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Day 57 - I walked 1.74 km (1.08 mi) in 00:19:01.  I climbed 7.9 m (26 feet).  I did the loop to LaVerkin Elementary and back, but no map today as my GPS on my phone did not work properly.  I did time the walk though ...

Series 2B totals 121.96 km (75.71 miles) in 26 hours 31 minutes, with 1577.5 m (5176 feet) climbed in 7 counties of 6 states

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Day 56 - I walked 2.53 km (1.57mi) in 00:31:07.  I climbed 20.1 m (66 feet).


Series 2B totals 120.22 km (74.63 miles) in 26 hours 12 minutes, with 1469.6 m (5150 feet) climbed in 7 counties of 6 states

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Day 55 - I walked 2.86 km (1.78mi) in 00:35:41.  I climbed 21.0 m (69 feet).




Series 2B totals 117.69 km (73.06 miles) in 25 hours 41 minutes, with 1449.5 m (5084 feet) climbed in 7 counties of 6 states

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Day 54 - I walked 2.19 km (1.28mi) in 00:26:14.  I climbed 32.9 m (108 feet).

Series 2B totals 114.83 km (71.28 miles) in 25 hours 6 minutes, with 1428.5 m (5015 feet) climbed in 7 counties of 6 states.

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Day 53 - I walked 2.19 km (1.36mi) in 00:29:04.  I climbed 37.2 m (122 feet).

Series 2B totals 112.64 km (70.00 miles) in 24 hours 40 minutes, with 1495.6 m (4907 feet) climbed in 7 counties of 6 states.

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Day 52 - I walked 2.51 km (1.56 miles) in 00:29:14.  I climbed 20.1 m (66 feet).

Series 2B totals 110.45 km (68.64 miles) in 24 hours 11 minutes, with 1458.4 m (4785 feet) climbed in 7 counties of 6 states.

 

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Day 51 -  I did two walks, the first with Willyne (always very nice) 1.29 km (0.80 miles) in 00:26:13 followed by another of 1.64 km (1.02 miles) in 00:19:18. I climbed a total of 15.8 m (52 feet) on these walks.

Series 2B totals 107.94 km (67.08 miles) in 23 hours 42 minutes, with 1438.3 m (4719 feet) climbed in 7 counties of 6 states.

Here is some more detail about the two walks:

and

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Day 50 - I walked 1.67 km (1.04 miles) in 00:19:36.  I climbed 7.0 m (23 feet).

Series 2B totals 105.01 km (65.26 miles) in 22 hours 57 minutes, with 1422.5 m (4667  feet) climbed in 7 counties of 6 states.

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Day 49 - Back home!  I did two walks, the first with Willyne (always very nice) 1.35 km (0.84 miles) in 00:29:59 followed by another of 1.69 km (1.05 miles) in 00:19:01.  I climbed a total of 14.9 m (49 feet) on these walks, combined tortoise rating:  5.8.

Series 2B totals 103.34 km (64.22 miles) in 22 hours 38 minutes, with 1415.5 m (4644  feet) climbed in 7 counties of 6 states.

Here's some additional detail on each walk:

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Day 48 -  I walked 1.83 km (1.14 miles) in 21:02 minutes in Cheyenne (Laramie County), Wyoming.  I climbed 10.1 m (33 feet). After the graveside service and a family lunch in Council Bluffs, Iowa, we started our return trip by driving 500 miles ... so it was a late night walk today.  Tortoise rating:  5.0.

Series 2B totals 100.30 km (62.33 miles) in 21 hours 49 minutes, with 1400.6 m (4595 feet) climbed in 7 counties of 6 states.

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This home along the way today reminded me of Adam Gubler back home -- a die-hard Cubs fan

Day 47 -  I walked 2.04 km (1.27 miles) in 23:39 minutes in De Kalb (De Kalb County), Illinois.  I climbed 9.1 m (30 feet).  Tortoise rating:  6.6.

Series 2B totals 98.47 km (61.19 miles) in 21 hours 28 minutes, with 1390.5 m (4562 feet) climbed in 6 counties of 5 states.

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My dad was my walking partner today

Day 45 -  I walked 3.64 km (2.26 miles) in 49:41 minutes in De Kalb (De Kalb County), Illinois.  I climbed 10.1 m (33 feet).  Tortoise rating:  6.7.

Series 2B totals 96.43 km (59.92 miles) in 21 hours 5 minutes, with 1381.4 m (4532 feet) climbed in 6 counties of 5 states.

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Day 44 -  I walked 2.20 km (1.37 miles) in 24 minutes in De Kalb (De Kalb County), Illinois.  I climbed 17.1 m (56 feet).   Tortoise rating:  6.5.  It was a late night walk after Helena's viewing and everyone had settled into bed, but I know if I stop the consistency, it is so hard to get it going again.  And it feels good to calmly put one foot in front of the other!

Series 2B totals 92.79 km (57.66 miles) in 20 hours 16 minutes, with 1371.3 m (4499 feet) climbed in 6 counties of 5 states.

