This week is day 101 of the total Lowndes walk, and day 22 of the Valdosta portion. I completed walking the eight Industrial Parks of the Valdosta-Lowndes County Development Authority. Most of the industries contained therein occupy gargantuan steel buildings that are impresive in scope and scale. It made me feel like a Lilliputian sized Gulliver traveling through Brobdingnag (the land of the giants). The parks are well laid out, spacious, well appointed for road and rail access, and landscaped well enough to make the cover of any upscale residential realty brochure. A cursory review of Valdosta’s industrial ranking revealed… Continue reading→

05/02/23 Day 12. Relative to the usual length of my daily strolls, today’s was a long one (10.02 miles). It provided enough time though for a few thoughts to percolate up about this thing I’m doing; about walking for its on sake. When it comes to the act thats outside the bounds of simple utility (like walking to the mailboxx), there’s many kinds of walking with equal number of purposes. Consider hiking, that ranges from the short stroll just to be in the natural, or to fulfill a challenge to make it from the trail head all the way to… Continue reading→