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.
O
ur 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.

Saturday, September 3, 2016

Another visit to Iron Mountain on a gorgeous morning.

I left home at 4:45am and arrived at Iron Mountain some thirty-five minutes later with the intention of hiking together with Sean Bradford, a delightful young man. I was stunned to find the carpark full at that unseemly hour. Subsequently, I learned the Navy had an outing on the mountain, hence the overcrowding. I suppose that's what happens when you park a fully-staffed battleship, idling at the entrance to a trail. One would think the oceans provided enough scope for their activities. I would love to have seen the outcome had the Marine Corp also decided to visit the "Iron" on the day.

Although the trail would have been crowded earlier than when we began, we had a pleasant walk to the top, enjoyed a few cracks with many of the sailors upon reaching the summit and ran down soon thereafter to avoid the returning crowd. It was satisfying that none of the young women and men could catch us, sea legs and all.

Once again, the clouds filling the valleys, what appeared to stretch from east of Poway to the Pacific, were memorable. Frankly, the scenes over this past few weeks have been without equal. I, for one, am mesmerized by the thick, bright white with a hint of blue, clouds. Add the sun's rays reflecting off the solid layer once it (sun) rises, colors changing continuously and the addition of shadows and various shades, all go to create additional beauty. A daily miracle.



Our friend, Sean Bradford, appreciates some very fine scenery as he stands above the clouds.





Good old sunrise never ceases to amaze, particularly the effect of the sun on the surroundings and of course, the clouds.





The 'strip', usually blue, this time orange, is another favorite.





On the western side, shadows and shades.



"A bubbling volcano of clouds'





Submarine surfaces in Poway. "Boy, did we take a wrong turn or perhaps that's where the sailors 'parked their boat'."

(Picture taken 2 weeks previously from Woodson, that blog still to be published.)


Cheers,

Jenni and Jeffrey

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