The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-302

"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, October 29, 2013

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Amazing how dark it can get before 7:30 pm, and we haven't even returned to standard time yet. This is a picture looking back in my own front door as I'm leaving on this walk. Great view of the light from two plastic electrical pumpkins, don't you think?

Tonight's walk was 1.06 miles with 43 feet climbed in 19:19 minutes, in cloudy, damp, calm, 50 degree conditions. Tortoise rating: 5.7.

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: 2,246 Calories Burned: 158 Net Calories: 2,088

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Malt-O-Meal Frosted Mini-Spooners	2.00	380	2g	0mg	20mg	90g	22g	12g	10g
1% Milk	1.50	153	4g	18mg	180mg	18g	19g	0g	12g
Projoba Pollen Burst	1.00	50	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	10g	0g	0g
Youngevity Renu IQ Adaptogenix	1.00	10	0g	0mg	0mg	3g	3g	0g	0g
Egg Salad On Whole Wheat	1.00	375	16g	430mg	440mg	47g	4g	12g	20g
Homemade Split Pea Soup With Ham	2.00	192	1g	10mg	325mg	31g	3g	6g	15g
Homemade Chicken and Rice	2.00	286	2g	102mg	651mg	20g	1g	0g	43g
hamburger bun	1.00	120	2g	0mg	206mg	21g	3g	1g	4g
Market Pantry (SuperTarget) Grated Cheddar Cheese	1.00	110	9g	30mg	170mg	1g	0g	0g	7g
Naked All Natural Mighty Mango Juice Smoothie	1.50	180	0g	0mg	23mg	45g	27g	0g	2g
Pumpkin Dessert Squares	1.00	230	12g	51mg	74mg	19g	12g	2g	5g
Tillamook Vanilla Bean Ice Cream	1.00	160	9g	25mg	50mg	17g	10g	0g	3g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3.5 mph (17 min/mi)	18.0	-158.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,088	56g	666mg	2,138mg	327g	114g	33g	120g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/#ixzz2jAXpa9wy

Glasses of water: 5

4th day of no 4 mg Chlortrimeton allergy pills. 1 excedrin today along with 1.5 aspirin. I took my prescribed 10 mg Zetia, 500 mg Metformin, 10 MEQ of Potassium Chloride, and 20 mg crestor, but no Nutrilite vitamins today.

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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 :-)

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

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