The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-53

"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 22, 2012

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Our family reunion is in full swing! I enjoyed the food, focusing on trying to limit portion size ... so I shared the popcorn and lemonade at the theater and loved the homemade fried ice cream but somehow resisted the yummy cookies that came with them and kept being passed around during our evening activities. It also meant I was in the pool in the morning and again in the evening. The morning alone was a new personal record for me, 510 meters, all using the side stroke to conserve energy in the true tortoise time of 41 minutes. Real life, one step, one decision at a time. :-)

Chapter 3 totals are 54.22 miles walked in 21 hours 39 minutes, with 2,166 feet climbed, and 10 swims totalling 3,430 meters in 3 hour 34 minutes.

Eating today:

Calorie Goal: 2,508 Calories Consumed: 2,842 Calories Burned: 795 Net Calories: 2,047

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Malt-O-Meal Frosted Mini-Spooners	1.50	285	2g	0mg	15mg	68g	17g	9g	8g
1% Milk	0.80	88	2g	8mg	96mg	10g	10g	0g	6g
Banana, medium	0.50	53	0g	0mg	1mg	14g	7g	2g	1g
Premier Nutrition Protein	1.00	160	3g	15mg	330mg	5g	1g	3g	30g
Orowheat Sandwich Thins	1.00	100	1g	0mg	230mg	22g	2g	3g	0g
Kirkland Signature Oven Roasted Turkey Breast (deli Prepackaged Slices)	2.00	120	2g	60mg	560mg	8g	0g	0g	22g
Lettuce	1.00	1	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Sliced Tomatoes	2.00	4	0g	0mg	0mg	1g	0g	0g	0g
Large Movie Theater Popcorn With Butter	0.40	656	50g	0mg	0mg	50g	0g	0g	0g
Lemonade	2.00	262	0g	0mg	14mg	68g	65g	0g	0g
Iceburg Lettuce	2.00	20	0g	0mg	14mg	4g	2g	2g	2g
Plain Steamed White Rice	1.00	184	0g	0mg	0mg	21g	0g	0g	2g
Black Beans	2.00	280	2g	0mg	0mg	50g	0g	12g	14g
Avocado Avocado	0.50	73	7g	0mg	4mg	4g	1g	3g	1g
Salsa, Homemade	2.00	28	0g	0mg	259mg	5g	3g	1g	1g
Tostitos Artisan Recipes Roasted Garlic & Black Bean Chips	1.50	210	11g	0mg	135mg	27g	0g	3g	3g
Homemade Fried Ice Cream	1.00	219	14g	1mg	167mg	21g	10g	1g	3g
Hershey's Chocolate Syrup	1.00	100	0g	0mg	25mg	25g	20g	0g	1g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Swimming - freestyle, moderate	41.0	-561.0
Swimming - treading water, moderate	30.0	-234.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,047	94g	84mg	1,848mg	402g	137g	39g	94g

I read Joel 3 today in a few quiet moments...an interesting prelude to the family dinner table conversation.

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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 22, 2012

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