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.

Sunday, June 14, 2020

45.40 Sedona: Munds wagon to Merry-go-Round and up Schnebly Trail.



Jen climbs from the stream. A gentle, colorful and peaceful retreat before the advance up the mountain.



Thunder Mountain or Capitol Butte peers through the gap.



Overpowering, compact land- mountain- scapes that make Sedona.




The Schnebly trails leads to the top of the mountain in the distance, our second destination. Our location below was a diversion from Munds to Hangover Rock, earlier in the week.





We reach the planned destination and Jen recommends a route to the top. What's got into her?




We rise above our planned destination and head for the shoulder of the Munds Wagon trail. When we walked along this trail high above most of the buttes surrounding the town, an unusual feeling overcame us. We don't know what a vortex is or is supposed to feel like but if we were to hazard a guess, we might say that feeling is what we would anticipate. Jenni wears a 'shadow mask' as protection against the curse, more particularly, flies and mosquitos. (Truth be told, bad photography.)




On our return, tired but uplifted.




The rock below is termed 'Cow-Pies'. In the distance, on the mountain,is the airport.




A view of the merry-go-round from our breakfast spot. The 'road' is a jeep path which is awfully treacherous. The infamous pink jeeps take visitors for a joyride along it enabling them to giggle and shout. With the virus lurking, the jeeps were not running, allowing for quieter trails.



Cheers,

Jenni and Jeffrey


Not a bad flow for a tired, old...um...creek. Healthy coloring, too.

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