The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-267

"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!

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

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I pass this on my walk to work ... today looked like a beautiful day
to photograph it! It brings me joy every time I see it.

Walk to work this morning, with 32 pound pack (I added my lap top to the normal goodies inside): 3.00 miles with 180 feet climbed in 1:00:52 hours. Temperature: 75. Tortoise rating on climbing portion (first 2.00 miles): 5.2.

Please click here for more info on the walk, calories consumed and burned today ...

Cheerio!

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Calorie Goal: 2,310 Calories Consumed: 2,753 Calories Burned: 480 Net Calories: 2,273

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
The Daily Plate Generic Calorie	90.00	90	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Quaker - Maple & Brown Sugar	1.00	160	2g	0mg	270mg	33g	13g	3g	4g
Quaker Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Original	1.00	100	2g	0mg	75mg	19g	0g	3g	4g
Renew Life Organic Triple Fiber	1.00	40	1g	0mg	0mg	5g	0g	4g	3g
Banana, Medium	0.50	53	0g	0mg	1mg	13g	7g	2g	1g
Yoplait Blackberry Pomegranate Light	1.00	90	0g	0mg	80mg	16g	10g	0g	5g
Projoba Pollen Burst	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	10g	0g	0g
The Daily Plate Generic Calorie	10.00	10	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Great Harvest Honey Whole Wheat	2.00	240	0g	0mg	700mg	48g	14g	6g	10g
Great Value Fat free Smoked Turkey Breast	2.00	50	0g	20mg	440mg	4g	2g	0g	10g
Tillamook Sliced Medium Cheddar Cheese	1.00	90	7g	20mg	125mg	0g	0g	0g	5g
romaine lettuce leaves	1.00	5	0g	0mg	2mg	1g	0g	1g	0g
Knudsen Lowfat Cottage Cheese 2%	1.00	100	3g	15mg	390mg	4g	4g	0g	14g
Doritos Doritos - Individual Bag	1.00	140	7g	0mg	120mg	18g	1g	1g	2g
Oreo Oreo Milk's Favorite Cookie	1.00	160	7g	0mg	160mg	25g	14g	1g	1g
Hebrew National Beef Franks	2.00	300	28g	60mg	740mg	2g	0g	0g	12g
Franz Hot Dog Buns	2.46	320	4g	0mg	541mg	57g	7g	2g	10g
Nalley Hotdog Mustard & Relish Blend	3.00	45	0g	0mg	210mg	9g	9g	0g	0g
Heinz Tomato Catsup	2.00	30	0g	0mg	16mg	8g	8g	0g	0g
Kellogg's Raisin Bran	1.00	190	2g	0mg	350mg	45g	19g	7g	4g
1% Milk	0.50	51	1g	6mg	60mg	6g	6g	0g	4g
Dreyer's Rich & Creamy Grand Ice Cream Real Strawberry	1.50	180	8g	30mg	45mg	24g	21g	0g	3g
Dreyer's Grand - Vanilla Bean	1.50	210	12g	38mg	53mg	23g	21g	8g	3g
Keebler Keebler Waffle Cones	1.00	50	1g	0mg	25mg	10g	4g	0g	0g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	60.0	-480.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,273	84g	189mg	4,402mg	385g	171g	37g	95g

2 comments:

RachelSeptember 25, 2013 at 7:55 AM
I've never seen a sign like that before, I hope it's helping that family. And love the addition of the new map view of your walk, it even lets me zoom in and out on the picture, I enjoyed the interactive experience on your blog friend :)
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UnknownSeptember 26, 2013 at 11:59 AM
I know the family, and talk to them when I see them while walking. The sign does help them, yay!

And it always makes me happy when you like my experiments with making my "too boring" blog more interesting. Keeps me motivated, thanks!
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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 :-)