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The walk was good ... but the highlight of my day was going with Willyne
 to watch our grandson Ethan play soccer.  You can tell
 Uncle Doug and Riley are having a good time too!

Continued work on a route for what I am calling the La Verkin Scenic Circle trail this morning, September 8.  I hoped to do the entire circle,  but only had a little over 2 hours, and now believe it will take me 3.  So I started from the top of the Confluence Park trail at 480 South, headed to the overlook, then down basically using the route from three weeks ago with one modification that hopefully you can see on the map below ... I found a path closer to the ridge line and didn't use as much of the overlook road.  Once I got down to Wanlass Park I continued to where the La Verkin Crescent Park will be, and then on to the Confluence Park trailhead on 560 West.  At that point I was at two hours, stopped the primary walk, and started walking towards home until Willyne met me en route.

I can visualize future trailheads and parking areas on the Scenic Circle trail at the top of the Confluence Park trail on State Street near the La Verkin-Hurricane bridge, the bottom and top of the Overlook Trail, Wanlass Park, Crescent Park, the 560 West trailhead of the Confluence Park Trail, and the Confluence Park parking area and information kiosk.  People will be able to enjoy all or part of the Scenic Circle trail that includes and connects these other trails as their time permits using these various trailheads.

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The first part of the walk was 5.37 miles with 663 feet climbed at a 7.2% grade in 1 hour 57 minutes.  It was a HumanaFit category 3 climb (and tortoise rating: 2.4), my first since August 24.  The second part was 0.85 miles with 42 feet climbed in 15 minutes.

This brings my chapter 3 totals to 153.00 miles walked in 59 hours 8 minutes, with 11,270 feet climbed, and 14 swims totalling 4,640 meters in 4 hour 57 minutes.  The total of my six HumanaFit category 3 walks is 22.23 miles with 3,508 feet climbed in 9 hours 0 minutes. The climbing portions of these walks have averaged a 7.61% grade.

Enjoy these pictures!

I start the pictures 2 miles into the walk, because I have included numerous pictures of the Overlook trail in earlier posts.  This shows where the path I followed leaves the Overlook road and heads gradually to the left.

We will need a cleanup project as part of trail upgrading ... clearly this was used in past years as a dumping spot.

This picture and the two that follow show the path as it descends towards the northeast end of town.

That's quite an early morning shadow

The path goes through Wanlass Park, across the signal light, and through where the Crescent Park and information kiosk will be built.  Both parks could serve as parking areas for people who wish to start or end a walk on the circular scenic trail at those points.

The path then follows 500 North to 560 West to this location, where I'm hoping the trail will continue by dropping down to the Confluence Park trailhead, and then on  to the 480 South trailhead and parking area, completing the scenic circle.

If you download the free Google Earth plugin for your browser, you can see a simulated aerial view from an airplane flying over the path.  It's kind of fun!



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My weigh-in today was 243.5 pounds, down 2.8 pounds since my last weigh-in on August 26, and down 26.2 pounds total for chapter 3 -- my recommitment since May 1.

Eating, with net calories today after deducting exercise:

Calorie Goal: 2,380 Calories Consumed: 1,953 Calories Burned: 1,318 Net Calories: 635

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Kellogg's Nutty Delights Honey Roasted Almond	1.00	150	7g	0mg	120mg	22g	8g	6g	3g
Chicken Rice	1.00	618	23g	48mg	1,314mg	76g	0g	0g	26g
Green Beans Canned	2.00	40	0g	0mg	800mg	8g	4g	2g	2g
Chicken Rice	1.00	618	23g	48mg	1,314mg	76g	0g	0g	26g
Green Beans Canned	2.00	40	0g	0mg	800mg	8g	4g	2g	2g
Barilla Whole Grain Spaghetti	0.30	60	0g	0mg	0mg	12g	1g	2g	2g
Barilla Tomato And Basil Sauce	0.30	21	0g	0mg	150mg	4g	2g	1g	1g
Steel Cut Oats Organic	1.20	180	3g	0mg	0mg	31g	1g	5g	8g
Yoplait Light Harvest Peach Yogurt	1.00	90	0g	5mg	80mg	16g	10g	0g	5g
Apple Fritters	0.30	136	7g	37mg	32mg	14g	7g	1g	2g
Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Hiking - climbing hills, under 10 lb load	49.0	-631.0
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	68.0	-563.0
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	15.0	-124.0
Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		635	64g	138mg	4,610mg	267g	37g	18g	77g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/#ixzz26N3kvxDr

Today's last word ...

"A consistent, righteous life produces an inner power and strength that can be permanently resistant to the eroding influence of sin and transgression."

—Richard G. Scott, "The Transforming Power of Faith and Character", General Conference, October 2010

Cheerio!