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Mile 906. After a busy 4th Grade Utah Day with Ms. Beecher and Willyne, we headed on to Salt Lake for our nephew Kevin's marriage to Alli Meyer tomorrow morning.  After all of that, Tortoise went on a late evening walk in the Avenues neighborhood.  It was 2.18 miles on 11th Avenue from I Avenue to the overlook to Memory Park on B Avenue and back.  That was followed by a steep, heart pumping walk up I Avenue, and back.  There were 296 feet climbed in 1.09 miles along the way, giving that portion a 3.0 tortoise rating.  The rest of the path was flat or downhill.  Lou burned 336 calories doing this in 47:25 minutes.

Please click below for a map and more pictures, along with today's walking thought by M. Russell Ballard that includes, "I encourage you to take time each week to be by yourself, away from television and the crowd...take an honest look at your life." ...

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Until we meet again ... dropping Sarah off at the SLC airport to head home to Florida.  She won't need that coat there! 

It was a great visit!

Not to be outdone, today was a 4 walk day, albeit one of them is in the running for the shortest Terreeeblay walk ever.  The walks totalled 3.39 miles with 393 feet climbed in 1:18:54.  We had the walk to the Salt Palace, followed by the walk back to the hotel to retrieve the car and take Sarah to the airport.  A little later, I started walking around the Cracker Barrel parking lot in Springville while waiting for Benjamin to arrive.  That walk lasted all of 1 minute 38 seconds of brisk air goodness, then Benjamin arrived and we headed inside to get to the important business at hand.  Breakfast!  

After saying goodbye to Benjamin, I studied the weather map, thinking about where I could walk to avoid the storms and get some hills to climb.  The Scipio Wild Goose trail was discovered!  Tortoise rating:  1.9 (including a half point for the snow I walked uphill in)  Calories burned:  571.

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Another 3 walk day, totalling 3.53 miles with 56 feet climbed in 1:19:28.  Tortoise rating:  5.6.  Calories burned:  467.   Benjamin came up to meet us at Sweet Tomatoes for dinner, after which we found an indoor location for an after dinner walk.  GPS reception was poor, so we had to improvise on the stats, we did 6 laps plus a walk each direction across the parking lot, so if anything we went farther than claimed here.  We also got to try out some surprisingly comfortable cheap furniture ...

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Had 3 little walks today that totalled 3.79 miles with 215 feet climbed in 1:17:52 hours.  Tortoise rating:  5.2.  Calories burned:  602.  First walk was from the hotel to the Salt Palace to start the day.  Second one was a quick round trip back to the hotel during a break to get a folder.  Third one was to see Temple Square while it was still light, get some dinner, and walk Sarah by the hotel we all stayed at the night before she married Darin.  Good memories!

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Surprise!  Sarah came with me to Salt Lake today to attend the Roots Tech family history conference.  We parked the car at the Residence Inn and walked to the Salt Palace to register, then to Temple Square and to the Lion House for their chicken pot pie.  Yummy.  Good thing we got in 3.35 miles of walking with 166 feet climbed in 1:33:39 hours, which reflects how many starts and stops we did along the way. Tortoise rating:  5.3.  Calories burned:  590.   Don't know that I've ever seen a picture of the temple look quite the way the camera on my Android captures it, or Sarah's silhouette for that matter.  

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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

Today's final word ...

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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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Starting point:  A park one block northeast of the Church Office Building.  Never knew the park was there, just discovered it today!

Day 124  -  I walked 4.91 km (3.05 miles), with 102.1 m (335 feet) climbed, in 01:00:43. Tortoise rating of the uphill half of this walk was 3.6; HumanaFit rated this a category 4 climb.  I have a new respect for category 4 climbs, and especially for everything above that.  It doesn't look like much on TV when you watch the Tour De France, but try walking up one!  I was unexpectedly pummeled with rain on this walk, but was rewarded with some really pretty scenery in the middle of a major city.  A real treat!

Series 2B totals 344.19 km (213.41 miles) in 71 hours 21 minutes, with 3672.8 m (12,049 feet) climbed in 12 counties in 9 states.

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Day 123  -  I walked 3.96 km (2.46 miles), with 64.9 m (213 feet) climbed, in 00:42:36. .After finishing today's continuing education, I walked to visit Willyne's Uncle Thom Forsyth at his assisted living facility.  We had a nice visit and I had a nice walk!  Tortoise rating on the uphill half of the walk was 4.1; HumanaFit rated it category 5.

Series 2B totals 339.28 km (210.36 miles) in 70 hours 21 minutes, with 3570.7 m (11,714 feet) climbed in 12 counties in 9 states.

Starting the walk

Visiting Uncle Thom

Thom and I enjoyed the garden area in the back

My partially healed foot.  I keep walking anyway. :)

Eating today:

Calorie Goal: 2,438 Calories Consumed: 1,811 Calories Burned: 399 Net Calories: 1,412

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Sweet Pork Burrito	1.00	875	52g	195mg	1,151mg	51g	23g	4g	53g
Simple Dinner Salad	1.00	185	15g	0mg	0mg	12g	0g	0g	0g
Wendys (From Nutrition Guide) Berry Almond Chicken Salad	0.50	225	8g	48mg	650mg	21g	16g	4g	19g
Wendy's Small Chili	1.00	190	6g	35mg	830mg	19g	6g	5g	14g
Crackers, Saltines	1.00	59	2g	0mg	230mg	11g	0g	1g	1g
Ciabatta	1.00	177	6g	0mg	0mg	24g	0g	0g	4g
Butter	1.00	100	11g	30mg	95mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Fitness	Minutes	Cals Burned
Walk: 3.5 mph (17 min/mi)	42.0	-399.0
Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,412	99g	308mg	2,956mg	138g	44g	13g	91g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/DougBeecherSr/#ixzz1bpmugX5g