by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n
Things go wrong out on the road while taking a walk. Here are a few of the things that happened to me.<\/p>\n
Get bit by something<\/strong> – This occurred near Harrisonburg, Virginia. My lower leg turned red and swelled. Pain shot from my foot up to my hip on every step for two half days.<\/p>\n Sunburn<\/strong> – Yes, I wore a great big hat, a long-sleeve shirt with a big collar, and used lots of sun screen. Still, somehow I was burn on some days.<\/p>\n Cramps and diarrhea<\/strong> – This was no fun. You don’t know how relieved I was to reach the motel on this afternoon. I never understood why this occurred. I once thought that it was too much coffee or something like that, but I had much more to drink on other days without problems.<\/p>\n Blisters on your feet<\/strong> – Oh boy, this was a real killer. The outside of one foot develops a blister. I shift my walking to take the pressure off the blister. The shifted walking is unnatural and causes another blister on another part of the foot. Now I have two blisters and every step hurts.<\/p>\n A tooth falls out of your mouth<\/strong> – This happened 48 hours before starting the walk in earnest. See one result below.<\/p>\n Visits to the dentist<\/strong> – my dentist in Reston had to pull out the root of the tooth that fell out of my mouth. I had headaches for most of the ensuing week. I eventually read a piece of paper that the dentist gave me on my way out of his office. It explained that when having such a procedure performed, “plan on taking it easy for a few days.”<\/p>\n Blinding dust<\/strong> – A tractor trailer flies by, throws dust in your eyes, and you have trouble seeing the rest of the day.<\/p>\n Flat tires<\/strong> -These occurred on my bicycle (see a separate post on this one).<\/p>\n Caught in a thunder storm<\/strong> – I can walk in the rain. Blinding rain is another matter. It seems the only place to stand in heavy rain is under a big, tall tree, but there is this fear I have that the tree will be hit by lightening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Dwayne Phillips Things go wrong out on the road while taking a walk. Here are a few of the things that happened to me. Get bit by something – This occurred near Harrisonburg, Virginia. My lower leg turned red and swelled. Pain shot from my foot up to my hip on every step for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[110],"class_list":["post-662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/takingawalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/takingawalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/takingawalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/takingawalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/takingawalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/takingawalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":663,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/takingawalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions\/663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/takingawalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/takingawalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/takingawalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}