The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-31

"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 31, 2012

3-31

I walked 1.09 miles this evening, with 43 feet climbed, in 20 minutes. Chapter 3 totals are 27.93 miles walked in 11 hours 15 minutes, with 433 feet climbed, and 3 swims totalling 520 meters in 28 minutes.

I listened to "Abide in the Lord's Territory", by Elder Ulisses Soares of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, while walking. He states that
"Our daily question must be 'Do my actions place me in the Lord's or in the enemy's territory?'". I especially liked his reference to President Thomas S. Monson's "simple formula by which you can measure the choices which confront you. It's easy to remember: 'You can't be right by doing wrong; you cant be wrong by doing right.'" I also read Hosea 5-7 and Mosiah 21-22 earlier today. The Lord may ask us to be patient when we are reaping the results of rejecting him. But if we are persistent and patient in our prayers, he will answer us!

Here is a map of my walk:

Find more Walk in La Verkin, UT

Eating today:

Calorie Goal: 2,524 Calories Consumed: 1,591 Calories Burned: 177 Net Calories: 1,414

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Brookside Dark Chocolate Pomegranate	0.45	81	3g	2mg	23mg	13g	12g	0g	0g
Steel Cut Oats	0.33	103	2g	0mg	1mg	18g	0g	3g	4g
Activia Strawberry Lowfat Yogurt	1.00	120	2g	5mg	65mg	22g	19g	0g	3g
Premier Nutrition Protein	1.00	160	3g	15mg	330mg	5g	1g	3g	30g
Kirkland Signature Turkey Burgers (premium Extra Lean All-natural)	1.00	200	6g	85mg	390mg	2g	0g	0g	35g
Orowheat Sandwich Thins	1.00	100	1g	0mg	230mg	22g	2g	3g	0g
Avocado Avocado	0.50	73	7g	0mg	4mg	4g	1g	3g	1g
Romaine Lettuce	1.00	5	0g	0mg	2mg	1g	0g	1g	0g
Turkey Jerky	1.00	80	1g	20mg	700mg	3g	3g	0g	15g
Wild Roots Coastal Berry Blend Trail Mix	1.00	200	13g	0mg	80mg	18g	13g	2g	5g
Lowfat Cottage Cheese	1.00	80	1g	10mg	430mg	5g	4g	0g	13g
Del Monte Fruit Cocktail	1.00	60	0g	0mg	10mg	15g	14g	1g	0g
Spaghetti- Cooked	1.00	190	1g	0mg	4mg	63g	4g	3g	11g
meat balls	2.00	96	4g	2mg	118mg	3g	0g	0g	11g
Prego Spaghetti Sauce (traditional)	0.50	24	0g	0mg	295mg	4g	2g	2g	1g
Great Value Canned Cut Green Beans	1.00	20	0g	0mg	15mg	4g	2g	2g	1g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	20.0	-177.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,414	44g	140mg	2,696mg	202g	77g	23g	131g

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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 31, 2012

3-31

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