Lazarow World-Hike-About

Tenas Lake, Sisters Wilderness, an emerald beauty. Mount Washington in the desolated wilderness. "I cannot tell a lie, we cut down the last remaining tree." Doing the obvious on a hot day in the wilderness; Tenas's colors heavenly. Oregon is neither short of trees nor lakes. For that matter, one can add volcanoes to make it a trio. The water colors are a mixture of greens and blues with a palette of shades between. Should we feel the need to whine, which we don't but will because we are running out of words, we would complain about mosquitos on a few of the hikes, not all. The hike up Scott is one place in which the buggers took a fancy to us as we passed the two big lakes and many ponds. Our gripe is not with Oregon though. We would ask the Master of the Universe why He created such a pest. He might answer that He created humans, too. We love many people, we like even more and are in awe of some. However, we would understand the point should He mak...

This is our third visit to the Crater Lake National Park. One cannot pass this way without stopping in for a quick 'hello'. Each time, the crater and its contents have had a dramatic impact on our senses. We hiked to the peak of Mount Scott and to the surface of the crater on the first two occasions. Today, after a tough week, we made it to Garfield Peak, a fairly steep climb although relatively short. However, the views of the lake exceeded our wildest expectations. The colors, we admit, look artificial. Nevertheless, anyone who has had the privilege to visit the park will attest to the accuracy. We were fortunate that we had full sun, some cloud and still waters. Reflections were enhanced further when clouds blocked the sun temporarily, causing a royal blue stain on the perfect surface. In addition, on the previous day, we had hiked up to the peak of Tipsoo, behind Mount Thielsen, which we observed from Garfield on this hike. It gave us perspective of another part ...

The eligible bachelor of the mountain community, Mount Bachelor. An incredible 'high', one of the great day hikes. Overlooking the glacial lake heavily snow-banked, fed by Lewis Glacier. With close to 3,000 feet still to climb, editor looking far too confident. The route is to the left of the glacier, over the top to the peak behind (not in view). We worked hard in planning this hike. We had developed a number of excuses of why we should not do it this time. The hot weather makes it a bad time of the year; blisters on the feet are a problem; we have or will develop headaches (wrong scenario) and on and on continued the list. However, as in all things, it takes just one reason to do something positive. Fortunately, we wrote all the excuses on a piece of paper so we can use them at a later stage. It would be sad to waste a good set. We set off at 5am from our motel to attempt to climb what, after completing it, can only be termed a monster day hike. The sta...

Sunrise in Keurboomstrand, Cape, South Africa Scroll down for slide shows...                                                   On vacation until mid-April

Hot and dry but something special as Jen climbs quickly and high. Views are outstanding in desert setting. Reminds us of scenes at Piute Pass, near Bishop, California We mentioned a few weeks ago that we try to retain the integrity of the blog, whenever it suits us…we mean, at all times. It behooves us to relate a trio of incidents that occurred on the road, providing the editor approves. Apparently, she does. Earlier in the month, while the French were at the Bastille, we were increasing our age by another year, something that seems to occur annually. In fact, lately the years seem even shorter. Soon after this anniversary, we suffered a communication problem between various parts of the body and mind. Jen takes a break as she catches her breath from an up-draught. Taking the gap at 'Monkey-face' Rock. Notice rock climber sitting in mouth of rock. It’s no surprise to anyone that we travel quite a bit. It means that we stay in a number of places of acc...