Lazarow World-Hike-About: 48.26 California: Palm Desert: Murray Hill/Peak via Bogert Trail (without Joanne and Ron(aldo)).

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.

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

48.26 California: Palm Desert: Murray Hill/Peak via Bogert Trail (without Joanne and Ron(aldo)).

What makes this hike particularly memorable, nostalgic too, is that some 8 years before, we had the honor and pleasure of meeting two wonderful people somewhere on a feeder trail toward Murray Peak. It was indeed a chance meeting that developed into something much more. Joanne and Ron Allegretto of Vancouver, Canada are dear friends, although limited by verbal communication only. We hope to change that soon. However, should people be able to develop a stong bond without physical contact, this is one of those situations.

When Ron and I communicate, frequently, it's as if we grew up together. Anyway, that's how it feels from my side. Ron(aldo) is such a good guy he probably just humors that 'hybrid southerner' but he does make me laugh often. I suppose it might look silly to anyone observing me sitting before my laptop after receiving one of his emails and hear a burst of laughter.

Thanks, Joanne and Ron. In some silly way, I was hoping that we might bump into them again on that very trail. It wasn't to be as Ron could have been participating in a Curling event or pursuing his passion of enjoying automobile collections or chasing after Maria, their cute granddaughter.