SHOOTING STAR (DAY 101)

Do you remember, 'Shooting Star' (Bad Company song)?

Don't you know
That you are a shooting star, (don't you know, don't you know)
Don't you know that you are
A shooting star
And all the world will love you
Just as long, as long as you are?

During my hike on Wednesday...
...I 'officially' became a SHOOTING STAR (according to fitbit, that is)

According to Fitbit, a 'floor' is about 10 feet measured by the fitbit's altimeter.... so if my lifetime 'floors' are 20,000, then that translates to 200,000 feet, which translates to approximately 38 miles... 

FORT MEIGS

After a very productive sales call in northwest Ohio, I needed to backtrack to the Detroit area for an important appointment on Friday morning. I was passing through Maumee, Ohio when I decided to eat a late lunch and 'take a hike.'  This time my hike was directed to end up at Fort Meigs. The museum was closed by the time that I arrived, but I had the chance to quickly survey the fort.

Fort Meigs was a United States fortification along the Maumee River in Ohio during the War of 1812.  Today, Fort Meigs is the site of an Ohio State Memorial in Perrysburg, Ohio. The 65-acre (263,000 m²) park includes the full-size 10-acre replica of the 1813 fort. Between 2000 and 2003 its wooden palisades were rebuilt with fresh timbers, the seven blockhouses were repaired, and exhibits or facilities built inside four of them..

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My hike started with the temperature firmly locked in at 90 degrees.  It was hot!

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Your Food Diary For:

Thursday, July 7, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Instant Country Grits- Natural Butter Flavor	500	105	5	10	1,700	5
Turkey and Cheddar Lunchable With Crackers	260	23	13	12	620	5
	760	128	18	22	2,320	10
L U N C H
Footlong Steak and Cheese	760	96	20	52	2,060	16
	760	96	20	52	2,060	16
D I N N E R
Sobe Life Water W/ Coconut Water	80	21	0	0	110	20
Glaceau Vitamin Water Zero	0	10	0	0	0	0
Kroger - Suishi-California Roll, 9 pieces	286	36	6	7	375	8
Kroger Sushi- Philly Roll, 9 pieces	488	58	21	27	288	7
	854	125	27	34	773	35
S N A C K S
Special K - Protien Meal Bar, 1 Bar	170	22	5	12	140	14
YOGURT ALMONDS	440	44	28	8	40	38
Banana Chips	150	17	10	1	0	10
Dark Chocolate Cranberries	120	19	7	1	0	14
	880	102	50	22	180	76
Totals	3,254	451	115	130	5,333	137
Your Daily Goal	4,110	514	137	206	2,300	154
Remaining	856	63	22	76	-3,033	17
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 2,180 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 209.7 lbs in 5 weeks     

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Your Exercise Diary for:

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
Walking	205	2,465
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-285
Daily Total / Goal	206 / 30	2,180 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	848 / 210	8,031 / 4,130

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MISSISSIPPI RIVER - INTERSTATE HIKING

Any dolt can take a hike within a state. It takes a special 'flight plan' to cross over into another state. Yesterday, I 'parked' myself at a hotel in Hannibal, Missouri right across the Mississippi River so that I could travel a quick 15 miles to Quincy, Illinois for my Tuesday 9AM appointment. It occurred to me that I could walk across a bridge from Missouri and re-enter Illinois, and then turn right around an re-enter Missouri. It was my first interstate hike. Hannibal, Missouri is the hometown of Samuel Clemens, aka, Mark Twain. My hike included a stop at a statue of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer as well as a the Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse. After arriving in Hannibal at 5PM, I had a very rewarding 12 mile hike which lasted nearly three hours. Recently I have been seeing America like I have never seen it before. I have stayed in this town before, and I had never seen the Mark Twain inspired statue or the Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse. I had never noticed the topography of the town that rises 200 feet above the river bank. It was as if I had never been here before. My new hobby of walking is a hobby that I enjoy very much. I get some fresh air, I get in some steps, I get in some cardio, and I get in some local history. It is a win-win-win-win hobby.  My old hobby would have me arrive in a town, grab some McDonald's 'food' and settle in for 5 hours of Fox News. That was clearly a very unproductive hobby. And as Fox News has now been rebranded as TNN (Trump New Network) - I can't even bear watching it for more than a few minutes. My fascination with Donald Trump does not rise to the level of the Fox News executives. I am going to vote for him - but I don't care to hear about his daily tweets and misguided statements. 

Mark Twain Memorial Lighthouse

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Approaching the bridge to leave Missouri, cross the Mississippi and enter Illinois

On the bridge, looking south at the Mighty Mississippi River

Entering Illinois

After turning around on the bridge, re-entering Missouri

From Hannibal, Missouri looking at the bridge from a distance

Mark Twain inspired statue in Hannibal, Missouri

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Your Food Diary For:

Monday, June 6, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Restaurant - 3 Egg Omelette - Ham and Cheese	400	1	30	40	1,225	0
Bacon Style Turkey, 6 slices	210	3	18	12	900	0
Cream of Rice - Hot Cereal, 2 cup	320	72	0	6	0	0
Sage - Red Delicious Apple, 1 medium apple (170g)	95	25	0	1	2	19
	1,025	101	48	59	2,127	19
L U N C H
Stuffed Shells, 1.36 meal	600	55	30	26	1,541	10
Earthbound Farm - Baby Spinach, Organic, 6 oz	40	6	0	4	130	0
Crab - Imitation	100	18	0	8	563	4
WHOLE CASHEWS (RAW)(approx 1/4 cup)	300	13	23	8	0	3
	1,040	91	53	46	2,234	17
D I N N E R
Rice Cake-White Cheddar	630	112	7	14	1,470	0
	630	112	7	14	1,470	0
S N A C K S
YOGURT ALMONDS, 80 g (approx 12 pcs)	440	44	28	8	40	38
	440	44	28	8	40	38
Totals	3,135	348	137	126	5,871	74
Your Daily Goal	6,401	800	213	321	2,300	240
Remaining	3,266	451	76	194	-3,570	166
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
	*You've earned 4,471 extra calories from exercise today

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       Your Exercise Diary for:

Monday, June 6, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
STAR TRAC ELLIPTICAL	90	1,200
Walking	174	2,130
Add Exercise Quick Tools
Daily Total / Goal	264 / 30	3,330 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	264 / 210	3,330 / 4,130

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CONDITIONS IN HANNIBAL AS I SET OUT FOR MY 12 MILE HIKE