The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-261

"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!

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

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Loving the big full moon this evening!

Worked late, came home and did 30 minutes pool walking with Willyne in the moonlight to end the day. :-)

I have two talks coming up in the next week and did some work on them today with a lot of help from Willyne. Among other things, I will be sharing a classic tortoise story that he originally wrote in the 90s and updated a couple times since. If you'd like a sneak preview, you can get it here: http://dougbeecherstaxandmoneyblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-thought-for-young-people.html

In other news of the day, the tortoise had his semiannual checkup with his cancer doctor this morning. I am pleased to report that he had a new record low PSA reading ... 0.01 ... truly amazing they can measure that low. This appointment was actually supposed to be in early August but was purposely scheduled later because the doctor wanted a full report on Mt. Whitney. So the doctor was shown pictures from our Timp hike. He was pleased with everything, and put the tortoise on an annual checkup schedule. Wow. It has been a long road to get here, thanks to you, dear reader, for your support along the way!

Info on calories consumed and burned is available by clicking below if you like ...

Cheerio!

Calorie Goal: 2,310 Calories Consumed: 1,716 Calories Burned: 213 Net Calories: 1,503

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Quaker Apple and Cinnamon Instant Oatmeal	1.00	130	2g	0mg	190mg	27g	9g	3g	3g
Quaker Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Original	1.00	100	2g	0mg	75mg	19g	0g	3g	4g
Dannon - Activia Activia Light No Sugar Added Yogurt	1.00	60	0g	5mg	75mg	10g	7g	2g	4g
Banana, large	1.00	121	0g	0mg	1mg	31g	17g	4g	2g
Mission Mission Tortilla Triangles	2.00	280	14g	0mg	300mg	34g	0g	2g	4g
Langers Cranberry Juice	1.50	210	0g	0mg	15mg	53g	48g	0g	0g
The Daily Plate Generic Calorie	10.00	10	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Creamy Chicken Rice Casserole	1.00	260	7g	47mg	800mg	31g	1g	2g	18g
Creamy Chicken Rice Casserole	1.00	260	7g	47mg	800mg	31g	1g	2g	18g
Dreyer's Rich & Creamy Grand Ice Cream Real Strawberry	1.50	180	8g	30mg	45mg	24g	21g	0g	3g
Reese's Reese's PB cups	0.50	105	7g	3mg	75mg	12g	11g	1g	3g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Swimming - treading water, moderate	30.0	-213.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,503	47g	131mg	2,376mg	272g	114g	17g	58g

3 comments:

RachelSeptember 19, 2013 at 7:02 PM
El padre!!! This is amazing! You should send an email out to the family, I know everyone would love to hear this. So happy for you and mom friend, this is such righteous news!!! Love you friend
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UnknownSeptember 19, 2013 at 10:26 PM
Thank you!
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BenjaminSeptember 20, 2013 at 6:57 AM
The tortoise torch!!!! Super happy for you, this is awes!
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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 :-)