The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 13-344

"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, December 10, 2013

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I went to Washington to run some errands after work, and then went on a quick walk on the east end of the Virgin River Trail -- 1.71 miles with 30 feet climbed in 28:11 minutes. Tortoise rating: 6.1. There was snow everywhere, and the pond I passed was totally frozen over. I saw a deer at much lower elevation than usual trying to find something to eat near the river. The amazing part is that even though it has been hard to clear many of the streets, the trail was completely cleared! Please click below for a map, several more pictures, and food detail for today ...

Cheerio!

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Calorie Goal: 2,244 Calories Consumed: 1,689 Calories Burned: 245 Net Calories: 1,444

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Great Harvest Honey Whole Wheat	0.33	40	0g	0mg	116mg	8g	2g	1g	2g
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
Dannon Yogurt Activia Lowfat Mixed Berry	1.00	110	2g	10mg	60mg	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
Marie Callender's Chicken Pot Pie	1.00	630	36g	25mg	1,060mg	59g	6g	5g	17g
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
Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies	3.00	321	17g	36mg	330mg	33g	24g	1g	4g
Lima Beans n Ham	1.00	168	4g	0mg	2mg	14g	2g	4g	4g

Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3.5 mph (17 min/mi)	28.0	-245.0

Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,444	64g	71mg	1,902mg	224g	86g	21g	42g

2 comments:

RachelDecember 16, 2013 at 8:05 PM
It is crazy to see so much snow in southern Utah, looks like boston over there! And I love your selfie :). Maybe the trail is heated gravel?! My dream is a heated driveway and walkway one day, becca says they the main sidewalk at BYU Idaho was heated and was pretty much the best thing ever
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UnknownDecember 17, 2013 at 9:19 PM
When I lived at Riviera and walked back and forth to my life in the JKB in grad school, the walkway up the hill (now buried under the Tanner Building) was heated ... and yes I'm with Becca on this one, it was simply the best on those single digit dark mornings walking to 7 am classes. (OK Becca, you had minus digits and it helped you even more up in the northland)
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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 :-)