The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-252

"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!

Monday, September 9, 2013

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We're coming up on another tax deadline day, one week away. This one is for calendar year corporations, partnerships, LLCs, and other entities that filed extensions earlier this year. I'm hanging on for dear life ... walked 0.5 miles with 20 feet of stairs climbed in 12 minutes over the course of the day. (Total miles since 6/28: 114.13)

Weight is slowly coming down, in classic tortoise style. Down is the right direction. 239.5 is the magic number today. Please click below if you'd like details on calories consumed and burned ...

Cheerio!

Calorie Goal: 2,346 Calories Consumed: 2,403 Calories Burned: 86 Net Calories: 2,317

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Quaker - Maple & Brown Sugar	1.00	160	2g	0mg	270mg	33g	13g	3g	4g
Quaker Instant Oatmeal Raisin, Date, And Walnut	1.00	140	3g	0mg	240mg	27g	12g	3g	3g
Renew Life Organic Triple Fiber	1.00	40	1g	0mg	0mg	5g	0g	4g	3g
Banana, large	0.50	61	0g	0mg	1mg	16g	8g	2g	1g
Dannon - Activia Activia Light No Sugar Added Yogurt	1.00	60	0g	5mg	75mg	10g	7g	2g	4g
Rice, White	1.00	205	0g	0mg	2mg	45g	0g	1g	4g
Hillshire Farm Polska Kielbasa	1.00	190	14g	40mg	570mg	2g	2g	0g	13g
Sweet Baby Ray's Barbecue Sauce	2.00	140	0g	0mg	580mg	34g	32g	0g	0g
Broccoli & Cauliflower	1.00	25	0g	0mg	20mg	3g	1g	1g	1g
Sara Lee Sara Lee Hearty and Delicious 100% Whole Wheat with Honey	2.00	200	2g	0mg	240mg	38g	6g	6g	10g
Farmland Foods Deli Ham	1.00	30	1g	15mg	370mg	1g	1g	0g	4g
Tillamook Medium Cheddar Cheese	1.00	110	9g	25mg	170mg	0g	0g	0g	7g
Romaine Lettuce	2.00	10	0g	0mg	4mg	2g	0g	2g	0g
Medium Tomato	0.50	18	0g	0mg	3mg	4g	2g	1g	1g
French's Yellow Mustard	1.00	0	0g	0mg	55mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Projoba Pollen Burst	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	10g	0g	0g
Fat Boy Ice Cream Sandwich	0.50	120	5g	10mg	80mg	17g	10g	0g	2g
Dreyer's Grand - Vanilla Bean	1.50	210	12g	38mg	53mg	23g	21g	8g	3g
Dreyer's Rich & Creamy Grand Ice Cream Real Strawberry	1.50	180	8g	30mg	45mg	24g	21g	0g	3g
Banana, Medium	1.00	105	0g	0mg	1mg	27g	14g	3g	1g
Oreo Double Stuffed Oreo Cookie	2.50	350	18g	0mg	300mg	50g	33g	0g	3g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2.5 mph (24min/mi)	12.0	-86.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,317	75g	163mg	3,078mg	374g	193g	34g	66g

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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 :-)

Monday, September 9, 2013

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