Lazarow World-Hike-About: 20.41 Las Vegas: Red Rock Canyon Preserve and a handful of highlights from Hike-about 20

LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT

San Ramon: At first, I thought it needed explanation. Not true. Top Left: "You're kidding me. After hiking 4 miles from the base below, you still want to climb up there...and snakes...?" The stance revealed it all. The rest is self-explanatory, too. (Not part of the formal trail either).

'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. Our 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.

Monday, January 12, 2015

20.41 Las Vegas: Red Rock Canyon Preserve and a handful of highlights from Hike-about 20

Our last hike of Hike-about 20 took place in Las Vegas. Fortunately, this was not on the Strip but
some thirty or so miles west. We are not fond of the city at all but the preserve is such a redeeming feature
of the region that it's likely to make us return.

We had intended to hike a peak in the preserve but were unable to find the trailhead, at first. When we
discovered where it was, we could not reach it as the road passing through the preserve is one-way.
So we ended up hiking what looked like the next best. It's another reason to return to this attractive park.
Although it was an enjoyable experience, the expected climax to Hike-about 20 fizzled a little. Nevertheless,
the nine weeks on the trails were arguably the best experience we have had. Of course, criticism that the last
hiking session is always the 'best' may be fair. However, it did feel it surpassed all others.

At the end of January, we resume Hike-about by heading for New Zealand via Hawaii.

We have tagged on a handful of pictures from earlier hikes over this last exciting period.

In addition, two videos follow thereafter.