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Day 43 -  I walked 1.13 km (0.70 miles) in 14 minutes on a flat surface in Des Moines (Polk County), Iowa.  Tortoise rating:  6.9.  Series 2B totals 90.59 km (56.29 miles) in 19 hours 52 minutes, with 1354.2 m (4443 feet) climbed in 5 counties of 4 states.


The view walking on 50th Street near our motel and the north I-80/I-35 interchange in Des Moines, Iowa

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Day 42 -  I walked 1.13 km (0.70 miles) in 14 minutes on a flat surface in Wheat Ridge (Jefferson County), Colorado.  Tortoise rating:  5.4.

I haven't seen one of these signs in a very long time, but it was on my walking path today!

 This is my third state with a recorded walk (also Utah and California), and fourth county (Washington, San Bernardino, Orange, and Jefferson).  A great way to see the USA ... with apologies to the old Chevrolet jingle ...

Series 2B totals 89.46 km (55.59 miles) in 19 hours 33 minutes, with 1354.2 m (4443 feet) climbed.

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Day 41 -  I walked 4.07 km (2.53 miles) in 1 hour 37:40 minutes, including several stops to let my breathing catch up with me.  President Grant, I admit to having plenty of repetitive effort left before my "capacity to do increases".   I climbed 192.0 m (630 feet) - a HumanaFit category 2 climb!  (Tortoise rating:  1.3)

Series 2B totals 88.33 km (54.89 miles) in 19 hours 19 minutes, with 1354.2 m (4443 feet) climbed.

The total of 7 Series 3 walks is 35.51 km (22.07 mi) in 9 hours 31 minutes. Total distance climbed is 1179.9 m (3874 feet).  The seven walks so far were on February 12, 19, 26, May 7, 14, 21, and today, June 11.

And now that I have learned this is only a two and a half mile round trip, not the four I thought it was, I no longer consider this a series 4 walk.  As mentioned a few lines ago, I can see that I have a ways to go at Series 3 before I am ready for Series 4.  And the trail is as slippery as ever.  I recommend boots with Vibram soles.

Here's some pictures followed by a map...


View of La Verkin after the first half mile

A rare side view of the LaVerkin Arch Bridge, also taken about a half mile up the trail

Hi, Benjamin!

A view to the west from the overlook

A view to the north from the overlook.  Sally, that's Toquerville in the distance ...

A view of the Virgin River "on the other side of the mountain" on the way down

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Day 40 -  I walked 2.25 km (1.40 miles) in 25:48 minutes.  I climbed 24.1 m (79 feet) - Humana Fit calls it a category 5 climb (Tortoise rating:  5.5), which pleasantly surprised me -- there were some steep parts but I didn't think they last enough to be categorized ...

Series 2B totals 84.26 km (52.36 miles) in 17 hours 42 minutes, with 1162.5 m (3813 feet) climbed.

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Day 39 -  I walked 1.30 km (0.81 miles) with Terreeeblay at no grade in 16 minutes.  Series 2B totals 82.01 km (50.96 miles) in 17 hours 16 minutes, with 1138.4 m (3734 feet) climbed.

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Day 38 -  I walked 1.05 km (0.65 miles) with Terreeeblay at 1% grade in 13 minutes.  I climbed 10.5 m (34 feet).  Series 2B totals 80.71 km (50.15 miles) in 17 hours 0 minutes, with 1138.4 m (3734 feet) climbed.

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Day 37 -





I climbed 18.0 m (59 feet).  Series 2B totals 79.66 km (49.50 miles) in 16 hours 47 minutes, with 1127.9 m (3700 feet) climbed.

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Day 36 -






I climbed 18.9 m (62 feet).  Series 2B totals 77.10 km (47.91 miles) in 16 hours 21 minutes, with 1109.9 m (3641 feet) climbed.

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Day 35 - Seen along the path of today's walk

Opa!  http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=opa



No, I did not buy gas here



Jerky fresh 10 million light-years from our factory to you!

Socrates endorsed Greek food (You can also get Dreyers strawberry shakes, tamales,
and the special of the day, fish n chips)

"The world's largest thermometer"

I stopped not quite half way home (roughly 2 hours into a 5 hour drive) and stretched my back by taking this walk ...




I climbed 7.9 m (26 feet).  Series 2B totals 74.54 km (46.32 miles) in 15 hours 52 minutes, with 1091.0 m (3579 feet) climbed.

See you Monday!

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Day 34 - I walked 1.61 km (1.00 miles) in 24:00 min.  I climbed 7.3 m (24 feet).  Series 2B totals 72.35 km (44.96 miles) in 15 hours 22 minutes, with 1083.1 m (3553 feet) climbed.

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Day 33 - I walked 2.59 km (1.61 miles) with Terreeeblay  in 31:24 min.  I climbed 11.0 m (36 feet).  Series 2B totals 70.74 km (43.96 miles) in 14 hours 58 minutes, with 1075.8 m (3529 feet) climbed.

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Day 32 - I walked 0.72 km (0.45 miles) with Terreeeblay on a flat surface in 10:00 min.    Series 2B totals 68.15 km (42.35 miles) in 14 hours 27 minutes, with 1064.8 m (3493 feet) climbed.