{"id":13,"date":"2008-09-15T18:02:41","date_gmt":"2008-09-15T23:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/takingawalk\/?p=13"},"modified":"2009-12-12T12:22:15","modified_gmt":"2009-12-12T17:22:15","slug":"day-5-berryville-through-winchester-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/takingawalk\/2008\/09\/day-5-berryville-through-winchester-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 5 – Berryville through Winchester, Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Dwayne Phillips<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ah, we begin in earnest. I am braving peril by not going to the dentist this week. I was able to get an appointment with another dentist for next Monday. That will reduce the walking, but is the best I could hope for.<\/p>\n

I believe we walked 15 miles today. That is farther than I hoped to do. I trust that we will both feel well tomorrow and will be able to have another good day.<\/p>\n

Harsh winds this morning on Route 7 between Berryville<\/a> and Winchester<\/a>. The winds and the traffic, especially the semi-trailers, blew my hat everywhere. I used the string to choke myself and keep the hat on my head.<\/p>\n

We had a little rain – literally one minute of it. I was glad that is passed through so quickly.<\/p>\n

East of Winchester were several Hispanic restaurants. I wasn’t surprised at this. There are thousands of Hispanic immigrants working in construction in the Washington D.C. area. I had heard that many lived as far west as Winchester.<\/p>\n

I also found this old ice cream and hamburger place.\"\"<\/a> Why do they sell frozen custard and frozen yogurt at these places? Ice cream is much better.<\/p>\n

We walked through Winchester. This is a small city, and the roads cut back and forth downtown one way this way and that. We managed to navigate and accidentally found the highlight of the day – The Handley Library.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here is Karen sitting in front of the building, and a photo of the building itself. \"\"<\/a>This place is fantastic. It is an historical site and<\/em> a functioning library. I have been to Oxford, England and tried to visit the libraries there. I couldn’t enter.<\/p>\n

We walked through this library and climbed the spiral staircases up to the top level. Everything is immaculate. It compares to the Jefferson Building<\/a> in the Library of Congress<\/a>. The scale does not compare, but the elegance and function do.<\/p>\n

I am surprised that Wikipedia does not have a page on the Handley. The only page of tribute that I could on it is this one<\/a>. As a functioning library, Handley does have their working page here<\/a>. What a shame.<\/p>\n

After navigating the one way streets, we proceeded down U.S. Route 11<\/a>. It was good to be on Route 11.<\/p>\n

South of Winchester on Route 11 were several Indian and Thai restaurants. I am not sure of the ethnic mixture in Winchester itself, but the restaurants offered much more than ham and mashed potatoes.<\/p>\n

The day ended at the northern end of Stephens City. We’ll walk through there in the morning a report on that tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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