The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-303

"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, October 30, 2013

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Snuck in a walk up the Second East hill after some stops in St. George today. 3.31 miles with 446 feet climbed in 1:07:34 hours. Tortoise rating on uphill half: 3.6. (HumanaFit rates it category 3) Beautiful, sunny, brisk 55 degree day with a little breeze after a cold rain last night.

Please click below for a map, more pictures, and details of calories consumed and burned today ...

Cheerio!

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Top of this hill. Picked up a little more incline on the trail along Red Hills Parkway.

We had a little white dust on the distant mountains last night. Pretty!

Had to check out the trailhead to see what new trails I can check out in the future. :-)

Nice views on the way back too.

Calorie Goal: 2,277 Calories Consumed: 1,745 Calories Burned: 519 Net Calories: 1,226

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Youngevity Ultimate Classic Dietary Supplement	1.00	40	0g	0mg	0mg	9g	9g	0g	0g
Youngevity Ultimate Osteo-fx	1.00	0	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Youngevity Oxy-Rich Toddy	1.00	23	0g	0mg	0mg	6g	6g	0g	0g
Youngevity Z Radical Fucoidani Zed	1.00	15	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	3g	0g	0g
Quaker Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Original	1.00	100	2g	0mg	75mg	19g	0g	3g	4g
Quaker Quaker Instant Oatmeal - Maple & Brown Sugar	1.00	160	3g	0mg	260mg	32g	9g	3g	4g
Renew Life Organic Triple Fiber	1.00	40	1g	0mg	0mg	5g	0g	4g	3g
Dannon Yogurt Activia Lowfat Peach	1.00	110	2g	5mg	70mg	19g	17g	0g	5g
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
Turkey Wrap 1/12 (costco)	4.00	272	13g	200mg	480mg	22g	1g	2g	19g
Costco Rotisserie Chicken Noodle Soup	1.33	146	3g	20mg	1,209mg	19g	4g	1g	11g
hamburger bun	0.50	60	1g	0mg	103mg	11g	1g	1g	2g
Market Pantry (SuperTarget) Grated Cheddar Cheese	1.00	110	9g	30mg	170mg	1g	0g	0g	7g
Nabisco Triscuit, Reduced Fat	0.50	60	2g	0mg	80mg	11g	0g	2g	2g
Naked All Natural Mighty Mango Juice Smoothie	0.50	60	0g	0mg	8mg	15g	9g	0g	1g
Homemade Chicken and Rice	1.50	215	1g	77mg	488mg	15g	0g	0g	32g
Kellogg's Fiber Plus Antioxidants Caramel Coconut Fudge	1.00	130	4g	0mg	100mg	26g	7g	9g	2g
Homemade Split Pea Soup With Ham	1.50	144	1g	8mg	244mg	23g	3g	4g	11g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	66.0	-519.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,226	41g	339mg	3,286mg	264g	83g	29g	101g

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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 :-)

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

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