Lazarow World-Hike-About

We suggested the other day that a person should undertake this hike more than once. We did a few days later. We also said on the second occasion, one should not take a camera. We took a camera. We snapped 160 pictures and then had to choose only a handful. Imagine how difficult that is. We deferred a final selection by choosing a few for a summary...again. We're indecisive.  We commenced the hike at 6:30am in order to capture a different atmosphere from the previous experience. We did indeed. Frankly, we had the trail to ourselves on both occasions but for two couples we met on the way down. In fact, on the second occasion, they were from San Diego and knew common friends. For the record, none of our friends are that common...we think. It was a wow sight...they all are.    A little dark early on and refreshing in the cool weather...for an hour or two more. Exploring higher up on the cliffs. Spot Jenni. "Nothings quite as pretty as the Colorado in the morning".....

Should a person spend much time in the wilderness, then how about having a little bit of fun, too. After all, our days cannot be filled with serious endeavors only, hiking up to mountain tops only to walk back down and wonder what we accomplished besides wearing out our boots, tiring our muscles, sweating, dirtying clothes, and taking pictures of great big hunks of rocks, sand, bodies of water and large swathes of uncultivated land. Sometimes, one wonders whether we should be compensated for such a boring and tough life. As one person said to us recently and we quote, "Who do you do this for?"  The question caught me off guard as it appeared to come out of left field. Because baseball is one sport I did not play, I was unable provide an intelligent answer. I thought we do it for ourselves but perhaps we missed the real implications. Nevertheless, while we still ponder many issues, each day brings additional challenges. We climbed all over these rocks and up and down som...