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Minimum 0.5 mile walk, 20 feet of stairs climbed.

Today's final word ...

from reading in John 8

"Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye ^acontinue in my word, then are ye my ^bdisciples indeed;
 

"And ye shall ^aknow the ^btruth, and the ^ctruth shall make you ^dfree."

                                                                                        -- John 8:31-32

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13-87

Minimum 0.5 mile walk with 20 feet of stairs climbed.

Today's final word ...

from reading in 2 Nephi 33

And now, my beloved brethren, and also ^aJew, and all ye ends of the earth, hearken unto these words and ^bbelieve in Christ; and if ye believe not in these words believe in Christ. And if ye shall ^cbelieve in Christ ye will believe in these ^dwords, for they are the ^ewords of Christ, and he hath given them unto me; and they ^fteach all men that they should do good.

 11 And if they are not the words of Christ, judge ye—for Christ will show unto you, with ^apower and great ^bglory, that they are his words, at the last day; and you and I shall stand face to face before his bar; and ye shall know that I have been commanded of him to write these things, notwithstanding my weakness.

 12 And I pray the Father in the name of Christ that many of us, if not all, may be saved in his ^akingdom at that great and last day.

Nephi's farewell testimony reminds me of Moroni's words in Moroni 10.

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13-84

Walked 0.5 miles in 10 minutes today, with 60 feet of stairs climbed.  Ate 2401 calories today, 16552 in the past 7 days.  Had a beautiful 2 hour morning drive this morning on highway 50 up the gradual west slope of the Sierra on my way to see my clients for the day. Set the mood for the day, Heavenly Father's creations really are wonderful!

Here is the view from Echo Summit looking down at the south side of Lake Tahoe, very nice! 

 

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13-83

I walked 0.5 miles in 10 minutes, including 60 feet climbed up stairs.  Ate 1616 calories today and a total of 15,356 calories in the past 7 days.  Livestrong.com says my current goal should be below 16,170 in 7 days if I want to lose a pound a week.  That target has been gradually dropping as I have taken off weight at my tortoise pace, overall I'm pleased.

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13-82

I walked 0.75 miles in 15 minutes through airports today with 30 feet of stairs climbed.  Ate 2280 calories today; 15,542 in the past 7 days.

Along the way today I passed the (in)famous Donner Pass, now along Interstate 80 near Truckee, CA just north of Lake Tahoe.  Back in the 1840s, it was a much more daunting crossing as you undoubtedly now.  Elder Parley P. Pratt had much to say about it when he passed by not long after it happened.

Turns out to also be where the Pacific Crest Trail cross today's trunkline coast-to-coast freeway.  There is a nice trailhead and parking area now, well used by folks playing in the snow.  Not much hiking going on for obvious reasons when you see my pictures, but it is fun as a sneak preview of how much snow has to melt so we can hike in these mountains this summer ...

This is not a snowplow piled drift, this is how much snow is everywhere

 Click here to see a few more pictures at 7200 feet elevation in March. 

13-77

Walked 0.5 miles in 10 minutes, climbed 40 feet of stairs.  Ate 1205 calories.  Survived another long work day.

13-76

Walked 0.5 miles in 10 minutes, climbed 16 flights of stairs totalling 80 feet.  Ate 1802 calories.  One day at a time ...

13-75

Walked 0.5 miles in 10 minutes ... while climbing 56 flights of stairs totalling 280 vertical feet.  Ate 2006 calories.  Click here for

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13-74

I walked 0.5 miles in 10 minutes today, including 18 flights of stairs totalling 90 feet, and ate 2318 calories.  I have up and down days, clearly.  Click here for

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13-73

After a Sweet Tomatoes late lunch/early dinner I had 18 minutes for a quick 1.11 mile walk on a little piece of the Jordan River Parkway before a 5 pm appointment in Riverton today.  Tortoise rating:  5.6.  Felt really good to walk (somewhere besides the stairs :-)

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Minimum 0.5 mile walk, 20 feet of stairs climbed.

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Minimum 0.5 mile walk with 20 feet of stair climbed.

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13-64

Walked 0.75 miles in 15 minutes, climbing 10 flights of stairs (80 feet).  Tortoise rating:  5.9.  Raced all day so I could be where I had to be to catch the plane home and deal with everyone who still wanted to be dealt with ... didn't have a chance to eat much.  After breakfast with a client at Ruby's Diner in Yorba Linda (egg white omelette with mushrooms, spinach, and swiss cheese, one slice of buttered wheat toast, half a fresh fruit cup, and water) I had 3 fiber one bars and 2 servings of turkey jerky to get through the day.  I did treat myself to an Orange Carrot Karma smoothie from my friends at Jamba Juice  as I walked from the gate to luggage pickup at the Vegas airport (no tram for me, I'm sure I was a sight with my bulging backpack and an overstuffed tote bag filled with files I picked up on the trip.

All this is to explain away why eating totalled 1240 calories as I now sit on the St George Executive Shuttle on the next leg of my journey home.  I would have rather had 30 extra minutes to sneak in some more Souplantation.  I really don't tire of the place, I suppose that sounds boring, but it makes me happy.  Total last 7 days:  12275.