LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT

New Zealand: Tongariro Alpine Crossing: Ngauruhoe Volcano ("Mt. Doom"), a perfect sunrise.

'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.

Friday, August 28, 2015

Mount Woodson (Ramona side), one morning clear and plain, another it was clouded beautifully.



Mount Woodson peak in the clear; the valleys covered in cloud...like a fairy land.



We're on
vacation after a high-exertion Hike-about 23. We continue to exercise and undertake a hike or two but
the tempo is far more relaxed. No doubt that once we get back into equilibrium, it will be time to increase the
pace which will bring us to Hike-about 24. Where we capture scenes that we consider meaningful or worthy, we'll
continue to post them to the blog. Our early morning visit to Mount Woodson, a place we hike frequently, provided
scenes we found unique, hence this blog.

A week before, we undertook the same hike on a day in which the sky was cloudless. Although the exercise was
invigorating, the high temperature, even in the very early morning as well as an absence of mist and fog together
with dry flora, made the visuals quite dull. Scroll forward a week and we believe we saw some of the finest sights
in San Diego County. It gets back to something we have said ad nauseum: Each day, each moment, differs.




Taking the gap.





Soon after sunrise, we catch some stray rays. We've heard "Walking into the sunset" but sunrise?





The Mountain's shadow on clouds; rocks reflect.





Facing east in the morning means color on the horizon.




At an early hour, we have the 'Potato Chip' to ourselves.




Something new at the peak; a chance to show some old-fashioned respect.




Mountains and trees swamped by clouding.





Finding a way down through the gap.





Mountains, clouds, sunrise and sunbathing boulders.





At about 6.20am on Mount Woodson Peak.





The 'Thin Blue Line' on the western side.



Cheers,

Jenni and Jeffrey


And one more...:



Boring through the boulders.

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