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Mile 513.  The trees of the Hurricane Cemetery and the soft light in the sky make a nice contrast as Tortoise walked by this morning, accompanied by the day's thought by Marcus Nash ...

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Mile 510.   Tortoise enjoyed the early light on this flowering bush as he passed by this morning.  It is a nice time to walk at this warm time of year!  Walking thought was by Russell Osguthorpe ...

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Mile 506, June 28.  Tortoise enjoyed the coming sunrise as he crossed the bridge back in to La Verkin at 5:47 this morning after repeating yesterday's walk.  The day's thought was by Richard Scott ...

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Mile 503, June 27.  Tortoise started his walk about 5 am, sticking to well-lit major roads away from homes as much as possible so as try to avoid waking up dogs along the way before their families wanted to be awake.  The sky was just beginning to change color.  The thought of the day was by Robert Hales ...

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Mile 500, for the fifth time since January 2014, on June 25.  As mentioned last week, Tortoise purposely picked up his pace about a mile a day to reach this today when he thought he was going with his grandchildren on the riverwalk at the end of the Zion Canyon road today.  As it turned out, his newest granddaughter, Leah, had a tough night, which meant Leah's mother Sarah had a tough night, which meant Grandpa Tortoise was taking four of his grandchildren with him without Sarah's help.  So, it was decided to take them to Tortoise's version of Grandpa's Pond -- playing in the rocks and shallow water of La Verkin Creek about a quarter mile down from the creek trailhead in Confluence Park.

This time, the children were in an exploration mode.  And the water was extra calm, which helped a lot.  They wound up going down the creek to the Virgin River, which they liked even better that day, making sandcastles in an "island" (a sand bar).  A wonderful time was had by all!  The thought of the day was by Thomas Monson ...

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Mile 498.  A late night loop around La Verkin for Tortoise, accompanied by the inspiring words of Jeffrey Holland ...

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Mile 494.  Tortoise set out on a "watch the sky illuminate" walk this morning.  This picture was taken at the halfway point near the north entrance to Confluence Park at 5:35 am.  The moon is still providing most of the light but the sky is now turning purple.  Lou loved it!

The day's walking thought was by Walter Gonzalez ...

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