The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-319

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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!

Friday, November 15, 2013

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Upper end of the Middleton Wash Trail in St. George

Today's walk was a round trip of the Middleton Wash Trail, which starts a few blocks from the Red Cliffs Mall, passes under Riverside Drive, and ends shortly thereafter at the Virgin River Trail. Total distance was 2.91 miles with 171 feet climbed on the return trip. The walk took 55:08 minutes on a sunny, calm, 64 degree afternoon that attracted bike riders and equestrians in addition to walkers to the trail. Tortoise rating; 5.1.

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

Cheerio!

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Look like something you'd like to walk with me when you come out next summer, Rachel?

Calorie Goal: 2,291 Calories Consumed: 1,792 Calories Burned: 436 Net Calories: 1,356

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Quaker Quaker Instant Oatmeal - Maple & Brown Sugar	1.00	160	3g	0mg	260mg	32g	9g	3g	4g
Quaker Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Original	1.00	100	2g	0mg	75mg	19g	0g	3g	4g
Renew Life Organic Triple Fiber	1.00	40	1g	0mg	0mg	5g	0g	4g	3g
Activia Mixed Berry Yogurt	1.00	110	2g	10mg	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
chopped romaine lettuce	1.00	8	0g	0mg	4mg	2g	1g	1g	1g
Spinach, Raw	0.67	7	0g	0mg	24mg	1g	0g	1g	1g
Kroger KIDNEY BEANS	1.00	110	1g	0mg	400mg	16g	3g	5g	8g
Progresso Garbanzo Beans	1.00	110	2g	0mg	380mg	18g	0g	5g	6g
Broccoli Raw - Per Oz.	1.00	10	0g	0mg	9mg	2g	1g	1g	1g
Steamed Fresh Carrots	1.00	60	0g	0mg	95mg	13g	6g	5g	1g
Brussels Sprouts, Cooked	0.50	33	0g	0mg	16mg	6g	0g	3g	3g
Soup, Clam Chowder, New England	1.50	246	10g	33mg	1,488mg	25g	6g	2g	14g
Mashed Potatoes	1.00	237	9g	2mg	699mg	36g	3g	3g	4g
Gravy, Chicken	1.00	100	7g	20mg	71mg	7g	0g	0g	2g
White Fish Fillets	2.00	140	0g	90mg	220mg	0g	0g	0g	42g
Short Bread Lemon Cookie	0.50	65	4g	13mg	38mg	7g	3g	0g	1g
Golden Corral Vanilla Soft Serve	1.00	100	2g	0mg	95mg	17g	13g	0g	3g
Blackberries	1.00	97	1g	0mg	2mg	24g	16g	8g	2g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	55.0	-436.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,356	44g	168mg	3,946mg	266g	90g	44g	103g

4 comments:

Doug JrNovember 17, 2013 at 12:15 PM
Looks awes. I'm in!
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RachelNovember 27, 2013 at 12:11 PM
This path has so much pavement and is so well cared for, does St George pay for this? Who takes care of the trails?
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UnknownNovember 27, 2013 at 12:23 PM
The city of St. George does indeed pay to care for this trail, and their entire system of trails including the one you are interested in near the Bloomington Wal-Mart. Kudos to them!
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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 :-)