The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-32

"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!

Friday, June 1, 2012

3-32

I reviewed my memorized devotional on the go this morning. It always blesses me, the words are very powerful!

Next I walked to the grocery store near my office to get oatmeal, bananas, and bowls. I get sturdy ones, that let me microwave old fashioned oatmeal with frozen berries for 6 minutes at 20% power. Seems ironic I would like Vanity Fair bowls, but there you go. It surprised me how much walking you do at the store. I measured it with Humana Fit, without hitting the pause button for things like checkout. Turned out to be 0.47 miles with 7 feet climbed in 11 minutes. Every little bit helps ... you'll chuckle
at the wandering shown on this map:

This evening I swam 210 meters in 11 minutes and then walked in the swimming pool another 20 minutes, which I calculate to be the equivalent of walking 0.80 miles. I felt fine until I got out of the water. Now every muscle in my body, especially my legs, feel like they have iron weights on them. And yet I feel good. Chapter 3 totals are 29.20 miles walked in 11 hours 46 minutes, with 440 feet climbed, and 4 swims totalling 730 meters in 39 minutes.

I had dinner with Willyne and Jacob at the buffet restaurant Chuck-A-Rama. Good conversation, and good seafood on Friday night. I had one plate of food, and it was very satisfying. That alone tells me that the one month of Chapter 3 has been good for me, because one plate would never have been enough in the past. So, here is what I ate today ...

Calorie Goal: 2,524 Calories Consumed: 1,699 Calories Burned: 395 Net Calories: 1,304

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Western Family Oatmeal Old Fashioned	1.00	150	3g	0mg	0mg	27g	0g	4g	5g
Frozen Mixed Berries	0.50	40	0g	0mg	0mg	11g	5g	5g	1g
Mountain High Fat Free Plain Yogurt	0.30	36	0g	2mg	54mg	5g	5g	0g	4g
Banana, medium	1.00	105	0g	0mg	1mg	27g	14g	3g	1g
Dairy Queen Chicken Salad, Grilled, No Dressing	1.00	280	11g	75mg	890mg	14g	8g	4g	31g
Fat Free Buttermilk Ranch	1.00	35	0g	0mg	440mg	6g	4g	0g	1g
Seeds Sunflower	1.00	205	18g	0mg	1mg	7g	1g	4g	8g
Steamed White Rice	2.00	180	0g	0mg	0mg	40g	0g	0g	4g
Shrimp Gumbo	1.00	95	0g	0mg	972mg	11g	1g	1g	12g
Coconut Shrimp with Orange Dipping Sauce	0.50	268	9g	0mg	409mg	38g	0g	0g	8g
Peas	1.00	55	0g	0mg	81mg	10g	4g	3g	4g
Golden Corral Vanilla Soft Serve	1.00	100	2g	0mg	95mg	17g	13g	0g	3g
Dole Blackberries	1.00	90	0g	0mg	0mg	22g	15g	7g	2g
Julie's Blackberry Organic Sorbet	1.00	60	0g	0mg	20mg	16g	14g	0g	0g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2.5 mph (24min/mi)	11.0	-86.0
Swimming - freestyle, moderate	11.0	-152.0
Water Aerobics	20.0	-157.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,304	44g	77mg	2,964mg	250g	84g	30g	84g

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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 :-)

Friday, June 1, 2012

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