The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 3-186

"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, November 3, 2012

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Entertainment brought to you today (November 3) from the memory of Doug Jr ...

please click on the line below for information (one minute video, map) on the LaVerkin Scenic Loop Trail, which I did in full for the first time today. Plus other tidbits for your reading pleasure:

The video lasts one minute and has various choices of viewer sizes and HD or other resolution choices ... enjoy!

Walked the full LaVerkin Scenic Loop trail today: 7.47 miles with 805 feet climbed in 3:04:45. The route included a 1.35 mile category 3 climb (Tortoise Rating: 2.7) at 6.6% average grade as reported by HumanaFit and a 0.88 mile category 5 climb at 3.2%. I really think the grades are much higher than that -- are you really telling me the climb up from the Virgin River to the highway is that same grade as walking from my office to Valley Academy? I didn't think so.

Josh met me at Farmers Market and did the final 3 miles with me ... fantastic!

Here is the map:
Find more Walk in La Verkin, UT

And the video:

Eating today: 2,147 calories; most recent 7 days: 17,347.

Calorie Goal: 2,304 Calories Consumed: 2,147 Calories Burned: 1,296 Net Calories: 851

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Malt-O-Meal Frosted Mini Spooners	1.50	285	2g	0mg	15mg	68g	17g	9g	8g
1% Milk	1.00	102	2g	12mg	120mg	12g	13g	0g	8g
Apple Fritters	1.00	453	24g	123mg	106mg	47g	22g	2g	8g
Projoba Pollen Burst	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	10g	0g	0g
Papa Murphy's Large Size deLITE Thin Crust Pizza - Papa's Favorite	3.00	585	33g	95mg	1,272mg	45g	7g	1g	31g
Chex Wheat Chex	2.00	216	1g	0mg	504mg	49g	6g	6g	6g
1% Milk	1.00	102	2g	12mg	120mg	12g	13g	0g	8g
Raspberries	1.00	64	1g	0mg	1mg	15g	5g	8g	1g
Paradise Bakery Bbq Chicken Chopped Salad (small)	1.00	290	17g	45mg	960mg	20g	6g	3g	16g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2.5 mph (24min/mi)	184.0	-1,296.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		851	83g	286mg	3,098mg	282g	98g	30g	87g

http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/#ixzz2BGvI3zdN

Today's last word ...

"...And for the space of three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared, and ^bchastened him because he remembered not to ^ccall upon the name of the Lord."

-- Ether 2:14

I have always wondered if the brother of Jared warranted such a chastening, what the Lord thinks of us when we find reasons not to pray ... or simply forget how much we need the Lord, and prayer, on a constant basis ...

from reading in Matthew 27 and Ether 2:11-25

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, November 3, 2012

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