The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-35

"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, June 4, 2012

3-35

I swam 430 meters in 29 minutes, 3 minutes faster than two days ago. Chapter 3 totals are 31.39 miles walked in 12 hours 45 minutes, with 447 feet climbed, and 6 swims totalling 1,590 meters in 1 hour 32 minutes.

My scripture study was Hosea 10-11 and Mosiah 26-27. I love how Mosiah 27:29 so exquisitely describes the change of heart that comes when we turn our lives over to the Lord!

Eating today:

Calorie Goal: 2,515 Calories Consumed: 1,967 Calories Burned: 398 Net Calories: 1,569

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Steel Cut Oats	0.50	156	3g	0mg	2mg	27g	0g	4g	7g
Chopped Pecans	1.50	285	30g	0mg	0mg	6g	2g	5g	5g
Banana, medium	1.00	105	0g	0mg	1mg	27g	14g	3g	1g
Orowheat Sandwich Thins	1.00	100	1g	0mg	230mg	22g	2g	3g	0g
Kirkland Signature Turkey Burgers (premium Extra Lean All-natural)	1.00	200	6g	85mg	390mg	2g	0g	0g	35g
Avocado Avocado	1.00	145	14g	0mg	7mg	8g	1g	6g	2g
Dairy Queen Chicken Salad, Grilled, No Dressing	1.00	280	11g	75mg	890mg	14g	8g	4g	31g
Fat Free Buttermilk Ranch Style Dressing	3.00	69	0g	2mg	415mg	11g	8g	0g	5g
Sunflower Seeds, Roasted & Salted	1.00	180	16g	0mg	170mg	4g	0g	2g	6g
Projoba Pollen Burst	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	10g	0g	0g
Turkey Jerky	1.00	80	1g	20mg	700mg	3g	3g	0g	15g
Carr's Poppy & Sesame Crackers	1.00	80	5g	5mg	135mg	9g	0g	1g	2g
Lima Beans, Dry	1.00	220	1g	0mg	4mg	39g	5g	13g	15g
Apricot	1.00	17	0g	0mg	0mg	4g	3g	1g	0g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Swimming - freestyle, moderate	29.0	-398.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,569	88g	187mg	2,944mg	191g	56g	42g	124g

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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, June 4, 2012

3-35

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