The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 9

"The Blog Almost Too Boring To Be The Most Boring Blog in America ... for Over 5 Years!"

until it got too many red cards from Wounded Duck and the Boredom Enforcement Committee ... now the tortoise's goal is to get to 10 red cards so he can get Big Dog to drive down and take a good long walk with the tortoise

P. S. This blog listens to its readers. We have the Benjamin Category Override for 5+ mile walks and now, it humbles Tortoise to say he has been named "Lou", by Doug Jr, in memory of Mr. Consistency himself, Lou Gehrig. Tortoise can hardly type the words to think he is in any way comparable to the noble Iron Horse. Thank you!

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

9

6:54 And on the19th day the tortoise walked with Terreeeblay 0.62miles on a flat surface in 16minutes.Series2 total:8.97miles in 4hours4minutes.

8:00 Drink Equate ultra weigh loss shake with vitamins and large glass of water

8:45 Ate 3 pancakes with 2 sausage patties and syrup.

9:45 Drink second large glass of water.

11:22 Start third large glass of water.

13:00 Lunch - a scoop of the chicken, apple, red grape salad with the remaining half croissant from yesterday with water

15:00 Snack - a single Reese's peanut butter cup and a half ounce of almonds with water. I am up to 48 ounces of water for the day.

17:00 Dinner - plate of vegetables and chicken. one scoop vanilla ice cream, no toppings. water.

18:00 Went to the temple with the bishopric.

21:00 Watch second half of Jazz game with Doug and Coolio (Shaun Del Toro). Shaun made a fantastic guacamole that included diced fresh tomatoes. I had two servings. It was a great hour together, thanks Doug and Shaun!

22:00 Head back to office from Doug's.

27:30 Finished work. Didn't eat anything more. Headed home.

2 comments:

BenjaminJanuary 23, 2011 at 10:03 AM
when your days are going into 27:30, you know its a fun one!
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BenjaminJanuary 23, 2011 at 10:04 AM
And thanks for taking off the verify comment, I hate typing in that random nonsense they give you
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Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) Segments Hiked

Total lifetime PCT miles hiked: 205.0 out of the 2,650 total.

From 1966 to 1969 segment Tortoise hiked the portion of the PCT shared by the John Muir Trail, covering PCT miles 767.0 to 942.5 (175.5 miles). (While hiking the full 211 miles of the Muir Trail from Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley to the summit of Mt. Whitney)

Tortoise then embarked on a long career at a desk, interrupted momentarily for a day hike in 1988 up Mt. Baden-Powell as a Varsity Boy Scout coach with his team. That took him from PCT miles 374.0 to 377.9, roundtrip. (There was also a second trip from Onion Valley to Mt. Whitney with the Varsity Boy Scouts in 1989. He barely made it, crying with joy and appreciation when he did. That is a story all of its own).

He returned many years later with these walks. Please click on the date for a link to that day's blog post:

June 14, 2012, hiked PCT miles 565.0 to 566.6 (1.6 miles) on both sides of California Highway 58 at the Cameron Road exit.

October 20, 2012, hiked PCT miles 341 to 342 (1 miles) mostly on the east side of Interstate 15 but also under the storm runoff tunnel just south of the exit to California Highway 138 near Cajon Pass.

February 2013, continued in two segments to do miles 342 to 347 (5 miles).

August 13, 2013, hiked miles 374.2 to 376.6 roundtrip from Vincent Gap trailhead at milepost 74.7 on California highway 2.

February 17, 2015, hiked miles 452.9 to 450.4 roundtrip from Vasquez Rocks Picnic Area.

March 16, 2015, hiked miles 341.9 to 340.2 southbound from Cajon Pass Road, then returned. Partial redo of October 20, 2012 walk ... plus a little more.

April 3, 2015, hiked miles 1089.8 to 1091.9 roundtrip from Echo Summit trailhead to near Echo Lake.

May 12, 2016, hiked miles 206.8 to 204.3 southbound from the Snow Canyon Road gate at the bottom of Mt. San Jacinto, then returned.

August 17, 2016, hiked miles 209.5 to 206.8 southbound from the underpass at Interstate 10 Exit 110 to Snow Creek, then returned.

May 26, 2017, hiked miles 369.4 to 364.4 southbound from the Inspiration Point trailhead on California Highway 2, then returned.

The tortoise may eventually set some kind of record for the longest time to complete the PCT in microsegments. You never know, but we're already at 51 years and counting since his first segment from Onion Valley to Taboose Pass in July 1966 :-)