Started from Kmart and ended up at Kabuki. Not very long as you might say, but it ended up being 4 miles! Man...what a walk. We walked in one of the nicest neighborhoods so far. We didnt know it was a gated community until the end. Saw a few for sale if you have $700,000. We walked in a new one and from the balcony we say Franklin Rd. We were right above the Mexican restaurant. People seemed comfortable as they left their garage doors open, blinds wide open, barely lit streets, etc. As we were leaving this neighborhood we saw the gates closing so we had to hustle to make it out alive.

The Start looking up to the End

Im Batman

Gated Community

Manor

Nice






Looking down on Franklin



Near the end

End looking back at the Start

Nice weather on our walk today. I believe it was around 69 degrees! Tried our two car thing today by parking my car at one end of Franklin and Johns on the other near UPS. Walked up Franklin and headed into the old UKrops building parking area. It was creepy. Walked up Wonju and stopped by the Recycle place and noticed a nice statue. We have a DAY shot on the unique page. I need to find a better camera for taking pics in the night. Arrived at Johns car and headed to Firehouse Subs to eat. About an hour later John was taking me home. As we arrived on my street we both forgot something......MY CAR! So we did what had to do at my house and John drove me back to pick up my car. Getting old sucks.

Up on Franklin

Cool Statue. A day Shot ins on the Unique Page

Ahhh...Dark and Creepy

Santa

Ok, started at Lincoln Terrace this evening. Shane joined us but no Sarah. As soon as we got out of my car, which by the way we used two for this walk, Shane told us not to put our hands in our pockets due to suspicions of us carrying weapons. Later on the walk he stated not to wear our hoodies due to the obvious. As we walked down Hunt Ave he stated we shouldnt stare at certain things. By this time a car drove by and we heard a POW POW, it was the car going over a loose manhole! So yeah it was a nervous walk for some subconscious reason but we survived. By the time we were 3/4 done w/ the walk John mentioned that he forgot his keys in my car about a mile back down the road so we headed back thru the area and got into my car and parked next to his car and finished the walk. So the two car thing didnt go as planned! I dont think I like walking at night since we cant see much of the areas we visit, so we may walk during the weekends during light.

Left over from a major fire at General Truck body

Walking near Afton Apts.

We had Shane and Sara join us for this evenings walk since they were on break from college. Had a fun time talking about nothing then we ate at Mexican.

Christmas

Christmas

The Crew

Another decent walk today. Every 10 feet or so was a different smell; laundry, food, dogs, smoke, etc. Made us hungry after awhile so we walked then ate at Five Guys :)

What was behind this Red door :)



Large skillet



It gets dark now pretty early, so by the time we finished walking, it was pitch black. Nothing was going on in this area as we walked by. Didnt see anything unusual either so it was a pretty plain ole walk this eve.

Station 2

View from Liberty Rd

John was late getting off work and since we were meeting at Wendys I decided to get a frosty. Havent had one of those in a long time. Just as I finished, John pulled up and we started our walk. Saw a few homes w/ Halloween decorations.

Yumm

Christmas and New Years

Another nice day. Walked a few miles then ate dinner.

Nice view of the Star

Plantation Road

Willie

Good walk today. Every street had a great smell of food!! Made us hungry! Didnt see too much of anything going on, so lets get w/ the pictures.

Decent view

The smell of great food. Scratch and Sniff

Woah...we took a wrong turn

Huge towers

Started off at Hardees on Plantation today. Walked for about a mile and saw one of my co workers drive by. He stopped and we talked for about 20 min or so about life. We asked him to drive us to our destination instead of walking it...but that would be cheating so he declined :)

He might come thru the fence!

Mr. Gene Hedge

Our start/finish

Picking up right where we left off. Walking towards Plantation rd now and headed up to Hardess. Saw some guys riding bikes and they turned out to be friends. Watched them for a bit and  headed on. Walked on a unlisted street but its a real one behind the Water Authority on Hollins Rd.

The 540-BMX Crew

Riley St behind Water Authority

On the bridge

Plantation Rd

John trying to catch the Sun

Nice walk today. Walked a bit farther than planned. Parked at Snappys and the owner was there painting the bottom of his sign. He asked us if we were lost, but we explained that we are just walking and wished us well. Very nice guy. Passed a nice area that had the feeling of being back in time and met a dog that looked like mine but older.

Tunnel

Another view



As soon as this was snapped, someone yelled keep moving!



Love this area

Same place as above

Nothing interesting today except for a drummer playing his kit outside on Bluestone Ave, kids yelling, dogs barking, etc. Not a lovely area. Nothing popped out to take a picture of but I have to have at least one pic for the blog. So here it is.....

Nothing

Nice walk this evening as we discussed todays events. Started at Tanglewood and headed to Home Depot. We then hit 2 side roads to finish up the 220 area.

Seen a movie lately?

South Peak

Test driving my new car ;)

Summit Lane

Walking back near Mason Mill area now. Not much going on today.

End of Kilgore

Ha..nice

Walking down a new drain

New drain ended up behind the waterfall at Mason Mill