The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-314

"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 10, 2013

13-314

Visited a friend this afternoon, Colin Nilsson, recovering in the hospital after heart surgery to repair a leak. My walk today consisted of going from where I parked to his room and back. I only tried measuring the outside portion, one way, then doubled that, so the actual walk is just slightly longer than the tiny amount I calculated: 0.36 miles with 23 feet climbed in 7:24 minutes. Sunny, calm, beautiful 67 degree weather at about 2:30 this afternoon. Tortoise rating: 5.6.

Please click below for a map and details on calories consumed and burned today ...

Cheerio!

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Calorie Goal: 2,277 Calories Consumed: 2,209 Calories Burned: 55 Net Calories: 2,154

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
Grape Nuts	1.00	210	1g	0mg	290mg	44g	5g	7g	8g
1% Milk	1.50	153	4g	18mg	180mg	18g	19g	0g	12g
Coconut Almond Fiber One Protein Bar	1.00	140	6g	0mg	115mg	17g	7g	5g	6g
Lima Beans n Ham	2.00	336	8g	0mg	4mg	27g	3g	8g	8g
Classico Italian Sausage Spaghetti Sauce	1.00	80	3g	0mg	430mg	6g	0g	2g	3g
Spaghetti	1.00	197	1g	0mg	1mg	40g	0g	2g	7g
Kraft Parmesan Cheese, Original	2.00	40	3g	0mg	170mg	0g	0g	0g	4g
Sausage Italian Cooked	1.00	286	23g	47mg	1,002mg	4g	1g	0g	16g
Malt-O-Meal Frosted Mini-Spooners	1.50	285	2g	0mg	15mg	68g	17g	9g	8g
1% Milk	1.00	102	2g	12mg	120mg	12g	13g	0g	8g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	7.0	-55.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,154	53g	77mg	2,347mg	325g	86g	46g	90g

2 comments:

BenjaminNovember 12, 2013 at 3:12 PM
This blog really is the best! "After heart surgery to repair a leak" Doesn't sound good but glad you went to support.
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UnknownNovember 12, 2013 at 3:35 PM
Colin looked and sounded a lot better than I expected, so that was definitely good news!.
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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 :-)