The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-65

"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!

Thursday, July 5, 2012

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The tortoise continued gradual improvement against the virus this morning. Willyne, Floryne, and I celebrated the 4th by walking in the LaVerkin parade pulling the red wagon with Chloe and Abigail, waving and throwing candy. It's a fun tradition! We went 0.80 miles in 24 minutes, climbing 52 feet in the process. Read on for another picture, a map and more ...
Chapter 3 totals are 63.84 miles walked in 25 hours 26 minutes, with 3,412 feet climbed, and 11 swims totalling 4,240 meters in 4 hour 34 minutes.

Went home to Willyne's yummy peach cobbler french toast breakfast with turkey polish sausage and a cup of pink grapefruit Airborne drink (got to get that vitamin C in!) ... and resting from the red wagon duties by watching Bubble Guppies and Peppa Pig with Emma.

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Today was my biggest splurge in two months since starting this, I just love July 4 food. You can all beat me with a wet noodle, and then I will strive to continue to be ... mostly ... good at keeping portions small, one day at at time. So here it is, eating today, including net calories after deducting exercise:

Calorie Goal: 2,497 Calories Consumed: 2,981 Calories Burned: 160 Net Calories: 2,821

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Malt-O-Meal Honey & Oat Blenders	1.00	120	2g	0mg	150mg	25g	6g	1g	2g
1% Milk	1.00	110	3g	10mg	120mg	13g	12g	0g	8g
Banana, medium	0.50	53	0g	0mg	1mg	14g	7g	2g	1g
peaches and cream french toast	1.00	355	11g	240mg	350mg	53g	16g	3g	13g
Shady Brook Farms Polish Smoked Turkey Sausage	1.50	135	7g	45mg	840mg	6g	2g	0g	14g
Fried Zucchini Sticks	0.60	192	1g	0mg	256mg	13g	0g	2g	4g
Fry Sauce (Paul's homemade)	1.00	44	4g	2mg	144mg	2g	2g	0g	0g
simple homemade hamburger buns	1.00	254	8g	40mg	818mg	37g	8g	1g	6g
Hamburger Patty	1.00	280	20g	90mg	80mg	0g	0g	0g	26g
Sliced Tomatoes	2.00	4	0g	0mg	0mg	1g	0g	0g	0g
Romaine Lettuce	3.00	15	0g	0mg	6mg	3g	0g	3g	0g
KC Masterpiece Original Barbeque Sauce	1.00	60	0g	0mg	240mg	15g	12g	0g	0g
A&W Restaurants Root Beer	1.00	117	0g	0mg	22mg	31g	31g	0g	0g
Dreyer's Grand - Vanilla Bean	1.50	210	12g	38mg	53mg	23g	21g	8g	3g
peaches and cream french toast	1.00	355	11g	240mg	350mg	53g	16g	3g	13g
Shady Brook Farms Polish Smoked Turkey Sausage	1.00	90	5g	30mg	560mg	4g	1g	0g	9g
Cake, Frosted White	1.00	437	19g	18mg	407mg	65g	0g	0g	3g
Doritos	1.00	150	8g	0mg	0mg	18g	1g	1g	2g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2 mph (30 min/mi)	24.0	-160.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,821	109g	753mg	4,396mg	376g	135g	23g	103g

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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 :-)

Thursday, July 5, 2012

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