Lazarow World-Hike-About: 48.14 Turn the Page again, this time for a mere lick of Page...more to follow.

LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT

Eastern Cape, South Africa: Storms River region.

'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.

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

48.14 Turn the Page again, this time for a mere lick of Page...more to follow.

Page's own 'Wave' (Coyote Butte), in our opinion.

This is a new favorite surpassing '10 recent favorites'.

From the low point, heading to a high.

Two weeks in Tucson proved better than we could envisage. However, one thing missing in the region is water, particularly a river or lake. We have 3 favorite places close to water, and strangely, they are in deserts. In no particularly order, they flow through our minds and have and continue to make incredible impressions. Truth be told, they also have had an influence in shaping our lives to a degree. For the record, they are Powell, Roosevelt and Mead also known as PRM. One and three are fed from a natural wonder that holds it all together, the incredible Colorado River. Should you feel the need to stand and cheer, it would not be out of place to do it now. Should anyone question your behavior, don't say Jenni and Jeffrey have lost it. Rather, mention they have found it—the magnificent Colorado River.

The Colorado, we're sure many others, too, beautifies and leaves impressions on each region it touches including ourselves. Not that we needed a reason to visit Page again. We did it twice in the latter half of 2020, but with cold weather expected currently, we had to consider the trip carefully. Jenni can only use 1 hot-water-bottle at a time. Fortunately, we found a gap in the weather, took it and drove from the southern part of the state of Arizona to its northern border with Utah. A 7-hour journey was soon forgotten the moment we climbed the rocks along the river and Lake Powell. This place is gorgeous for want of repetition.

We believe each visit we see the same city and its surrounds but every occasion new vistas, formations, colors and opportunities present themselves. For that, and many other aspects, we consider ourselves most fortunate. Here we are again in Page, the home of the great Navajo nation, the path of the Colorado River and the site of Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam. We would recommend it.

In an environment fit for a pedestal.