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.

Sunday, April 12, 2020

45.08 and 45.09 Arizona: Tonto National Forest. Payson, Horton Spring and Tonto Basin, Mount Ord.


One extremely tough day (Mount Ord) and a fair hike in Payson without much in the way of visuals, but nice enough.


We remember the days of the preferred-old-fashioned bridges.








Combination of steepness and scree will do it for you...not that you want the latter.








Spring remains in the air



The only people we met for the duration of the hike were two men who were returning on the trail/track. They were much smarter than us...they were in a 4-wheel drive. Why did we not think of it? They were searching for a shooting range and apparently did not find it.



This is one of those that does not end.







You would think Jenni might carry up a mattress and pillow. You'd be wrong. Something has to give...the rocks or the body. Guess which? Nevertheless, the accommodation since the advent of the virus is proving a wee bit uncomfortable. Mind you, the coloring was attractive. Many hotels/motels have ceased offering cleaning services. This is a typical result.



Cheers,

Jenni and Jeffrey

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