Lazarow World-Hike-About: Autumn in Utah, an irrelevant comparison with coloring of Bulgaria, the latter viewable in the many recent publications. (Autumn 2021).

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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Thursday, November 30, 2023

Autumn in Utah, an irrelevant comparison with coloring of Bulgaria, the latter viewable in the many recent publications. (Autumn 2021).

I know I lose universal perspective of the beauty of the wilderness when I focus on a single region. Usually, when we come across tremendous sights, my small brain processes such views and seems to relegate earlier experiences to somewhere out in the depths of my cranium. Therefore, I deduce that earlier scenes have difficulty in competing with the latest wonders.

With this in mind, we took a look at some photographs from the outskirts of Salt Lake City, Utah, to compare with those from our recent Bulgarian trip, the period covering autumn only. I arrived at a somewhat different conclusion than my previous thoughts. Nevertheless, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and therefore, who really cares what or which might be superior. There are no winners in nature—only contributors to the big, beautiful picture.

It was impossible to choose wisely so we chose randomly, a mere handful from the Utah trip of 2021. Once again, it did not make a real difference...we think.