The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-13

"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!

Sunday, May 13, 2012

3-13

Happy Mother's Day. I walked 0.5 miles in 15 total minutes throughout the day ... no exercise walks on Sunday. Total walking, for chapter 3 since resuming May 1, is 13.64 miles in 5 hours 18 minutes, with 205 feet climbed.

Here's what I ate today

Calorie Goal: 2,553 Calories Consumed: 2,267 Calories Burned: 75 Net Calories: 2,192

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Oatmeal Pancakes	0.17	179	1g	3mg	79mg	33g	8g	2g	5g
Mrs. Butterworth's Original Syrup	1.50	330	0g	0mg	195mg	83g	57g	0g	0g
Turkey Bacon Thick Slice	3.00	120	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	30g
K Orange Juice	1.00	100	0g	0mg	5mg	24g	20g	0g	1g
High Liner Tilapia Loins	1.00	110	2g	25mg	25mg	0g	0g	0g	23g
Oatmeal Pancakes	0.08	84	0g	1mg	37mg	16g	4g	1g	2g
CLIF Bar Clif Bar	1.00	230	3g	0mg	125mg	45g	21g	5g	10g
Projoba Pollen Burst	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	10g	0g	0g
Barilla Angel Hair Pasta	1.00	200	1g	0mg	25mg	38g	1g	4g	10g
Barilla Boscaiola Mushroom & Garlic	1.00	90	3g	0mg	560mg	11g	7g	3g	2g
Johnsonville Hot Italian Sausage	1.00	270	22g	60mg	710mg	3g	2g	0g	15g
Romano Cheese	1.00	110	8g	29mg	340mg	1g	0g	0g	9g
La Brea Bakery Focaccia	1.00	140	2g	0mg	420mg	28g	1g	1g	5g
Iceburg Lettuce	2.00	20	0g	0mg	14mg	4g	2g	2g	2g
Ocean Spray Craisins Original Sweetened Dried Cranberries	1.00	130	0g	0mg	0mg	33g	26g	3g	0g
Lite Ranch	0.70	63	3g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Tillamook Rocky Road Ice Cream	0.20	40	2g	4mg	13mg	5g	4g	0g	1g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walking - 2 mph	15.0	-75.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,192	46g	122mg	2,548mg	339g	163g	21g	115g

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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 :-)

Sunday, May 13, 2012

3-13

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