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Mile 210.  How about we take the (really) long way home from work tonight?  Tortoise thinks it's a good idea too and is glad you agree!  Pictured above is the view about a mile into the walk, while nearing the end of his wandering the opposite direction of home.  It mostly had something to do with avoiding road construction on the hill route and wanting to try something other that the sidewalk along the state highway pretty much the whole way.  For more pictures, a map, other details, and the day's walking thought by Francisco J. Vinas, please click below to continue reading ...

Cheerio!

Crossing Gould's Wash headed north on Hurricane's 180 West Street
about 2 miles into the walk

A little later, Tortoise went to see the nice folks at

Special Needs Mutual and watched them 

do a really nice talent show.  Bravo!

Tortoise completed today's 4.81 mile walk in 1:16:58 hours.  Tortoise rating was 5.5, based on 141 feet climbed in the 2.41 mile uphill portion (average elevation 3224).  757 calories were burned along the way.  

Here is a map of today's route:

And here are the overall stats so far for 2015:

210.45 miles walked, which is 21.00% of Lou's 2015 goal. On this day in 2014, Tortoise had walked 191.26 year-to-date miles.  

61:09:26 hours walked, which is 19.54% of the 2015 goal (which is to walk 1 hour a day on the 313 days other than Sunday in the year)

10,697 total feet climbed, compared with 10,081 feet on this day in 2014.  

31,674 calories burned

17.57% of the year has passed

Lou has walked 63 consecutive non-Sundays since his last missed day on December 22, and overall has walked on 353 of the 368 non-Sundays since the beginning of 2014, a 95.92% consistency rating.

The purpose of the percentages is to have a higher percentage of distance and time walked than of the year. This tells Tortoise that he is on track. Yes, this is more numbers than you are likely interested in, all Tortoise can say is he's really good at setting high goals and having them slip away because he doesn't do them every, every day.  (If you doubt this, compare Tortoise's 2013 walking record with 2014)

And now for today's walking thought, initially presented in October 1996:

"I have carefully observed the effect that diligently and humbly listening to the voice of the Lord has had in the lives of people. I believe that our ability and our willingness to hear can be increased and that our ears can be opened to hear clearly the voice of the Lord. In section 136, verse 32, we find a guideline which will help to do this."

To watch, listen to, or read this message in full, please visit

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1996/10/listening-to-the-voice-of-the-lord?lang=eng #ShareGoodness

The tortoise is smiling!