The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-309

"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, November 5, 2013

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Tonight was one of my more unique walks. Lots of folks coming to vote after dark thought the polls were already closed, because the light by the door is motion sensitive ... so it stayed off too much of the time. So ... I volunteered to walk back and forth under the light to keep it on. I don't know how far I went, but it took 30 minutes so even at 2.5 miles per hour (probably about right including stops to greet people and open the door for them) I covered 1.25 miles by walking 20 feet back and forth and back and forth and ... I had a great time, and voting did increase during that half hour. :-)

For info on calories consumed and burned today, please click below to continue reading.

Cheerio!

November 5th, 2013 Write in your diary: How do you feel today?

Calorie Goal: 2,277 Calories Consumed: 2,278 Calories Burned: 208 Net Calories: 2,070

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Planters Trail Mix: Nut & Chocolate	1.00	280	18g	0mg	35mg	27g	22g	3g	7g
Quaker Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Original	2.00	200	4g	0mg	150mg	38g	0g	6g	8g
Dannon Activia Yogurt - Strawberry	1.00	110	2g	5mg	75mg	19g	17g	0g	5g
Tesco Melon And Pineapple Finger Trio	1.00	55	0g	0mg	0mg	11g	11g	1g	1g
Orange Juice	1.69	189	1g	0mg	4mg	44g	35g	1g	3g
Domino's Pizza (Australia) Hawaiian Pizza (deep Pan)	2.00	382	12g	0mg	840mg	50g	5g	0g	17g
Domino's 12 In. (medium) Deep Dish Cheese Pizza	1.00	225	11g	10mg	525mg	27g	2g	3g	8g
Bridget's Homemade Yeast Rolls	1.00	157	1g	0mg	6mg	31g	0g	0g	6g
Chick Fil A Chicken Wrap	1.00	330	12g	65mg	990mg	28g	3g	15g	38g
Chick-fil-A Berry Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing	1.00	70	2g	0mg	150mg	12g	9g	0g	0g
Coconut Almond Fiber One Protein Bar	2.00	280	12g	0mg	230mg	34g	14g	10g	12g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2.5 mph (24min/mi)	30.0	-208.0

6 comments:

BenjaminNovember 12, 2013 at 3:07 PM
This may be the most boring walk in the most boring blog in history :)

Feel the excitement as you walk back and forth! LOVE IT!
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UnknownNovember 12, 2013 at 3:32 PM
Thanks for the love!
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RachelNovember 13, 2013 at 9:06 AM
This is super legend friend, and I can sincerely visualize you doing this. I love it!
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UnknownNovember 13, 2013 at 9:25 PM
I'm laughing just thinking about that night again. Part of me can't believe I really did it, the other part realizes that I would totally do it again.
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sarahNovember 14, 2013 at 10:26 AM
"...the other part realizes that I would totally do it again!"

DAD is RAD!!! I love you dad and that you would do this!!! LOVES!
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UnknownNovember 14, 2013 at 6:38 PM
Thanks for the love, it's like a bushel of cherries on top. I had so much fun talking to everyone as they went in, giving them a slightly different look at why I was doing this crazy walking thing. And now y'all are showering the love on top of that. You're right, it is rad!
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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 :-)