FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD

I don't stay at fancy hotels when I travel for work. I typically stay at Super 8's and last night was no exception as I lodged in Chaska, Minnesota. I did find it amusing that this particular hotel was on the 'YELLOW BRICK ROAD'   I knew that I would be challenged to find time to take a hike on Friday as I have one final appointment and then the task of driving home to Chicago for seven hours. The solution was simple. Get up early and take a hike that began nearly two hours prior to sunrise. I was armed with a headlamp that attached to the brim of my baseball cap and a handheld flashlight. It was easy to get started.  I simply walked out the front door of my hotel and decided to 'follow the yellow brick road.' (As clarification, this particular yellow brick road was neither brick nor yellow.)

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My early morning hike began at 5:41AM, which was 117 minutes prior to Sunrise.  The chilly 39°F temperature was the coldest temperature that I have hiked in a long time.

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This last picture that I took of the Yellow Brick Road sign was taken a few minutes before sunrise, right before I returned to my hotel for breakfast, a shower and preparations to get underway to St Paul, Minnesota for my 10:00AM appointment.

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Your Food Diary For:

Friday, October 21, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Quaker - Instant Oatmeal- Maple	640	128	8	16	1,040	48
Banana	220	60	0	2	0	38
	860	188	8	18	1,040	86
L U N C H
Jimmy John's - Bootlegger Club, 1 Sandwich	660	66	27	43	1,750	0
Powerbar - Protein Plus Bar Vanilla	420	54	10	40	260	28
	1,080	120	37	83	2,010	28
D I N N E R
Lundberg - Loki seaweed organic rice cakes	780	182	7	13	975	13
	780	182	7	13	975	13
S N A C K S
Cherry Vanilla Granola	240	40	7	5	60	15
Dried Mango Slices	110	28	0	2	1	20
Whole Cashews	100	4	8	3	0	1
Coconut Dark Chocolate Chews	200	21	14	1	20	15
	650	93	29	11	81	51
Totals	3,370	583	81	125	4,106	178
Your Daily Goal	3,109	388	103	156	2,300	116
Remaining	-261	-195	22	31	-1,806	-62
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,179 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 213.8 lbs in 5 weeks.

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Friday, October 21, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
7 MILE SUBURBAN HIIKE	99	1,283
Daily Total / Goal	99 / 30	1,283 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1009 / 210	11,527 / 4,130

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Saturday is the day to step on the scale....
223.0 pounds.
I know I would be losing weight if I could cut down on my caloric intake.
Still, 223 pounds is a good place for me to be.

from wikipedia...

The Yellow Brick Road is a fictional element in the 1933 children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by American author L. Frank Baum. The road also appears in the several sequel Oz books such as The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904) and The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913).

The road's most notable portrayal is in the classic 1939 MGM musical movie The Wizard of Oz, loosely based on Baum's first Oz book. In the novel's first edition the road is mostly referred to as the "Road of Yellow Bricks". In the original story and in later films based on it such as The Wiz (1978), Dorothy Gale must find the road before embarking on her journey, as the tornado did not deposit her farmhouse directly in front of it as in the 1939 film.

Real yellow brick roads

The actual road is believed to be one in Peekskill, New York, where L. Frank Baum attended Peekskill Military Academy. According to a local legend, the Yellow Brick Road was derived from a road paved with yellow bricks near Holland, Michigan, where Baum spent summers.  Ithaca, New York, also makes a claim for being Frank Baum's inspiration. He opened a road tour of his musical, The Maid of Arran, in Ithaca, and he met his future wife Maud Gage Baum while she was attending Cornell University. At the time, yellow bricks paved local roads. Yellow brick roads can also be found in Aberdeen, South Dakota; Albany, New York; Rossville (Baltimore County), Maryland; Montclair, New Jersey (Parkhurst Place and Afterglow Way); Bronxville, New York (on Prescott and Valley roads); Chicago, Illinois; Liberal, Kansas; Sedan, Kansas and Chittenango, New York, as well as a school in Abington, Pennsylvania, and abroad in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Two direct, and the only published, references to the origin of the Yellow Brick Road came from Baum's own descendants: his son Frank Joslyn Baum in To Please A Child and the other by Roger S. Baum, the great-grandson of L. Frank Baum who stated, "Most people don't realize that the Wizard of Oz was written in Chicago, and the Yellow Brick Road was named after winding cobblestone roads in Holland, Michigan, where great-grandfather spent vacations with his family."

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