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Mile 149.  Tortoise took a welcome detour on his 6;15 walk this evening.  At the top of the hill near Valley Academy, he turned left instead of his usual right, heading up the West Cinder Knoll trail until he had gone a mile and two-thirds.   This put him near the spot pictured above.  After enjoying the view and taking a few pictures, he retraced his steps to complete his walk.   Tonight's walking thought was by Russell Nelson ...

Cheerio!

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Mile 146.  Here's a 6 pm view of Tortoise's favorite hill these days.  Nice clouds in the background!  This was a near repeat of yesterday's walk, with a little addition through the Dairy Queen parking lot at the very end.  (That's the bottom loop on the map that comes a little later in this post, along with some more pictures, and some tweaking of this year's goals.  The changes in goals and goal reporting is what gave today's post the label #2016Commentary along with the more usual ones for 5 tortoise walk, the county, etc.  Lou is interested in your comments on this).  The walking thought was by Terence Vinson ...

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Mile 142.  Tortoise celebrated his 250th consecutive walk by doing something very ordinary.  He walked up the hill from his office about 8 pm.  The Boredom Committee is smiling, no doubt.

Shown above is the view coming back down the hill with about a half mile to go.  It was another excellent night for a walk, clear, calm, and 66 degrees at walk time, down from the high 70s this afternoon.  The walking thought was by Adrián Ochoa ...

Cheerio!

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Mile 139.  The tale of two walks ...

Bright and early this morning, Tortoise walked in the neighborhood near Roadrunner Auto Repair (Yes We Can!) while they changed his oil.  It was a pleasant mile in eighteen minutes.  Fourteen hours later, Lou headed out a second time to walk the extra mile ... or in this case two extra miles.  The walking thought was provided by Kevin Hamilton ...

Cheerio!

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Mile 135.  It got a little warmer today, allowing Tortoise to resume walking in shirtsleeves at 60 degree, beginning with this beautiful sunset about 6:40 pm.  Lou did the loop using 460 North and Main Street to turnaround from this otherwise standard walk up the hill.  Walking thought was by David McConkie ...

Cheerio!

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Mile 132.  Another walk by the light of the full moon after work, church service, and listening to beautiful piano music.  Tortoise found himself in LaVerkin at this point in his day, and did his walk winding up and down the east hill of town.  You might enjoy today's map ... and the walking thought by Neil Andersen ...

Cheerio!

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Mile 129.  By the light of the silvery moon ... OK, Tortoise just showed his age, but he did enjoy walking in the bright moon light tonight.  Even if he did bundle up because of the wind.  This evening's walking thought is by Quentin Cook ...

Cheerio!