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a long walk. / 05.28.08, 10:25 AM
Yesterday Ashley and I went on a walk.
A really long walk.
6.5 miles.
Almost every nationally recognized holiday in the summer, the church we attend (Greater Galilee Missionary Baptist) puts together a walk.
So we met downtown at Jackson and State…and then we walked and walked and walked all the way past Austin, near Oak Park.
For you who don’t know the geography of Chicago — this is around 6.5 miles.
It was interesting to walk and see the difference in the makeup of the neighborhoods. Downtown, I saw big tall business buildings – like the Sears Tower – and endless restaurants and entertainment places and we passed Whitney Young High School which was just tagged as one of the best schools in the nation. Just blocks away from Whitney Young we passed Crane High School which is where earlier this year a student was shot and killed because this other guy wanted his ‘buck 50’ hat. Maybe that could happen at Whitney Young. I don’t know about the difference in security and services within the school house —- but I know that from the outside it was a drastic difference—-from green and clean to abandoned buildings and trashy sidewalks.
we kept walking.
for a long time.
it was cool to do that with people from the church. And a couple of women shared with me about the different neighborhoods as we walked through them and about their experience living in Chicago.
when we got to the end- we were all tired and ready to eat.
i have a blister on my left toe -the big one.
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