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. 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

Whereas we continue to update the blog regularly, we circulate email notifications infrequently.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Good Morning Sunshine, hello Iron Mountain...again


Early morning fire, about 6:10am.

We are obviously slow learners. When a person(s) decides to hike to a mountain top to view a sunrise, the
idea is to get to bed early in order to compensate for the 'short morning' sleep. Apparently, we haven't
figured that out yet. Late night, early morning—not the smartest move. However, the six-mile round trip
is very pleasant and the sunrise, together with thick clouds covering most of San Diego in the early
morning, is a delight. If we were poetic and thought San Diego earned the privilege of having extra care
from the Heavens, we might term the blanket cover as 'clouds of glory'.

If not motivated by the exercise alone (hmm), watching one of the daily miracles occur is reward
enough for us.

Sit back and enjoy the consistently beautiful views from Iron Mountain in Poway:


A mix of clouds (fog), water and a waking sun.


Sun makes it above horizon and back mountains, warming the clouds.


Clouds cover most of the county, sunlight catches roofs of residences in foreground.


Mountain creates a shadow on clouds.


The sun has a tough day ahead as the thick clouds in the west readying for battle.


Mountain peaks coming up for air. La Jolla and the ocean in the distance, blanketed.

Cheers,

Jenni and Jeffrey
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