Lazarow World-Hike-About: Hike-About Pictorial: Focus: Lake Mead, Nevada/Arizona.

LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT

Tenerife, Spain: Looking back to check that our car is safe.

'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

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Friday, October 14, 2022

Hike-About Pictorial: Focus: Lake Mead, Nevada/Arizona.

Some people follow the money. Others follow the Colorado. Why? Follow the Colorado River and a person will enjoy heavenly rewards. What is perhaps paradoxical is that the river is used to supply many dams and lakes with water along its journey from Colorado through six other states before reaching Mexico. Why paradoxical? In so many places, the large bodies of water are situate in dry areas such as at Boulder city where Lake Mead lies between Nevada and Arizona, two large desert regions.

What's striking is that wherever this river flows, it creates a majestic air to whatever it touches, influences or to observers of its visual beauty. We are fortunate that we have hiked along it extensively, above it and paddled a little in it. Each time we feel we have been touched by the magic of the river including its lakes and dams.

Just when we thought Lake Mead might be the most beautiful receptacle of its flows, Lake Powell seemed to usurp the pole position in our ever-changing opinion. Then there are many other exciting, tranquil and attractive spots along this extensive river, too. We'll include others over the coming months.

In conclusion, before letting you go with the flow, we would like to state that one of our many blessings has been spending much time in the vicinity of this amazing river. Who could believe a person could love a river?

All pictures that follow, including those without a water scene, are in the vicinity of Lake Mead but may be facing away from it.