The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-299

"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, October 26, 2013

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Nothing quite like a fall evening view of LaVerkin from the Overlook Trail

It was a fun Saturday. Started at the Temple, then dodged the traffic around Dixie State's homecoming parade to go watch Riley's and then Ethan's soccer games. Had a nice lunch with Willyne and Josh & Megan's family at Chick Fil A in between the games. Midafternoon we went to Joy Gubler's 80th birthday party, then went to the store with Willyne followed by a dinner of home cooked hamburgers. Yum!

Guess I could have made a guess how much walking I did to do all this, but I decided to squeeze in a quick walk up to the halfway point on the Overlook trail. 1.15 miles round trip with 302 feet climbed in 35:52 minutes, on a clear, calm, 72 degree evening that was warm enough for me to work up a good sweat on the 10% grade. Tortoise rating on the uphill half: 1.1. HumanaFit rates it as category 3, probably because it is short.

Please click below for a map and details of calories consumed and burned today:

Cheerio!

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Calorie Goal: 2,277 Calories Consumed: 2,432 Calories Burned: 266 Net Calories: 2,166

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Mission Large Flour Tortilla	1.00	210	5g	0mg	630mg	36g	2g	1g	6g
Scrambled Eggs	1.00	91	7g	240mg	88mg	1g	1g	0g	6g
Ham, Breakfast	1.50	161	10g	45mg	1,087mg	2g	0g	0g	16g
Market Pantry (SuperTarget) Grated Cheddar Cheese	1.00	110	9g	30mg	170mg	1g	0g	0g	7g
Breakfast Potatoes	1.50	227	11g	11mg	250mg	30g	0g	3g	2g
Chick Fil A Chicken Wrap	1.00	330	12g	65mg	990mg	28g	3g	15g	38g
Chick-fil-A Desserts - Vanilla Milkshake	0.50	320	13g	45mg	250mg	45g	44g	0g	8g
Costco Chocolate Cake	1.00	270	15g	50mg	240mg	32g	20g	1g	3g
93% 9 93% Lean Ground Beef	1.75	298	14g	107mg	105mg	0g	0g	0g	40g
Tillamook Sliced Medium Cheddar Cheese	1.00	90	7g	20mg	125mg	0g	0g	0g	5g
hamburger bun	1.00	120	2g	0mg	206mg	21g	3g	1g	4g
Romaine Lettuce	1.00	5	0g	0mg	2mg	1g	0g	1g	0g
Tomato Slices	2.00	8	0g	0mg	3mg	2g	0g	0g	0g
Bread And Butter Pickles	0.60	18	0g	0mg	114mg	4g	4g	0g	0g
Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce	2.00	10	0g	0mg	110mg	2g	2g	0g	0g
Heinz Ketchup	1.00	15	0g	0mg	190mg	4g	4g	0g	0g
French's Yellow Mustard	1.00	0	0g	0mg	55mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Cheetos Crunchy	1.00	150	10g	0mg	250mg	15g	1g	1g	2g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Treadmill - 10% incline @ 2 mph	18.0	-164.0
Walk: 2 mph (30 min/mi)	17.0	-102.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,166	115g	613mg	4,865mg	224g	84g	23g	137g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/#ixzz2it0teoI2

Glasses of water: 6

No 4 mg Chlortrimeton allergy pills and 1 excedrin today along with 2 aspirin. I skipped my prescribed 10 mg Zetia, 500 mg Metformin, 10 MEQ of Potassium Chloride and also skipped Nutrilite vitamins today. I did take my 20 mg crestor.

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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, October 26, 2013

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