Lazarow World-Hike-About

Cholla, Joshua Tree, California. Large and small spotlights, Murray Peak Trail, Palm Springs, California. Resting on Fanie Botha Trail, South Africa. Desert in Nevada. The Mono Basin at dusk. Below Mount Tallac, Tahoe South, California. Coral Pink Dunes, Utah. Part of the Choquequirao Ruins Trail, the second day part climb, Peru. Lake in Yosemite National Park, California. Dawn through the trees on Piute Pass, Sierra Nevada, California. Seyðisfjörður, Iceland. From Mont-aux-Sources Mountain, Drakensberg, South Africa. Bryce Canyon, Utah. Sun breaks through on Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand. Sani Pass, Lesotho. Olomana, Oahu, Hawaii. Humantay Lake, Peru. Part-way up Roy's Peak, Wanaka, New Zealand. Mono Lake, California. Tyee Lake (2 or 3), Bishop area, California. Craters, volcanoes and mountains from Ben Lomond Summit, Queenstown, New Zealand. A view f...

We are preparing to leave on the next Hike-about but in the meantime, continue to hike locally. We enjoyed a phenomenon today illustrating once again that each day is different and teaches something new. We woke at 4:30am with the idea of reaching the summit of Mount Woodson to appreciate a sunrise. It was optimistic thinking, not getting the editor out of bed, but expecting to see sun. For the last month, San Diego has been blanketed in clouds and mist for most mornings, if not all day. Whereas we like this type of weather, it does not help when one wishes to see the rising/setting of the sun. We arrived at Woodson via the 67 Highway which was completely covered in fog. Although there was some light at commencement soon after 5am, the fog and cloud covered the county. There was not a lot to see. Upon reaching a short distance below the peak, the sky was cloudless. However, all the fog and cloud remained below. From height, everything under us was covered; everything above ...