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.
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.

Monday, June 8, 2020

45.38 Sedona, Arizona: Boynton trail, beyond and above where the real action exists. 45.39 Boynton Trail, a repeat after not finding the proposed trail in the vicinity.



Jen leans into the wind, the slope, more accurately.




Always a little tricky...sometimes more than a little.




The surroundings, forms and colors, are uplifting.




Another favorite, on our second hike to this position.



We undertook this hike twice because we could not find the 'off-trail' trail we sought that would have taken us quite high up into the rock mountains. All's well that ends well because we had a fantastic experience with some wonderful sights. We also came across a large rattler on the way which was in fact on a very wide part of the trail. Ten minutes before, we'd been 'bushwacking' while searching for the trail and don't think we crossed paths with a snake. Ironically, in a relatively safe place we did. I tried to convince Jen that we should only hike in the 'bush' as the trails seem to be snake infested. Strangely, she's not buying the premise.



At least he's still smiling...as he flees from a lurking virus.




Brunch is served. We mentioned before that the variety of food is...well, variety is not a good word but the locations are incredible.




An occasional breakfast guest.




Some of the best rocks to experience are in Sedona. Then again, one has to like that sort of activity.




Big Buttes (beauts).




Mountains of rock.




Not intimidated on that day...that's for certain.




Sometimes the consequence of climbing the slopes is that a person can't walk upright by the day's end. Fortunately, should one slip there's always a cactus to grab.



Cheers,

Jenni and Jeffrey


One more of a favorite for posterity. The light was near-perfect and we feel so fortunate to have seen the lit-up rock and captured it on film (disk).


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