The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-17

"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!

Thursday, May 17, 2012

3-17

I walked in the swimming pool for 22 minutes this evening, which I will count as 0.88 miles, about what I would have walked on the street in that time. Total walking, for chapter 3 since resuming May 1, is 16.88 miles
in 6 hours 35 minutes, with 258 feet climbed. I read Daniel 12 and Mosiah 17 this morning. I am always amazed at Abinadi's faith!

Eating today was:

Calorie Goal: 2,545 Calories Consumed: 1,597 Calories Burned: 175 Net Calories: 1,422

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
McCann's Irish Oatmeal	1.00	150	2g	0mg	0mg	26g	0g	4g	4g
Dole Frozen Blueberries	0.50	35	1g	0mg	0mg	9g	6g	2g	0g
Yoplait General Mills Yoplait Light Strawberry Yogurt - 6 Oz	1.00	100	0g	-5mg	85mg	17g	11g	0g	5g
Banana, medium	0.50	53	0g	0mg	1mg	14g	7g	2g	1g
Naked Juice Naked All Natural Mighty Mango Juice Antioxidant Smoothie	1.00	120	0g	0mg	15mg	30g	18g	0g	1g
Turkey Jerky	1.00	80	1g	20mg	700mg	3g	3g	0g	15g
Orowheat Sandwich Thins	1.00	100	1g	0mg	230mg	22g	2g	3g	0g
Costco Kirkland Canned Chicken	1.00	60	1g	30mg	270mg	0g	0g	0g	13g
Best Foods mayonnaise	1.00	90	10g	5mg	90mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
strawberries (raw)	1.00	46	0g	0mg	1mg	11g	7g	3g	1g
Wild Roots Coastal Berry Blend Trail Mix	1.00	200	13g	0mg	80mg	18g	13g	2g	5g
Turkey Jerky	1.00	80	1g	20mg	700mg	3g	3g	0g	15g
High Liner Tilapia Loins	1.00	110	2g	25mg	25mg	0g	0g	0g	23g
Rice with herbs	1.00	183	5g	10mg	67mg	33g	0g	2g	4g
Fresh Steamed Cauliflower And Broccoli	2.00	50	0g	0mg	50mg	8g	4g	4g	4g
Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwich (Vanilla)	1.00	140	2g	1mg	95mg	30g	15g	3g	4g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Water Aerobics	22.0	-175.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,422	38g	106mg	2,408mg	223g	89g	24g	95g

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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 :-)

Thursday, May 17, 2012

3-17

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