Lazarow World-Hike-About

The last woman that gave me a hard time, I 'wrote off' over this cliff, (1,500 feet). Watch it, Editor! See next two pictures. Click on arrow to hear the music. Perhaps, we should have asked Brian to sing 'Unchained Melody". Couldn't resist plugging our book. Then again, if not us, who? We met a local woman on Observation Point the day before who mentioned, out the blue, that a man pushed his wife off a cliff across the way some years back. The coincidence made us smile, the deed, horrific. The upper part of the 'devil'...um...that should be the 'angel' as viewed at 7am on Tuesday. What are the chances of meeting an American who can speak Afrikaans, has traveled to the country frequently, is able to hike up Angels Landing with relative ease and by another fluke in timing, meets two South Africans, now 'artificialized ' Americans, at the summit? The odds are not good—we think the lottery is a better deal. Obviously ...

Vacation is fun until the editor gets us out of bed on a Sunday morning at 5am to climb a mountain for a purpose we have yet to determine. The fact that we love it negates the whining of the previous sentence. That we walked up Mount Woodson, some eight miles round-trip with over 2,000 feet elevation gain in the rain added to the experience. A relatively fast run down to the trailhead gave us a 'high' although by that time we were much lower, reaching the trailhead. We did not foresee that the usually enjoyable sights would not be on view until we noticed the whole region was covered in thick clouds. We hoped, always optimistic about weather, the sun would break through but that wasn't the case. Nevertheless, we enjoyed an incredible treat looking at the voluminous clouds taking the form of the mountains and valleys they covered, partially and wholly. In retrospect, the missing sunshine was a blessing. Once again, we think the point that no matter where one is...