My first segment!
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I just got back from my first segment, counter-clockwise starting in the far NE at Pennypack Rd and State Rd, along State Rd to Grant, thru Poquessing Creek Park, thru a bunch of really boring neighborhoods, and up around the back of Franklin Mills Mall. I saw the WAP stickers all over the place, and they were SOOOO reassuring! I ended at Bethel Church, north of the Mall, which is where I will start next time. Close to or slightly over 6 miles, my feet are sore, but for a 76 year old woman, not bad. I then took a LYFT back to where I parked my car on State Rd. The next segment of 5+ miles will start where I ended today. Going later in the week, I hope.
This is one of the coolest things I have done since moving to Philly about 4.5 years ago. I’ve always been a map fanatic, and this feeds right into it! I downloaded the OpenPhilly Map on the City website, and it is extremely helpful, as it has the actual county borders, which almost nothing else has. I stick as close as possible to those borders without either trespassing or going somewhere more than a bit sketchy. And lo and behold, there is a WAP sticker greeting me! They are very, very helpful.
I am an experienced urban solo walker, having come from Milwaukee where I walked the downtown and southeast side countless times, exploring off-street, on active railroad tracks (where I was kicked off twice, playing dumb both times), through a variety of cultural and economic neighborhoods, met countless folks with whom I stopped to chat, etc. Every week day I walked about 4-5 miles in all weather except heat, including snow and way-below zero. Philly seems tame in comparison (except in the summer…)
I am thrilled that WAP exists and hope to be able to report to you next spring that I am a circumnavigator.
What a great way to learn my way around Philly, in all of its extremities. My goal is to do the entire walk before mid-April, when it gets too hot for me. Thanks for your interest.
Nancy
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Hooray Nancy! We’re thrilled to hear that you’re undertaking the walk. Please join us for the Year-end celebration & Circumnavigator Awards on Dec 13 if you won’t be a full circumnavigator yet!
We’d also be happy to get you a few of those stickers so that you can help contribute to those trail blazes yourself 🙂
The itineraries for the winter walks aren’t set yet, but we’d be thrilled if you joined us for one of those in February too
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PS sounds from this that you might not have gotten the link to the perimeter overlay for google maps – check your registration email as it should be in there and will give you a nice big red line version of the border, which is really interesting to look at particularly in the straightaway part of the Northeast, as well as in Eastwick and at the Airport.
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