Lazarow World-Hike-About: 48.01: Arizona: Yuma/Fortuna: Telegraph Trail provides some stunning views and offers a good test.

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. Our 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.

Monday, February 1, 2021

48.01: Arizona: Yuma/Fortuna: Telegraph Trail provides some stunning views and offers a good test.

Peering through 'the looking glass' toward the mountains and farms (see below)...perhaps, the Ocotillo is more correct.

A moment when the sun, clouds, and colors lined up for us just before leaving the summit.

Gavin, Natalie and I passed through Yuma during winter in late 1990 as we relocated from Texas to California. It was freezing while I left the kids briefly for a run in this new world. It was early days for us in the United States and as far as beginnings go, it wasn't successful. In fact, it was rough which was exacerbated by making a bad business decision. Jenni and baby Robert followed, but in an aircraft.

Jen and I have passed through Yuma many times since, many occasions during summer and realized the town had few redeeming features for us. It was a means of getting to other places. Later, when our perspective changed, we looked at things with a different mindset. The fact that the Colorado River passes through certainly helps.

This trip proved we had made the conversion when we hunkered down for 5 nights and went out seeking Yuma's treasures. Every place, every person has attributes and we think we found Yuma's. Of the 3 hikes we did, we can say without fear of contradiction they were good, better and even better.

Culminating on Fortuna Mountain, we climbed past the site of the 1944 crash of a B17 bomber, as we negotiated an extremely tough and dangerous mountain reaching the memorials to the 5 crewmembers. We'll not forget the stunning climb to Jester's Peak where Jen showed that until they lock her up or carry her out, she ain't going anywhere.

Jenni heading toward a peak.