Lazarow World-Hike-About

Not too bad a start to the day. A rough (steep) beginning but no snow at this altitude. Jen ploughs through the snow to arrive at Jack's Peak. Jen takes in the surrounds and states, "Enough. I'm not hiking down."  "Okay," I reply, "But there aren't that many alternatives. There's Mount Wire across the way. You complained last week, too when you had to walk down." What's that?" she declares.   "That's another mountain. It's of no use to you seeing you've had enough." "No. That there."   "That's Salt Lake City. But you don't like cities, so you tell me." "No, silly. That thing in the air."   "No. Tell me you're not serious. That's a helicopter."  " Exactly. Call him for me."   Note the tower on Mount Wire, a little faint...then see a close-up, below. Mount Wire, a tough hike (See above for perspective.) ...

The odd color here and there. Our friends, Maude and Theo Alge, suggested counting the various colors. We'll take a pass but a nice idea. It goes without saying that the foliage speaks for itself, certainly more dramatic than our words could ever attain. Therefore, with a few exceptions, we'll let the pictures choose their own captions. A repeat photograph, but one obviously favored, on the peak near Mount Wire. Downtown Salt Lake City from 'the Wire'. Jen reaches one of the peaks surrounding Mount Wire, a better one in our opinion. Cheers,  Jenni and Jeffrey 

"You light up my life." "Let there be light" and there was in abundance and it was bright. We've been fortunate to enjoy much variation in hikes, scenery, challenges and of course, a comfortable bed in the Salt Lake City suburb. Hot and cold running water has had a major impact on our lives. I find Jen does not smell that bad these days. (Oops! If that gets through, I'll be most surprised).  By the way, when we mentioned our indulgence of ice-cream the other day, we omitted to reveal having a full-size freezer in the suite makes it possible. This hike was close to the city but after a few steep steps, we could have been anywhere in the wilderness. We are running out of superlatives for the region. Nevertheless, we continue searching. The week of this hike was one in which we undertook solid research but found of the five hiking days, three involved additional climbing and walking because we missed junctions, were misdirected once, or just blinded b...

  We suppose one has to accept all types of weather, conditions and challenges. To refuse them means that a person would spend much time indoors. We've found that, especially with rain, on most occasions we are able to walk 'between the raindrops'. Expressed a little more succinctly, a person has to plan wisely, play the odds against the chance of rain percentages, most importantly, be bold and finally, find a weather forecaster with a more favorable outlook. We do get wet but less often than one would expect.    When I did military service (1970), I was in the armored corp. There was a saying that went something like this: "A troep wat nie a kans vat is nie 'n troep nie." Like most translations, something gets lost. Basically, a trooper has to follow the rules but if you don't take a chance and ignore the rules at times, you're not really a trooper.  The good news is that Jenni is showing a lot of characteristics of a troepie. "Ja-nee". He...