The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-151

"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 29, 2012

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Pushed myself a little extra today by doing a 7.47 mile walk with 164 feet climbed in 2:00:04 hours along the shoreline on a beautiful fall morning in Long Beach, California. Tortoise rating: 6.8.

Update: This not only qualified as a Benjamin Category Upgrade walk, it was a full 10 kilometers and then some. :-)

Please click below for a map, pictures, and more ...

Cheerio!

Getting started. This building made me think of Jacob.

Found a fun fishing pier to walk

View back downtown where I came from today

So ... why are we fishing here?

I love seeing benches on piers

Benches and birds ... makes me smile and think of my sweet

Always love playing volleyball at the beach, but settled for watching today.

Glad to see the pier honors veterans. Thank you for your service!

Have to remember this is here, might be fun to rent one of these bikes some time ...

All done. Worked up a sweat on this one :-)

Time to reward myself with a Souplantation lunch, yum!

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Calorie Goal: 2,370 Calories Consumed: 1,019 Calories Burned: 1,105 Net Calories: -86

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
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
Large Garden Salad	1.00	224	8g	0mg	347mg	28g	8g	10g	11g
Souplantation Honey Mustard Dressing (Fat-free)	1.00	45	0g	10mg	160mg	10g	9g	0g	0g
Souplantation Deep Kettle House Chili (Low-Fat)	1.00	230	3g	15mg	560mg	26g	4g	7g	15g
Souplantation Cranberry Orange Bran Muffin	1.00	130	1g	0mg	290mg	30g	18g	3g	2g
Kellogg's Nutty Delights Honey Roasted Almond	1.00	150	7g	0mg	120mg	22g	8g	6g	3g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3.5 mph (17 min/mi)	120.0	-1,105.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		-86	27g	25mg	1,597mg	158g	65g	36g	37g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/DougBeecherSr/#ixzz2nhFh4pKp

Today's last word ... including reading in Matthew 8 and 3 Nephi 21 ...

"Strong moral character results from consistent correct choices in the trials and testing of life. Such choices are made with trust in things that are believed and when acted upon are confirmed."

—Richard G. Scott, "The Transforming Power of Faith and Character"

Read that four or five times ... slowly ... different layers of meaning will come forth with each reading. Remarkable what Elder Scott, clearly under inspiration, packs into two short lines.

Cheerio!

2 comments:

Doug JrDecember 17, 2013 at 11:47 AM
Looks like a total day in the Cali sun! Thanks for sharing!
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UnknownDecember 17, 2013 at 12:10 PM
It was a warm and fun place to walk!
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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 :-)