The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-333

"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!

Friday, November 29, 2013

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Grandpa the tortoise walked with his sons Doug Jr, Josh, and Benjamin, as well as his grandsons Ethan and Riley. Picture postcard sunny 55 degree afternoon. The rest of you can have your Black Friday lines, give me these great fellows to walk with while breathing clean air and looking at spectacular panoramas in every direction. It was 2.10 miles, mostly with a slight downhill slope and 39 feet climbed, in 1:01:41 hours. Tortoise Rating: 5.7. Part of the slow time was because we were just enjoying hanging out with the grandsons, and part was because we moved aside countless times for mountain bikers also enjoying the trail, views, and weather on this holiday weekend.

Please click below for a map, more pictures, and other excitement ...

Cheerio!

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Calorie Goal: 2,244 Calories Consumed: 2,696 Calories Burned: 370 Net Calories: 2,326

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Jimmy Dean Canadian Bacon Honey Wheat Muffin with Egg White & Cheese	1.00	210	5g	15mg	720mg	28g	3g	1g	14g
Youngevity Ultimate Classic Dietary Supplement	1.00	40	0g	0mg	0mg	9g	9g	0g	0g
Youngevity Ultimate Osteo-fx	1.00	0	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Youngevity Oxy-Rich Toddy	1.00	23	0g	0mg	0mg	6g	6g	0g	0g
Youngevity Z Radical Fucoidani Zed	1.00	15	0g	0mg	0mg	15g	3g	0g	0g
Turkey Jerky	2.00	160	1g	40mg	1,400mg	6g	6g	0g	30g
Mashed Potatoes	1.00	237	9g	2mg	699mg	36g	3g	3g	4g
canned corn	1.00	67	1g	0mg	0mg	16g	0g	0g	0g
Sliced Turkey Breast	1.00	212	8g	83mg	71mg	0g	0g	0g	32g
Lee's French Apple Pie	1.00	296	11g	30mg	95mg	41g	24g	3g	2g
Tillamook Premium Ice Cream Old-Fashioned vanilla	2.00	320	18g	50mg	100mg	34g	20g	0g	6g
Old Fashioned Pecan Pie	1.00	480	29g	45mg	300mg	54g	0g	4g	5g
Reddi Wip Whipped Cream	2.00	30	2g	0mg	0mg	2g	0g	0g	0g
Triscuit Crackers Reduced Fat	3.00	360	9g	0mg	480mg	63g	0g	9g	9g
Tuna Dip	1.00	246	1g	23mg	360mg	17g	12g	2g	41g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 2 mph (30 min/mi)	62.0	-370.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		2,326	94g	288mg	4,225mg	326g	85g	23g	144g

2 comments:

Doug JrNovember 29, 2013 at 11:31 PM
Great day, great weather, great company!
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UnknownNovember 29, 2013 at 11:44 PM
Ledge!
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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 :-)