The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-74

"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, July 13, 2012

3-74

Made it to Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and walked there to end the day. The walk was through the Wal Mart parking lot and into the store to replenish a few items. Here's a map, stats, and more:

Find more Walk in Shreveport, LA

This walk was 1.10 miles, with 26 feet climbed, in 28 minutes. Tortoise rating: 6.7. Chapter 3 totals are now 73.12 miles walked in 29 hours 5 minutes, with 4,275 feet climbed, and 11 swims totalling 4,240 meters in 4 hour 34 minutes.

Eating, with net calories today after deducting exercise:

Calorie Goal: 2,458 Calories Consumed: 1,130 Calories Burned: 212 Net Calories: 918

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Beef Brisket Lean	2.00	280	10g	110mg	420mg	0g	0g	0g	48g
Pinto Beans	0.50	60	0g	0mg	8mg	12g	1g	5g	5g
Green Beans	1.00	40	0g	0mg	7mg	8g	2g	4g	2g
Corn Bread Homemade	0.50	75	2g	5mg	0mg	12g	0g	1g	2g
KC Masterpiece Original Barbeque Sauce	3.00	180	0g	0mg	720mg	45g	36g	0g	0g
Beef Jerky	2.00	260	7g	100mg	1,760mg	18g	16g	0g	32g
Banana, medium	1.00	105	0g	0mg	1mg	27g	14g	3g	1g
Kellogg's Fiber Plus Antioxidants Chewy Bar (chocolatey Peanut Butter)	1.00	130	5g	0mg	95mg	24g	7g	9g	3g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2.5 mph (24min/mi)	28.0	-212.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		918	25g	215mg	3,011mg	145g	76g	22g	93g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/#ixzz20nDRd5FH

As a side note for Ledge, and the rest of you reformed foodies out there reading this, the brisket was at a no name place in Abilene that looked promising and wasn't. Blunder!

Alma 24-26

"Yea, I know that I am ^anothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will ^bnot boast of myself, but I will ^cboast of my God, for in his ^dstrength I can do all ^ethings ..." Alma 26:12

"...yea, we will rejoice, for our joy is full; yea, we will praise our God forever. Behold, who can glory too much in the Lord? Yea, who can say too much of his great power, and of his ^cmercy, and of his long-suffering towards the children of men? Behold, I say unto you, I cannot say the smallest part which I feel." Alma 26:16

2 comments:

Doug JrJuly 18, 2012 at 8:55 AM
Pure blunder!!! Why not Rudy's???
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UnknownJuly 18, 2012 at 9:50 PM
I never found a Rudy's in Abilene, where I stopped for about 3 hours to take care of some business - bank, post office, fax some papers, and get the oil changed. Lunch was while I got the oil changed. I had a choice of the barbeque place or Burger King. Barbeque sounded better to me. Probably would have been OK at noon but by 2:30 it was overcooked. As you will learn later, I did redeem myself by eating a Sonny's meal when I got farther east.
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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 :-)