by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n
The rain\u00a0 caught me today. Prior to today, I was able to watch the weather radar on the Internet and the iPhone, wait out lines of showers, and walk in the good weather. It didn’t work today.<\/p>\n
I was on the road at 7AM – in the rain. I called it quits after five miles. Later the rain stopped. I went out on the road again, and the rain started. I called it quits after five miles. While sitting here in the afternoon entering this blog it is not raining. No, I will not try it again.<\/p>\n
I did walk ten miles: five into and five out of Meridian<\/a>, Mississippi. Meridian<\/a> is a city of 40,000 people. It is the largest city on this half of the walk after Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Route 11 skirts the southern edge of Meridian, so I didn’t see much of the city. There is a bunch of frontage roads that parallel I-59. I don’t know who designed these roads. I don’t think anyone designed these roads. What a mess, around and around in circles.<\/p>\n Meridian<\/a> has one of every major motel in America. Meridian has one of every major fast food chain in America. Yikes.<\/p>\n The Old Building at Key Field<\/p><\/div>\n Meridian<\/a> has an aviation history. Here is a photo of the main “old” building at Key Field<\/a>. This building pre-dates WWII. The field is named after the Key brothers<\/a> who set an time aloft record in the 1930s that stood for decades. Then the two Key brothers <\/a>served with distinction during WWII.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"http:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/takingawalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/keyfieldmeridianmississippi-150x150.jpg\" "\\"keyfieldmeridianmississippi\\"")
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