Mile 258. Is this a pretty place for a playground or what? This was about a mile and a quarter into Tortoise's walk up the 870 West hill, and beyond, this evening. Walking thought was provided by Henry Eyring ...
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Thursday, April 7, 2016
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Mile 258. Is this a pretty place for a playground or what? This was about a mile and a quarter into Tortoise's walk up the 870 West hill, and beyond, this evening. Walking thought was provided by Henry Eyring ...
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Mile 255. It was a windy night in old H-Town tonight. The first mile up the hill from Tortoise's office was directly into the wind, it was real work for him to walk it in 17 minutes and small change. From there, the wind calmed, the fresh air did its work, and Lou truly enjoyed his journey. He was accompanied in thought by Henry Eyring ...
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Wednesday, April 6, 2016
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Mile 252. After finishing work in Mesquite, Lou looked for a different hill to climb and found it on Mesquite Heights Road. This is also the road to the city landfill, and like several others in Mesquite, it has houses built up right to the Lincoln county line. Mesquite is bordered by a county line to the north, a state line to the east, and the Virgin River to the south, and is filling up quite nicely in between. Tortoise parked at the last intersection and went up the hill to see what views he could get on his first walk in Lincoln County. Walking thought was provided by Linda Burton ...
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Monday, April 4, 2016
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Mile 249. Ledge recently sent Tortoise a link to the new Quarry Trail in St. George. This evening he checked it out for himself. It packs a lot of scenery into its 0.7 mile round trip, which starts at the north end of 700 West where that street dead ends at a golf course. Lou was hoping this would connect to the nearby trails in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, but apparently no. So to complete today's activity, he drove to the Pioneer Hills trailhead parking lot and did part of the City Creek trail, including over 30 pictures. Today's thought is by Neill Marriott ...
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Saturday, April 2, 2016
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Mile 245. Long walk last night, short one this morning. Lou took Ledge's suggestion and checked out the new section of The Tracks at Brea Trail. It is very nice. The walking lane is hard packed dirt making for a most pleasant experience. The adjacent bike line is nice too. The day's walking thought was by Cheryl Esplin ...
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Friday, April 1, 2016
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Mile 243. Tortoise finished work for the day about 6 pm, and headed to where Brookhurst meets Pacific Coast Highway and started walking the Huntington Beach Bike Trail. Hands down, this is the busiest trail Lou has walked. Maximum speed limit for bikes is 10 miles per hour, dropping to 5 when walkers are present, which appears to be always. Beach bikes with large tires were the order of the day, as were skateboarders, runners ... and people just plain hanging out. It's a fun place to be!
There's many pictures for your viewing pleasure. Following them, and the numbers of the day, Thomas Monson provides a story and an accompanying thought ...
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Today's walk was 3.25 miles on the treadmill late at night. It had a 5.8 tortoise rating earned by climbing 343 feet at a steady grade of 2%. Average elevation was 640. This walk burned 531 calories. The best picture of the treadmill came at the end of a five minute cool down period, which wasn't included in the numbers shown above. :-) It was Tortoise's thirty-eighth 5k walk of 2016; the day's thought was by Tom Perry.
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