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

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

50.07 Salt Lake City, Utah: Blanche Lake (but why hide the lake 3,000 feet high? Heh, heh...love it, thank you!)


Utah continues to fascinate, entertain and challenge us. The former two verbs create very pleasant experiences, the latter, 'no comment'. 

Blanche Lake is terrific but then there's also Mary ("and Peter, Paul") and Red Pines and Desolation Lake and... 

A nice surprise. We're not allowed to swim in Blanche Lake. Probably pollute it for the moose.
Delightful reflections of life.
Rising over the rocks finally, brings one to the lake, near on 3,000 feet from the commencement.
Jen beginning the trek home. We're in the Twin Peaks Wilderness. Who could guess how the name came about?
Overpowering wilderness. Part of the hike feels like it's through botanical gardens, only rougher, steeper and unforgiving.
Maude Alge often comments that photographs are like paintings. This one probably fits the bill.
Early in the hike, we enjoy flowing water. Makes a change from the deserts.
Should it be close to 11:30am, Jenni will be making final preparations for brunch. (See! I told you so.)
'Hey, if they can have something to eat, why not me?'
Nature can make anything look attractive, even grass/straw floating on water.
A couple of moose in tension.
As we begin to return home, the scene overpowers and reluctantly, we depart.
No bull. He decides to leave the water while performing the 'hokey pokey'. What a guy will do to impress his mate.
On our return, a tired couple refresh along the stream.
The rock colors at the lake are distinctive. Then again, what's new? After all, this is Utah.
One for the road...maybe, for the water instead.
Cheers, 

Jenni and Jeffrey

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