The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-307

"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!

Sunday, November 3, 2013

13-307

Did a short walk between church meetings again this week. Get some pretty views while getting some energy. 0.61 miles with 20 feet climbed in 11:44. Beautiful 66 degree sunny weather. 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: 2,423 Calories Burned: 94 Net Calories: 2,329

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
Carr's Whole Wheat Crackers	1.00	80	4g	0mg	100mg	10g	3g	1g	1g
Trader Joe's Almond Butter	0.50	95	9g	0mg	0mg	3g	1g	2g	4g
Premier Nutrition Chocolate Protein Shake	1.00	160	3g	15mg	330mg	5g	1g	3g	30g
Turkey Wrap 1/12 (costco)	2.00	136	6g	100mg	240mg	11g	1g	1g	9g
Naked All Natural Mighty Mango Juice Smoothie	0.60	72	0g	0mg	9mg	18g	11g	0g	1g
Enchilads Suizas	1.00	527	25g	141mg	1,377mg	38g	8g	6g	43g
Rosarita Traditional Refried Beans	1.00	110	2g	0mg	580mg	19g	1g	5g	5g
Great Grains Great Grains Protein Blend Honey Oats And Seed	1.00	220	5g	0mg	190mg	37g	8g	6g	8g
Grape Nuts	1.00	210	1g	0mg	290mg	44g	5g	7g	8g
1% Milk	1.50	153	4g	18mg	180mg	18g	19g	0g	12g
Plain Baked Potato	1.00	140	0g	0mg	11mg	26g	3g	3g	4g
Nalley Original Chili	0.50	130	4g	15mg	570mg	16g	2g	5g	10g
Reese's Reeses Miniature	2.00	72	4g	0mg	44mg	8g	7g	1g	1g
Pumpkin Dessert Squares	1.00	230	12g	51mg	74mg	19g	12g	2g	5g
Reddi-wip Dairy Whipped Topping	2.00	10	0g	0mg	0mg	2g	2g	0g	0g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	12.0	-94.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,329	78g	340mg	3,995mg	304g	100g	42g	141g

Glasses of water: 3

No 4 mg Chlortrimeton allergy pills, 4 excedrin, and no aspirin today. I took my supplements today. If you're interested, the current list is here.

2 comments:

RachelNovember 4, 2013 at 8:51 AM
Your blog is awesome, I love the pictures, and how creative you continue to be with your walking trails. And I love the dedication to even get in a walk in between your church meetings. I would have been like, Time to Chill! You are awes :)
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UnknownNovember 4, 2013 at 11:40 PM
Thank you again for your kind words and support. It means a lot to me and helps keep me going, day by day.

For me, a few minutes to walk is time to chill. And ... it helps keep me with my commitment to myself, and to Becca, to stay wide awake on the stand. When you get up before 5 for a day of meetings and sit on a warm perch, the normal challenge to avoid the urge to nod off in Sacrament Meeting gets more interesting. The walk is my secret weapon to help keep the blood flowing for the hour the follows :-)

Whatever it takes, right?
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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 :-)