The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-123

"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!

Saturday, September 1, 2012

3-123

Now there is my kind of sporting goods store - seen on this morning's walk!

I walked 1.25 miles and climbed 60 feet up 8 flights of stairs in 25 minutes today. Tortoise rating: 6.1. No map, the GPS on my phone didn't work today (August 31) for some unknown reason . The path was walking on the sidewalk adjacent to the circular service road around the Arrowhead Trail Mall in Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona. (Glendale is the Phoenix westside suburb known for its large domed University of Phoenix football stadium, which has hosted both the Super Bowl and the BCS title game ... yet the University of Phoenix does not have a football program!)

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This bring my chapter 3 totals to 136.90 miles walked in 52 hours 56 minutes, with 8,963 feet climbed, and 14 swims totalling 4,640 meters in 4 hour 57 minutes.

Eating, with net calories today after deducting exercise:

Calorie Goal: 2,404 Calories Consumed: 3,489 Calories Burned: 209 Net Calories: 3,280

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Western Family Oatmeal Old Fashioned	1.00	150	3g	0mg	0mg	27g	0g	4g	5g
Banana, medium	0.50	53	0g	0mg	1mg	14g	7g	2g	1g
Dannon Activia Yogurt - Peach	1.00	110	2g	10mg	70mg	19g	17g	0g	5g
Scrambled Eggs	1.00	70	5g	240mg	70mg	1g	0g	0g	7g
Sausage Patty	1.00	267	20g	98mg	540mg	0g	0g	0g	20g
Projoba Pollen Burst	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	10g	0g	0g
Renew Life Organic Triple Fiber	1.00	40	1g	0mg	0mg	5g	0g	4g	3g
Waffle House Waffle	0.50	157	6g	0mg	0mg	23g	0g	0g	3g
Sausage Patty	1.00	267	20g	98mg	540mg	0g	0g	0g	20g
Yellow Grits	1.00	143	0g	0mg	0mg	31g	0g	1g	3g
Waffle House Hashbrowns	0.50	205	14g	16mg	356mg	15g	1g	2g	6g
Steak	1.50	731	25g	219mg	150mg	0g	0g	0g	63g
Baked Potato	1.00	128	0g	0mg	0mg	29g	0g	0g	16g
Butter	2.00	200	22g	60mg	164mg	0g	0g	0g	4g
Daisy Sour Cream	1.00	60	5g	20mg	15mg	1g	1g	0g	1g
Red Robin Side Dinner Salad	1.00	89	3g	0mg	293mg	13g	1g	2g	3g
Walmart Red Velvet Cake	1.00	580	29g	60mg	460mg	77g	59g	2g	5g
Nature Valley protein peanut butter	1.00	190	12g	0mg	170mg	14g	6g	5g	10g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	25.0	-209.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		3,280	167g	821mg	2,828mg	283g	102g	21g	174g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/DougBeecherSr/#ixzz26aU1kIXm

Today's last word ...

"Don’t you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead. Some blessings come soon, some come late, and some don’t come until heaven. But for those who embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, they come. It will be all right in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come."

—Jeffrey R. Holland, "An High Priest of Good Things to Come", Liahona and Ensign, November 1999

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 :-)

Saturday, September 1, 2012

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