The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-28

"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!

Monday, May 28, 2012

3-28

Happy Memorial Day! I did two walks, each a half a mile in 15 minutes. First was in two cemeteries remembering friends who have left us, second was a walk in the woods
with Doug, Josh, Benjamin, and Ethan. Fun!

Chapter 3 totals are 25.70 miles walked in 10 hours 24 minutes, with 390 feet climbed, and 2 swims totalling 320 meters in 17 minutes.

Eating today:

Calorie Goal: 2,524 Calories Consumed: 2,608 Calories Burned: 203 Net Calories: 2,405

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Crepes	1.00	30	1g	0mg	0mg	5g	0g	0g	0g
Nutella Nutella	1.00	200	11g	0mg	15mg	23g	21g	1g	2g
Banana, medium	1.00	105	0g	0mg	1mg	27g	14g	3g	1g
Naked Juice Naked All Natural Mighty Mango Juice Antioxidant Smoothie	1.00	120	0g	0mg	15mg	30g	18g	0g	1g
Great Value Unsalted Dry Roasted Peanuts	1.00	180	14g	0mg	0mg	4g	1g	2g	8g
Romaine*	0.50	53	1g	0mg	25mg	11g	4g	7g	4g
lime rice	4.00	140	1g	0mg	957mg	28g	2g	3g	3g
Black Beans	2.00	280	2g	0mg	0mg	50g	0g	12g	14g
Pulled Pork Bbq	3.00	270	5g	45mg	0mg	33g	27g	0g	21g
Tomatillo Salad Dressing	2.00	58	6g	5mg	217mg	1g	1g	0g	0g
Corn Dog	1.00	240	8g	0mg	0mg	33g	0g	0g	0g
Steak Fries	1.00	302	13g	0mg	546mg	43g	0g	0g	3g
Dairy Queen Vanilla Soft Serve	1.50	210	7g	23mg	105mg	33g	29g	0g	5g
Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet Popping Corn Smart Pop	2.00	240	4g	0mg	480mg	50g	0g	8g	8g
Brookside Dark Chocolate Pomegranate	1.00	180	7g	5mg	50mg	29g	26g	1g	1g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2 mph (30 min/mi)	30.0	-203.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein

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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 :-)

Monday, May 28, 2012

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