The Life And Times Of Lou, The Smiling Tortoise: County

"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!

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Friday, August 30, 2013

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Lots of Ragozzines visiting Darin's new office at the Florida Institute of Technology.
Seems fitting this family would be employed at www.fit.edu
given how much exercise they do :-)

Today's walks: 0.33 miles that I could measure, plus more inside buildings, in about 30 minutes at Florida Tech. 0.25 miles in 5 minutes at the Melbourne airport when sadness befell us and our 43 hours together ended. 0.75 miles in 15 minutes going from gate E35 to B8 in Charlotte. No moving walkways. Lifted my carry-on bags up the stairs in between the moving staircases. Mr. Tortoise does what he can. There will be more walking on arrival at LAX, and we wouldn't want to forget at least 0.04 miles from the parking lot to our table at Sonny's for the lunch special. (So that's 1.37 miles today and 108.25 miles since 6/28) Can't go wrong with the ribs, and we agreed the sweet corn nuggets were the best batch we had ever had. Thanks to the Ragozzines for that meal, Sarah's oatmeal pancakes with applesauce, strawberries, raspberries, and Florida's Natural Orange Juice for breakfast, green smoothies yesterday, and more. They have been wonderful hosts! Here's some more pictures, including some fun gymnastics with Abigail! ...

Cheerio!

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Lots of people like me waiting for Egg White Delight McMuffins at 5:15 am after successfully navigating the LAX security line. Word to the wise: You want to arrive at 4 am for a 6 am flight. Really.

Walked through airports today headed for 43 hours with Sarah, Darin, Nathan, Abby, and Chloe. I'm pretty excited! That's 0.5 miles in 10 minutes at LAX. 0.75 miles in 15 minutes at CLT. 0.25 miles in 5 minutes at MLB, for a total of 1.5 miles in 30 minutes. Total walked since 6/28: 105.88 miles. Tortoise rating: 6.8.

Here's some pictures on arrival ...

Cheerio!

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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 :-)

Friday, August 30, 2013

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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

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