3-45

Walked 3.30 miles in 1 hour 15 minutes today, including 200 feet climbed. Tortoise rating:  4.7.  Chapter 3 totals are 45.13 miles walked in 18 hours 8 minutes, with 1,617 feet climbed, and 6 swims totalling 1,590 meters in 1 hour 32 minutes.  It was my fourth category 5 climb, and first since June 12.  Totals of my category 5 climbs is 7.04 miles with 588 feet climbed in 2 hour 32 minutes.

This was an impromptu walk.  I passed the bridge where the Pacific Crest Trail crosses California Highway 58 in daylight, and since this happens rarely, it occurred to me that this was my chance to locate where the trail goes in both directions from this point, since sign markings are not as clear as I would like.  It was a
delightful walk.  Temperature was about 80 degrees, cool for June.  I got to meet someone who started on the trail at the Mexican border on May 14 and is hoping to hike the entire trail to Canada by the end of September.  He helped me find the trail here, and I talked to him about how Guitar Lake is a great place to camp before doing the final ascent of Mt. Whitney from the 12,000 foot level.  After we parted company, I regretted not asking for his name and permission to take his picture. I enjoyed the conversation in any event and wish him well.

As a teenager, I hiked the John Muir Trail, most of which is also the Pacific Crest Trail, in sections.  According to the very useful Halfmile PCT Trail Notes (Southern California section), and (Northern California section) these two trails are the same from PCT mile 767.0 to 942.5 (175.5 miles)

Today I walked 1.6 miles of the PCT, from trail mile 565.0 to 566.6.  It will be interesting to see how much of the trail I will wind up seeing over my lifetime.  I will track it here, at my usual tortoise pace, as I do it.

Here's a map and some more pictures of this walk, Terreeeblay's first in Kern County, California:

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Eating today:

Calorie Goal: 2,515 Calories Consumed: 1,974 Calories Burned: 583 Net Calories: 1,391

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Quaker Oatmeal	1.50	225	5g	0mg	0mg	41g	2g	6g	8g
Dannon Activia Yogurt - Peach	1.00	110	2g	10mg	70mg	19g	17g	0g	5g
Banana, medium	1.00	105	0g	0mg	1mg	27g	14g	3g	1g
Pancake	1.00	100	10g	0mg	320mg	23g	7g	1g	2g
pancake syrup	2.00	102	0g	0mg	2mg	26g	7g	2g	0g
Bacon, Egg, Cheese Omelette	0.50	195	14g	244mg	585mg	2g	0g	0g	17g
Biscuits And Gravy	0.50	265	17g	5mg	775mg	24g	3g	0g	4g
Frozen Yogurt	1.00	280	3g	0mg	0mg	26g	0g	0g	0g
Blueberries, Raw	0.30	25	0g	0mg	0mg	6g	5g	1g	0g
strawberries (raw)	0.50	23	0g	0mg	1mg	6g	3g	1g	1g
Wendy's Berry Almond Salad	0.50	177	8g	47mg	209mg	8g	2g	1g	15g
Wendy's Chili, Small size	1.00	220	6g	35mg	780mg	23g	6g	5g	17g
Crackers, Saltines	2.50	148	4g	0mg	575mg	28g	0g	3g	3g
Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2.5 mph (24min/mi)	75.0	-583.0
Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,391	68g	340mg	3,317mg	257g	66g	24g	71g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/#ixzz1xqdd2zyG

I listened to "The Why Of Priesthood Service", by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  One of his memorable quotes was:

"The what of priesthood service teaches us what to do. The why inspires our souls.

The what informs, but the why transforms."