LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT

Tenerife, Spain: Mount Teide projects.

'LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT: WHAT IN THE WORLD IS HIKE-ABOUT?'

Hike-about is an adventure that commenced June 2010. After storing our household movables, ridding ourselves of a house but retaining our 'home' together, we set off with the purpose of hiking in different parts of the world, not forgetting the home country, the USA.

Our primary focus is hiking to mountain peaks but any challenging hike will do just fine. Extended stays enable us to enjoy and experience living in various places amongst differing cultures. Hike-about has evolved into a way of life. It's also a process of discovery, both the world and ourselves.

We work and live 'on the road' but return to the city in which our grandchildren reside, every couple of months. This provides us the wonderful opportunity to be with them as well as a child or two, even three and of course, friends.

By the end of 2023, the blog contained over 1,560 hikes (less than that actually undertaken), each a set of pictures with stories and anecdotes from the trails. An index to the right allows the viewer to identify earlier experiences.

Finally, we are often asked about the journey's end.
O
ur reply, as accurate as we can state, is: "When we are either forced to cease through health issues or the enjoyment level no longer reaches our aspirations, we will hang up the boots."

"A Life Experience As No Other: Dare to Seize the Day Together", published by Fulton Books, depicts our life on the road and mountains until the beginning of 2017. It has developed 'exponentially' since then.

Jenni and Jeffrey Lazarow

Whereas we continue to update the blog regularly, we circulate email notifications infrequently.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

10.30 Granite Mountain in Prescott, Arizona

Jenni comfortable near summit of Granite Mountain (Click to enlarge, remain as is for text and captions)

Not called Granite Mountain for nothing

Sunrise in Prescott. Is that a 'burning bush?'

We have always wanted to try out the City of Prescott so instead, we ended up in Prescott Valley, less than ten miles down the road, another city with the same name (almost). Although we have been in this area before, it surprised us how large it is. When we passed along Highway 69, we could have been in any large US city—every store is represented. We prefer the smaller places although not those that are so small that they close for the winter—an experience we had in Torrey recently. Jenni was particularly pleased to notice Trader Joe’s. Enough with the housekeeping.

The first false peak

Thumb Butte below

As is our tradition, we always like to be active on Thanksgiving Day. With this in mind, we undertook the 8.5 miles roundtrip to the peak of Granite Mountain, an elevation gain of 1,600 feet. The encounter is quite strenuous as most of the incline is in less than two miles. There are lovely views of the surrounding mountains, valleys, plenty of granite and forests. We enjoyed the hike, had a good sweat but something was missing—we’re not talking turkey, either. We realize we are a little (lot) spoilt following time spent over the last weeks in the Sierras and Utah. This is no fault of the Prescott National Forest but it’s our opinion. The hike was good, the views attractive but not too special.

One of many views before summit

My favourite

The weather is outstanding. We have an extra bag in which we store winter/summer clothes, those not in use because of the season. As we move or anticipate the weather, the seasons change frequently. Sure enough, when we take out the shorts, the cold wind begins to blow. Since arriving in Bishop during October, we have rearranged our seasonal clothes a few times. As of now, we are back in summer although the nights are cold—the temperature halves soon after the sun sets. That’s fine with us as our editor does not enforce night hiking. We think we have found the chink in her armor.

Cheers,

Jenni and Jeffrey

Talk about style—the ultimate spoilt bitch. Jenni tried for an exchange of positions with the dog but was barked down.

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