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.

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

48.07 Arizona: Two Lakes in a dry region: Weekly highlights plus a dedication to Colyn.

Jen overlooks Lake Havasu from the peak of Lizard.

Hmm! What's the fascination?

Close to my all-time favorite action picture of Jenni heading toward Jester Peak, Yuma.

Close second.

We (I) dedicate this blog to Colyn Levin, a long time (term) friend from Johannesburg. I met Col on the golf course and have been good friends since, including with Sharon. A quick story about part of the relationship. Colyn was fairly new to golf but we soon became partners and took on all and sundry. In the earlier years, Col played off a handicap of 16 and I was a little lower at 2. In one competition, I played to my handicap meaning I scored 74-gross. Colyn, also scored 74, meaning he played 14 below his handicap. It’s considered ‘bad sportsmanship’ to play that well. Since then, Colyn plays to a much lower handicap despite a higher age. Should I even attempt to swing a club these days, I would need at least 16 shots from Colyn just to look partly respectable. 

We would play often with Errol Grolman, another good friend. Tragedy struck and Errol passed on just over 2 years ago, in San Diego. Playing against Errol and his partner, Jeff, was always a 'needle' game made ever so pleasant because we usually won. I chose a partner wisely. We all miss Errol terribly. 

Jen also played golf at a very sociable level, mostly with two Moms, one Dad and me. It was very good for our relationship because making up after arguments was most pleasant. Trini Lopez sang “Don’t make a pretty woman your wife”…applies even more so to golf. And, after all, golf really is a silly pastime. You take this little white ball, smack it over the grass, sand and even water and try to place it in a small hole or cup. What’s the point? Now take mountain climbing and hiking. A person walks and climbs to a peak, turns around and returns to the starting point. 

You get the difference?...Let me know, if you don’t mind.

Touch down on Roosevelt Lake. Boy, did he miss the runway.

Side-tracked on the way up Lizard Peak, Lake Havasu.

A favorite photograph of this trip.

Sunset in Tonto Basin.

Getting through a tricky part of a climb off-trail.

Jen elects to remain grounded.

What's not to like above Roosevelt Lake?

Each day, they change the shade of blue at the lake. Talk of customer service.

The Apache Trail and Salt River flowing from Roosevelt Dam toward Apache Lake.

Cheers, 

Jenni and Jeffrey

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