The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-71

"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!

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

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Arizona highways, and my location last night :-)

Greetings from Cibola and Quartzsite, La Paz County, Arizona! I walked 0.55 miles in 12 minutes this evening. I can't get the map to show elevations, but it was hilly so I know it was at least 20 feet. Tortoise rating: 6.6. Chapter 3 totals: 69.23 miles walked in 27 hours 36 minutes, with 4,095 feet climbed, and 11 swims totalling 4,240 meters in 4 hour 34 minutes.

Here's a map:

Find more Walk in Cibola, AZ

Eating today, including net calories after deducting exercise:

Calorie Goal: 2,458 Calories Consumed: 1,785 Calories Burned: 91 Net Calories: 1,694

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Wendy's Small Chili	1.00	210	6g	40mg	880mg	21g	6g	6g	17g
BAKED POTATO	1.00	110	0g	0mg	160mg	40g	3g	5g	0g
Wendy's Berry Almond Salad	0.50	177	8g	47mg	209mg	8g	2g	1g	15g
Great Value Benefit High Fiber Chewy Bars Oats & Chocolate	1.00	140	4g	0mg	90mg	29g	10g	9g	2g
Almond	39.00	273	23g	0mg	0mg	8g	4g	4g	12g
Subway Subway Club Footlong	1.00	730	18g	95mg	2,070mg	90g	14g	10g	53g
Avocado Avocado	1.00	145	14g	0mg	7mg	8g	1g	6g	2g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2.5 mph (24min/mi)	12.0	-91.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,694	72g	182mg	3,416mg	203g	40g	41g	100g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/#ixzz20M76gslQ

Today's last word:

I read Alma 21-22 and Amos 7-8 today. Check this verse out ...

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a ^afamine of bread, nor a ^bthirst for water, but of hearing the ^cwords of the Lord: Amos 8:11

Take it from this tortoise who tries to smile passionately ... I miss the words of the Lord more than bread or water when I have to go without them for a time ... thank goodness there are lots of easy, portable ways to have them with us.

Cheerio!

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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 :-)

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

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