At Texas Monthly, Jeffrey McWhorter shares a different sort of city itinerary: a photo essay documenting a walk across Dallas, from its southernmost border to its northernmost tip. “I’ve always been determined to scrape back the city’s metropolitan veneer and find adventure right here in the in-between spaces of my beloved hometown,” he writes. McWhorter walked 52 miles over two days, and met 231 people. His photographs paint a vibrant portrait of the city, and reveal the connections with strangers—neighbors, really—that he made along the way.
Nowadays I’m mostly content with my ordinary family life—carpool, Home Depot runs, Saturday morning soccer, Sunday morning church—all neatly organized in a carefully Tetris’d schedule. But from time to time the itch returns, and I find myself staring at the Google Maps satellite view of Dallas, zooming in on curiosities and daydreaming about what might be next.
Picks about walking
On Walking
“To love walking is to love the body, and this has been a barrier for me.”
Trekking Across Switzerland, Guided by Locals’ Hand-Drawn Maps
“Nostalgic for a time before ubiquitous connectivity, a writer ditched his phone and relied instead on serendipity — and maps made by people he met along the way.”
During a Pandemic, Walk
“I prefer to travel on foot, close to dirt, vaulted by sky, my rhythm the rhythm of human evolution.”
