BUFFALO ROCK STATE PARK

My first appointment on Tuesday was at 8:30AM in Morton, Illinois (Peoria area) and my customer was right on time and it was close to 11:00AM when I was finished. My second appointment was in LaSalle Illinois which is right on Route 80 which cuts through the northern part of the state. By 3:30 PM I was finished and headed to Buffalo Rock State Park. This park turned out to be very small, and many of the forested trails were closed. I hiked one loop inside the park and then exited the park and walked across the street to a part of the I&M Canal Trail. The I&M trail runs about 90 miles. I entered the trail and hiked about 3.5 miles west, before I turned around and hiked the 3.5 miles back east to re-enter Buffalo Rock State Park, complete my days hike, retrieve my car, all before sunset. When I was done, I had logged 9 miles. 

from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources:

Buffalo Rock State Park is located on a bluff which once was an island in the Illinois River. Now standing majestically on the north bank, this promontory affords a magnificent, sweeping view of the Illinois River. Located approximately 3 miles west of Ottawa in LaSalle County, this 298-acre park has long been a favorite picnic area, as well as a nature lovers’ delight. The area of Buffalo Rock was the home of the Illinois Indians when Louis Jolliet, the French explorer, and the Jesuit missionary priest Father Jacques Marquette made their trip up the Illinois River in 1673. Later, the Illinois tribe was virtually annihilated in protracted warfare with the aggressive Iroquois.

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Your Food Diary For:

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Baymont Hotel Scrambled Eggs w/two Sausages	500	0	0	0	0	0
	500	0	0	0	0	0
L U N C H
Subway - Chicken Chopped Salad	220	10	5	36	490	4
Landshire Sandwiches - Ham & Cheese Wedge	260	32	8	18	1,240	7
	480	42	13	54	1,730	11
D I N N E R
Eel and Avocodo Sushi Roll	400	33	18	22	0	0
	400	33	18	22	0	0
S N A C K S
Cliff Builder's 20g Protein Bar Chocolate Mint	270	30	9	20	200	21
Fresh Thyme - Dark Chocolate Coconut Bites	200	21	13	2	25	18
General Mills - Pumpkin Spice Cheerios	150	30	3	3	163	11
	620	81	25	25	388	50
Totals	2,000	156	56	101	2,118	61
Your Daily Goal	3,240	405	108	163	2,300	121
Remaining	1,240	249	52	62	182	60
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 1,310 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 215.1 lbs in 5 weeks     

APPALACHIAN TRAIL

On Sunday, due to a family emergency which involved bone fractures but not life-or-death, my trip to Connecticut was curtailed. Even so, I managed to squeeze in a five mile hike prior to leaving Connecticut.  My hike on the previous day was memorable as it was a quick jaunt from the parking lot at the trailhead to the beautiful vista on a mountain ridge. The trail was exceptionally interesting to me as it was a part of the Appalachian Trail. With this one mile section of the Appalachian Trail now completed, I need hike another 2,200 miles or so to be considered a 'thru hiker.'  At this point in my life, that seems rather unlikely, still it was great fun to hike on part of the trail.  My guide on this quick hike was my sister-in-law and we did meet two bonafide thru hikers that had started the trail in

Georgia, approximately 1500 miles to the south. They were apparently both young, healthy, and fit. How could one not be after hiking 1500 miles?

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Your Food Diary For:

Sunday, October 2, 2016

BREAKFAST	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
Rock Hill Bakehouse - 8-Grain 3-Seed Bread	90	18	2	3	230	3
Banana	110	30	0	1	0	19
Apple - Gala Small (4oz), 3	195	51	0	2	0	38
	395	99	2	6	230	60
L U N C H
Generic - Sliced Deli Turkey	200	4	4	39	941	0
Clover Valley - 100% Whole Wheat Bread	240	44	2	16	440	4
	440	48	6	55	1,381	4
D I N N E R
Sliced Country Multigrain Bread	210	36	3	6	510	3
Chicken Cacciatore	350	7	11	58	571	0
Homemade - Ratatouiile	100	0	8	8	121	0
	660	43	22	72	1,202	3
S N A C K S
Nestle - Milk Chocolate Bar	400	51	23	4	38	48
Brownie	300	24	21	6	188	21
	700	75	44	10	226	69
Totals	2,195	265	74	143	3,039	136
Your Daily Goal	2,748	343	91	138	2,300	103
Remaining	553	78	17	-5	-739	-33
	Calories kcal	Carbs g	Fat g	Protein g	Sodium mg	Sugar g
	*You've earned 818 extra calories from exercise today

If every day were like today...   You'd weigh 203.3 lbs in 5 weeks.

       Your Exercise Diary for:

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Cardiovascular	Minutes	Calories Burned
5 MILE HIKE	72	902
MFP iOS calorie adjustment	N/A	-84
Add Exercise Quick Tools
Daily Total / Goal	73 / 30	818 / 590
Weekly Total / Goal	1129 / 210	15,071 / 4,130

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from wikipedia...

The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply the A.T., is a marked hiking trail in the eastern United States extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. The trail is about 2,200 miles (3,500 km) long, though the precise length changes over time as parts are modified or rerouted. The trail passes through 14 states: Georgia, North Carolina,Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York,Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

The Appalachian Trail was completed in 1937 after more than a decade of work, although improvements and changes continue. It is maintained by 31 trail clubs and multiple partnerships,^[2] and managed by the National Park Service, United States Forest Service, and the nonprofit Appalachian Trail Conservancy. The majority of the trail is in forest or wild lands, although some portions traverse towns, roads and farms. The trail conservancy claims that the Appalachian Trail is the longest hiking-only trail in the world.

At least 2 million people are said to do at least one day-hike on the trail each year. Thru-hikers attempt to hike it in its entirety in a single season — more than 2,700 people thru-hiked the trail in 2014 — and some hike from one end to the other, then turn around and thru-hike the trail the other way, known as a "yo-yo". Many books, memoirs, web sites, and fan organizations are dedicated to these pursuits.