{"id":4,"date":"2008-08-26T18:22:14","date_gmt":"2008-08-26T23:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/takingawalk\/?p=4"},"modified":"2009-06-12T18:03:09","modified_gmt":"2009-06-12T23:03:09","slug":"about-taking-a-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/takingawalk\/2008\/08\/about-taking-a-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"About Taking A Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I want to walk down U.S. Highway 11<\/a> from Northern Virginia<\/a> to Louisiana<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve had this desire for several years now. This all started in 1980 when I graduated college and moved from Southeast Louisiana to the Northern Virginia<\/a> suburbs of Washington D.C.<\/a> With breaks for graduate school and living outside the U.S., I (then my wife and I) drove from Northern Virginia<\/a> to Louisiana<\/a> and back twice a year.<\/p>\n

We drove on Interstates 81<\/a>, 40<\/a>, 75<\/a>,and 59<\/a>. We would see exit signs pointing to the small towns all along this route. Often, the small towns were on U.S. Highway 11<\/a>. I looked at this on the maps and learned that 11 paralleled most of our drive on the Interstates. Perhaps one day, we would drive the route on Highway 11<\/a> instead of the Interstates. That would be interesting. But then somehow I thought that it would be more interesting to walk along Highway 11<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Well, here we are. The time to walk won’t be any better for us. Inspired by friends who have hiked the Appalachian Trail<\/a> and by books of travel and walking, we are doing this. We are walking down Highway 11<\/a> from Northern Virginia<\/a> to Louisiana<\/a>. This is about 1,100 miles.<\/p>\n

Phase 1: Virginia<\/a><\/h3>\n

Life has a way of altering plans. So it is with a little regret, that we are breaking our walk into phases. Phase 1 has begun: Northern Virginia<\/a> to the Virginia<\/a>–Tennessee border<\/a>. This is about 350 miles, and we should be able to do this in 30 days of walking. It will take us a third of the way to Louisiana<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I hope that Phases 2 and 3 will occur during 2009.<\/p>\n

Phase 2: The\u00a0Virginia<\/a>–Tennessee<\/a> Border to Birmingham, Alabama<\/a><\/h3>\n

Phase 3: Birmingham, Alabama<\/a> into Louisiana<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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