The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-271

"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 28, 2013

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After my experience trying to find a parking place for Riley and Ethan's soccer games last Saturday, I decided to park once, near Ethan's game, which was first today, and then walk to Riley's game and return to my car after the games. My battery died near the end of Riley's game, so you get the map walking that far. I pretty much exactly retraced my steps, so one direction works anyway.

Round trip: 1.34 miles in 25:42 minutes. 16 feet climbed going to the game, 27 feet climbed on the return walk, which had a tortoise rating of 5.9. Temperature: 68.

Please click below for more pictures as well as a map and info on calories consumed and burned today ...

Cheerio!

Love seeing Roo and Ethan finding so much joy in the game!

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Calorie Goal: 2,310 Calories Consumed: 2,534 Calories Burned: 208 Net Calories: 2,326

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Steel Cut Oats Organic	1.50	225	4g	0mg	0mg	39g	2g	6g	11g
Banana, small	1.00	90	0g	0mg	1mg	23g	12g	3g	1g
Pecan	3.00	39	4g	0mg	0mg	1g	0g	1g	1g
Yoplait Blackberry Pomegranate Light	1.00	90	0g	0mg	80mg	16g	10g	0g	5g
The Daily Plate Generic Calorie	90.00	90	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	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
Land O' Frost Hickory Smoked Turkey Breast & White Turkey	1.00	90	5g	25mg	510mg	3g	2g	0g	8g
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
Tomato Slices	2.00	8	0g	0mg	3mg	2g	0g	0g	0g
T - Bone Steak	3.00	258	12g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	36g
Plain Baked Potato	1.00	140	0g	0mg	11mg	26g	3g	3g	4g
Knudsen Lowfat Cottage Cheese 2%	1.00	100	3g	15mg	390mg	4g	4g	0g	14g
Oreo Oreo Milk's Favorite Cookie	1.00	160	7g	0mg	160mg	25g	14g	1g	1g
Campbell's V8 Original	1.00	30	0g	0mg	330mg	7g	4g	1g	1g
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
Kellogg's Raisin Bran	1.00	190	2g	0mg	350mg	45g	19g	7g	4g
1% Milk	1.00	102	2g	12mg	120mg	12g	13g	0g	8g
Frosted Sugar Cookie	1.00	190	7g	5mg	110mg	32g	22g	0g	2g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	26.0	-208.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,326	57g	89mg	3,027mg	363g	148g	37g	127g

2 comments:

RachelSeptember 30, 2013 at 10:56 AM
Riley is so cute in these pictures. Thanks for all the info on the Holland building, I thoroughly enjoyed it :) And hope the allergies calm down for you soon friend
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UnknownSeptember 30, 2013 at 8:44 PM
You can really feel Riley's excitement ... I love it!
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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 :-)