{"id":163,"date":"2008-11-01T17:55:10","date_gmt":"2008-11-01T22:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/takingawalk\/?p=163"},"modified":"2009-06-13T13:09:16","modified_gmt":"2009-06-13T18:09:16","slug":"day-38-saturday-suburban-errands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/takingawalk\/2008\/11\/day-38-saturday-suburban-errands\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 38 – Saturday Suburban Errands"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Today we walked through Cleveland and McDonald, Tennessee. The temperatures ranged from 35 degrees F in the morning to 70 degrees in the afternoon. We walked a little over 18 miles.<\/p>\n

We started north of Cleveland and walked the first hour of the day in the fog. That is interesting. It is a good thing that you can hear the cars coming. The cows look funny in the pastures. No word from the cows on how we looked in the fog.<\/p>\n

Route 11 sort of skirts through one side of Cleveland. It is a four-lane divided highway full of fast food and all other sorts of suburbia. Today was Saturday, and the suburbanites were out running their errands in earnest. I have done this myself many times. I know it is necessary, but it is awful boring to walk down the middle of it.<\/p>\n

One tidbit, I stopped in a Chick Fil A for a cup of coffee. Several mothers were there with their children (indoor play place). These women were wearing their flannel pajamas and bathroom robes. I know some Saturdays are tough to get started, but really.<\/p>\n

On the way out I read a sign that advertised a special they were having – free breakfast if you come in your pajamas. Okay, but didn’t Hugh Hefner used to do this pajama kind of thing?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The walk became interesting after we left Cleveland. Back to a two-lane road with almost no shoulder – but no fog. First up is this race track. I think it is a dirt track.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Next up is this lighthouse next to a church. This is a memorial to a couple of members. I have seen people plant trees and erect small monuments to departed ones, but never build a lighthouse in the hills of Tennessee.<\/p>\n

Oh the hills, beautiful to see. Winding road with lots of up and down. We met maybe a dozen people out on motorcycles. A good Saturday afternoon ride in the country. This section of Route 11 must be a local secret.<\/p>\n

I was all set for a quiet, nothing-to-see afternoon walk. Wrong. I walked past the Bachman Academy<\/a>. This is an exclusive ($$) private school that specializes in kids with ADHD. That is challenging work. It is a large place with 200 acres and horses.<\/p>\n

Did I mention horses? I was shocked to find that we were on a road that has two large horse farms – Bendabout Farm and Manderleigh Farms. I found little on the Internet about these two. I know that Bendabout holds polo matches. I think Manderleigh raises and sells race horses. Both places are large (several miles of road front) and both places are immaculate.<\/p>\n

I saw a group of young horses (someone who knows horses tell me the correct noun) running full speed through the pasture at Bendabout. Nice animals. Again, big $$$.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Then there is the wide spot in the road of McDonald. It has one store, two churches, and a post office. Here is the post office. For once, the Feds didn’t flatten a spot, pour concrete, and drop the building in the middle. Someone did a good job of nestling the Post Office up in the trees.<\/p>\n

Here is a photo of the local Methodist Church. This building has great windows. I hope you can see the details here. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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