The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-315

"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!

Monday, November 11, 2013

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Found some exciting P.I.E. along my walk today

Helped Bruce at Valley Academy this afternoon. It was another spectacular 72 degree sunny, blue sky, fall day with no wind, so I walked there and back. The walk was 1.35 miles round trip, with 105 feet climbed, in 1:10:45 hours ... because I stopped for 39 minutes along the way back to talk with Matt Excell and his daughter in their yard. One of the bonuses of walking instead of driving. You actually talk to people along the way. Subjects varied all over, but Veterans Day and related issues (including a spirited discussion of the Vietnam War) was an important portion. After we got the tax issues out of the way, of course. Tortoise rating on the uphill half: 4.6. HumanaFit rates it category 5.

Please click below to continue reading, which will show you a map and details of calories consumed and burned today.

Cheerio!

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Calorie Goal: 2,277 Calories Consumed: 2,440 Calories Burned: 222 Net Calories: 2,218

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Quaker - Maple & Brown Sugar	1.00	160	2g	0mg	270mg	33g	13g	3g	4g
Quaker Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Original	1.00	100	2g	0mg	75mg	19g	0g	3g	4g
Dannon Activia Yogurt - Peach	1.00	110	2g	10mg	70mg	19g	17g	0g	5g
Renew Life Organic Triple Fiber	1.00	40	1g	0mg	0mg	5g	0g	4g	3g
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
Rib Eye Steak 5 Oz	1.50	416	15g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	53g
Sweet Potatoes, Baked In Skin	1.50	270	0g	0mg	108mg	62g	20g	11g	6g
Lima Beans n Ham	1.00	168	4g	0mg	2mg	14g	2g	4g	4g
Sloppy Joes -	1.00	336	7g	62mg	847mg	38g	14g	2g	30g
Home made mash potatoes	1.00	403	4g	10mg	97mg	84g	9g	6g	10g
canned corn	1.00	67	1g	0mg	0mg	16g	0g	0g	0g
Pineapple Upside Down Cake	1.00	150	6g	18mg	146mg	24g	17g	1g	2g
Tillamook Premium Ice Cream Old-Fashioned vanilla	1.00	160	9g	25mg	50mg	17g	10g	0g	3g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2.5 mph (24min/mi)	32.0	-222.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,218	52g	125mg	1,664mg	348g	113g	33g	123g

4 comments:

BenjaminNovember 12, 2013 at 3:12 PM
Greatest blog ever! Keep up the tortoise pace!
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UnknownNovember 12, 2013 at 3:39 PM
Thanks again for the love! Since you are such a fan, just curious which of my labels on the sidebar you find most interesting. Always looking to spice up the boredom in as many ways as possible!
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RachelNovember 13, 2013 at 9:05 AM
Your awesome temperatures are making me miss home even more as it was 27 degrees when I took the girls to school this morning and we will only reach a high of 30s. But so far no snow has stuck to the ground, only flakes, so at least the salt and shovels aren't out yet
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UnknownNovember 13, 2013 at 8:00 PM
Just trying to share the sun love, Rachel :-)
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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 :-)