The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: 14-73

"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, March 14, 2014

14-73

Had an appointment this morning in St. George, then headed on to California for more appointments this evening and tomorrow, after which I will be headed back home for Sunday. Stopped for my walk on some more of the Pacific Electric Trail, starting this time just north of Baseline at the historic railroad station pictured above on Etiwanda Avenue in Rancho Cucamonga and walking to Cherry Avenue in Fontana and back. At this point I have done both directions of the trail in little pieces all the way from Euclid Avenue in Upland to Cherry Avenue in Fontana ... amazing what you can do when you keep at it.

Today's piece: 4.51 miles with 69 feet climbed in 1:27:09 hours. Tortoise rating: 6.4. Calories burned: 706. Please click below for a map and more pictures ...

Cheerio!

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View to the east towards Interstate 15. If you look really closely
through the smog beyond that to snow capped Mt. San Gorgonio
in the distance.

Trail ends abruptly at Baseline, jogs to the west to a signal light
and then resumes on the other side of the street.

to a lushly green lawn segment beyond

Fontana's version of the trail signs. A throwback to the railroad it used to be.

Dinner. Had a coupon that included the drink and they had
Shamrock Limeade. Also cheese dippers and tomato soup.
I was in scrubber heaven :-)

I was really in the early St. Patrick's Day mood
even put green sprinkles in my chocolate mint yogurt!

2014 Stats:

214.50 miles walked, which is 21.45% of my 2014 goal.

68:15:31 hours walked, which is 21.81% of my 2014 goal

10,683 total feet climbed

34,659 calories burned

20.13% of the year has passed

I worked solid from 5:30 am to 8:30 pm Saturday and began my drive home to Utah after that, so sadly skipped a second day walking this week.

I've walked on 59 of the 64 non-Sundays thus far in 2014, a 92.19% consistency rating.

The purpose of the percentages is to have a higher percentage of distance and time walked than of the year. This tells me I am on track. I'm sure this is more numbers than you are interested in, all I can say is I'm really good at setting high goals and having them slip away because I don't do them every, every day.

The tortoise is smiling!

2 comments:

RachelMarch 24, 2014 at 9:16 PM
Your dinner looks so righteous!!! I miss that restaurant so much :) and I love your dedication to walking the full trails, hopefully some day soon you can chill and write your awes ebooks on all your walking adventures
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UnknownMarch 25, 2014 at 10:53 AM
That dinner was terrific, yes! I think of you, and how our family loves that place, whenever I go. I can dream that people will want to read my future e-books. I know I will have fun writing them, because I love seeing what is just around the next corner on my walks
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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 :-)