LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT

New Zealand: Tongariro Alpine Crossing: Ngauruhoe Volcano ("Mt. Doom"), a perfect sunrise.

'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.

Friday, November 13, 2020

47.26 Arizona, Page: Climbing up, over and around the mounds surrounding Lake Powell and along the Colorado: A playground paradise.

We find the scene stunning.
 



One of the
great dilemmas we face on the road, perhaps it's a paradox, is dealing with basins. Wash basins. They are, of course, wonderful inventions but they can be temperamental. How is it possible that when a person wishes to soak something in the basin, say to wash clothes, the stopper (plug) does not seal and so the basin drains, hampering the wash. However, the same basin, when used for another purpose, say washing hands and brushing of teeth, clogs and drains so slowly that a person wastes time and becomes frustrated while completing a relatively short task. 

Some of the staff at the front desk have the answers. Recently, we requested maintenance service for both the bathtub and basin because the stoppers were not sealing. 

"We don't do that any longer", she replied. 

"Then how do we take a bath or use the sink?" The obvious reply. 

"Our policy is not to to have stoppers that seal to avoid guests flooding the rooms as people forget to turn off the faucets." 

We think you can understand the issue. I wonder why they have lights. What about forgetting to turn them off or forgetting to flush the toilet. 

Jen and I have developed a number of techniques to cater for these issues. A flat stone or pebble, wrapped in a facecloth acts as a competent stopper in the tub. We remember one time in Morro Bay, (a delightful place), after using the smooth pebble, we stored it behind a tree outside reception. On the following trip, Jen's first task was to recover the said pebble, wash it and have it ready for the evening. 

We still think our best moves are those when we find appropriate places to hang the wet clothes. There are a number of interesting locations, especially an outside patio, but the old standby is the television set. While people enjoy the big screens for viewing, we love the concept for its clothing capacity.

Finally, hotels have to stop referring to customers as guests. Who would make a guest pay for a service?


We were expecting poor weather.  On our way up the hill, the weather was perfect. At the top, the gusts were frightening. Thereafter, a cold front took the temperatures to freezing.


If one is going to be lazy, nice to be able to pick one's resting position.       
 



Working on the curve.

Cowboy Bob upgrades his wardrobe with his new style of dress...finally. It took a virus.


Jen nearly lost in the 'wave' as we move toward the hill ahead.


Lake Powell is a delight...so is Lake Mead and many others.



Okay, let's go home.


Cheers, 

Jenni and Jeffrey

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