The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-323

"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 19, 2013

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The full moon is bright again tonight ... nice

Quick evening walk on an 8 pm break from work on a project: Wasn't trying to set any records, but Humana Fit says this is the fastest I have climbed Hurricane's 870 West hill from 100 North to 600 North, at 10:02. Previous personal best was 11:09. Overall walk was 1.35 miles with 108 feet climbed in 22:25. Tortoise rating on the uphill portion was 4.6; HumanaFit rates it as category 5.

Please click below for a map and calories consumed/burned detail (including a splurge lunch at home when our friends Ted and Penny rolled by for an hour, yum) ...

Cheerio!

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Calorie Goal: 2,260 Calories Consumed: 2,830 Calories Burned: 203 Net Calories: 2,627

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Quaker Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Original	1.00	100	2g	0mg	75mg	19g	0g	3g	4g
Quaker Oatmeal Instant Cinnamon & Spice	1.00	170	2g	0mg	240mg	32g	16g	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
my homemade chicken fried steak	1.00	443	20g	119mg	361mg	36g	3g	1g	24g
Mashed Potatoes	1.00	237	9g	2mg	699mg	36g	3g	3g	4g
Homemade White Gravy	0.25	152	7g	4mg	660mg	16g	9g	1g	7g
Pillsbury Grands! Biscuits	1.00	190	9g	0mg	590mg	24g	5g	1g	4g
Butter	1.50	150	17g	45mg	123mg	0g	0g	0g	3g
canned corn	1.00	67	1g	0mg	0mg	16g	0g	0g	0g
Peach Cobbler	1.00	241	9g	0mg	0mg	43g	0g	0g	2g
Reddi Wip Whipped Cream	1.00	15	1g	0mg	0mg	1g	0g	0g	0g
Dr. F's Golden Austrian Cauliflower Cream Soup	0.70	230	10g	0mg	123mg	29g	8g	11g	9g
Great Harvest Honey Whole Wheat	2.00	240	0g	0mg	700mg	48g	14g	6g	10g
Tillamook Sliced Medium Cheddar Cheese	1.00	90	7g	20mg	125mg	0g	0g	0g	5g
Green Leaf Lettuce	0.33	5	0g	0mg	13mg	1g	0g	0g	0g
Paradise Bakery Bbq Chicken Chopped Salad (small)	1.00	290	17g	45mg	960mg	20g	6g	3g	16g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3.5 mph (17 min/mi)	23.0	-203.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,627	114g	245mg	4,740mg	361g	94g	36g	100g

2 comments:

RachelNovember 27, 2013 at 11:59 AM
I have to comment on Dr F's Golden Austrian Cauliflower Cream Soup. Wow, just wow on that one friend
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UnknownNovember 27, 2013 at 12:08 PM
The best part is your mother made it for herself and shared the goodness. I will admit it takes a little getting used to, but kudos to her for trying it! PS - You ought to try googling the ingredients on this one :-)
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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 :-)