. We covered 14 miles. The weather was great again: 52 degrees F this morning and 72 degrees this afternoon. Rain is forecast for the next […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Note: I’m visiting the dentist later this morning. I believe he is going to do some major work. Ouch! So, here is another odd essay about taking a walk. The late Charles Kuralt did his “On the Road” pieces for CBS News for 20+ years. I loved those as a kid. One […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Note: We are back home this weekend. I went to the dentist on Monday and will go back again on Tuesday. Now we hope to be walking again on Wednesday the 24th. While not walking, I will fill my days with a few essays on topics that come to me while walking. […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Today we walked from the southern end of Harrisonburg through the town of Mt Crawford and then Burketown. This was another cool day that started at 50 degrees F and ended at 70. It was also a short day as we stopped walking at noon after nine miles and then drove back […]

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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 Two more notes for September 17th. The best sign I have seen on a front porch was from some town yesterday (cannot remember which). In 1897 nothing happened here We spent the night in a motel in New Market, Virginia. We are in our late 40s. I think we are 30 years […]

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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 We walked through Stephens City, Middletown, and Strasburg, Virginia. This was another 15-mile day with fine weather – mostly cloudy with the temperature starting at 63 degrees and ending at 75 degrees F. Stephens City ends the clutter of Winchester. Once out of Stephens, you are in rural Virginia. I liked that. […]

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