Lazarow World-Hike-About

'Night shades' overlooking Kilauea Caldera at dusk, Volcano National Park, Hawaii. (For slightly bigger pictures without text, click on any picture.) The vent within the caldera releases gases at dusk. Similar to above but flames no longer disguised after sunset. (Clarity lost on uploading photo.) We have included a collection of pictures contrasting a few colors of Hawaii, fire, always water and of course, our lovely editor. Unfortunately, when we get a little bored, which occurs when we approach the beach, even for an hour or two and with great enthusiasm, we seem to falter. Boredom usually leads to a bit of silliness which can often be enjoyable. Silhouette, sort of, editor lines up to face flames. Things started 'hotting' up so we returned home for dinner, cooking on an old-fashioned hot-plate. A young and growing land, many contrasts. Emerging growth, lava beach and the ever consistent ocean. The location of the photographs are som...

Today being Sunday, we were not in San Diego for the burial of a dear friend, Robyn Lichter’s beloved mother, Essie Katzenellenbogen—a person we will sadly miss, a woman of spirit and always with a twinkle in her eye. G-d bless your soul, Essie. A struggle from the beginning, the early stages of a strenuous climb in a harsh but magnificent environment. The first two thousand feet hits one quickly, the rest just as fast. Looking towards peak after 6 miles, nearly 3 miles still to walk. We returned to this glorious volcano/mountain after being turned away on Thursday because of high winds. We had warned our editor about our diets but would she listen. The velocity had ‘subsided’ from the eighties to the fifties (m.p.h.) so the trail was re-opened. We knew we had a tough hike ahead of us but thought whatever happens: This one’s dedicated to Essie so we dare not fail. The route gains more than 4,500 feet, over 8.5 miles on rough terrain. It never seems to let up. ...

Volcano and clouds, Island of Hawaii. Clouds below the mountain at dawn. Imagine the scene. You are standing alone after descending to approximately 13,000 feet above sea level, the wind is gusting vigorously—across the way on a neighboring mountain, it’s recorded at 81 miles per hour. The noon temperature is near freezing point so evening and later, should get down lower. Your feet are aching from walking on volcanic cone and rocks. As far as the eye can see, you are surrounded by lava rock colored black and gray. Some of the places that you step on collapse under your weight as there is no support under the surface covering. You have now been on this mountain for nearly four hours and you don’t know the way back to the trailhead. To put it quite bluntly, you are lost. You should understand the area is vast, covered entirely with volcanic rock and nothing else. Wherever you look on the mountain, it's the same, not providing any indication of familiarity. In the ea...

We noticed two Nene geese through the window of the cabin and decided to observe their behavior. We had no idea what to expect but nevertheless, they are interesting subjects so we thought, why not. Within seconds, it became clear they were not about to fulfill their typical daily function of eating. With this short background introduction, we have set out a collection of pictures together with our interpretation of the little event. We think some may even relate to this. Oops, we nearly forgot. This is for mature viewers only. If you are under 17, you should be sitting next to an adult or, if older but somewhat immature, call Mom for a ruling: The fellow on the left, we presume the male, undertakes what we've noticed many humans do, particularly, the male gender. He begins by checking out the equipment. Logically, we would think this is an appropriate approach. Truth be told, they all look alike to us, the birds, the winged ones, of course. We did notice that ...