The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-9

"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!

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

3-9

I walked 1.09 miles and climbed 43 feet in 22 minutes this evening. I listened to "Sacrifice" by Elder Dallin H. Oaks in the Saturday morning session of the April 2012 General Conference while walking. The symbol of our belief in Christ is not the cross, but rather the lives we live in remembrance of Him. Total chapter 3 walking is 8.63 miles in 3 hours 22 minutes, with 175 feet climbed. Here is a map and other details:

Find more Walk in La Verkin, UT

Here is what I ate today, including some business meals, and a clif bar breakfast while driving because I started working at 6:30 this morning. I did read Mosiah 13, part of the reading for the coming Sunday School lesson, before starting work. That always makes the day better.

Calorie Goal: 2,553 Calories Consumed: 1,771 Calories Burned: 197 Net Calories: 1,574

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
CLIF Bar Clif Bar	1.00	230	3g	0mg	125mg	45g	21g	5g	10g
Applebee's Santa Fe Chicken Salad	0.50	336	23g	60mg	1,130mg	13g	6g	3g	20g
Applebee's Tomato Basil Soup	1.00	84	5g	0mg	8mg	10g	5g	3g	2g
Lunds & Byerly's Artisan Home Baked Bread Sticks	0.50	65	1g	0mg	115mg	12g	1g	1g	2g
Almonds	0.70	119	11g	0mg	95mg	4g	1g	2g	4g
Kellogg's Fiber Plus Antioxidants Chewy Bar (chocolatey Peanut Butter)	1.00	130	5g	0mg	95mg	24g	7g	9g	3g
Paradise Bakery & Cafe Bbq Chicken Chopp Salad	0.50	318	18g	55mg	1,313mg	21g	0g	4g	19g
Turkey bacon avocado sandwich	0.50	249	15g	20mg	412mg	20g	2g	10g	13g
Paradise Bakery & Cafe Oatmeal Raisin Cookie	1.00	240	9g	0mg	280mg	39g	23g	2g	3g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	22.0	-197.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,574	90g	135mg	3,572mg	188g	65g	37g	76g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/#ixzz1uRDmRVfe

Thank you for your interest and encouragement.

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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 :-)

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

3-9

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