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

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Wednesday, September 2, 2020

46.25 San Luis Obispo: Reservoir Hike (without a reservoir?)


This is the penultimate posting of our recent trip in the Eastern Sierras. It's fitting, as soon we commence a replacement journey that would have taken us to Sicily, Malta and Greece. It reminds me of a thought I had a long time ago: Having a US passport opened the world to a South African. Seems like the times are changing—barred to US citizens. Talking of thoughts. When my brain is working, I try to take advantage of this rare situation. Here's the second thought of the day and then I'll put it back into rest mode:

One should be most circumspect when using the word 'never'. Frankly, I could never envisage some of the behavior we are witnessing these days. I digress. What I thought I'd never experience is walking into a bank wearing a mask to make a deposit of money. Not a sole gave me a second glance. Even bank robbers have lost an element of respect or more accurately, fear. I departed from the bank with less money on my person than I had upon entering it. Bank heists too have fallen from favor.


Sharply up after 15 minutes from the trailhead.



Telephoto near the first peak, of the university.




Coloring, morros, town and ocean, what a combination.




Squeezing through the gap as the low clouds keep things cool.




Motorway 101 snakes through the town and mountains.




We passed the mansion below on our way up.



Another angle, another land/sea-scape.




Found something captivating (distinguished) about the region's landscapes.




Always room for a 'high-flyer'.



Cheers,

Jenni and Jeffrey

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