Taking A Walk

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 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 Today we walked through Christiansburg, Radford, and Fairlawn, Virginia. We covered 14 miles – pretty good considering we drove four hours before we started walking. The weather was fine again – 60 degrees F to 75 degrees F and the winds were calm. We started at the I-81 exit for Christiansburg. First […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Today we walked through the towns of Elliston and Shawsville and stopped on the outskirts of Christiansburg, Virginia. We walked about 12 miles. The day started at 45 degrees F and ended around 70 degress. The skies were clear with mild winds. The day started at the border of Montgomery and Roanoke […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Today we walked through Troutville and Cloverdale, Virginia. We again covered 15 miles. The morning temperature was 55 degrees F and the afternoon was 70 degrees. These two areas are northern suburbs of Roanoke. Wikipedia describes them as being “part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area.” If that isn’t a degrading comment, […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Some endless digging (well, only ten minutes on Google and Wikipedia) and I have solved the mystery of the bicycle sign shown here: This is from U.S. Bicycle Route 76. That route, established by the U.S. government in 1982 (see, we aren’t all a waste of money) runs from Illinois through to […]

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