Lazarow World-Hike-About: 50.15 Utah, the Park State: Mill Creek Canyon: Grandeur Peak, surely it can't get any better? A Mountain Vase.

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.

Monday, October 4, 2021

50.15 Utah, the Park State: Mill Creek Canyon: Grandeur Peak, surely it can't get any better? A Mountain Vase.

From the peak, looking up at the world below.

Bush- and color-whacked.

This was another tough hike, reaching 3,000 feet from where we commenced (below trailhead), but perhaps one of the most colorful. To say it was superb in all respects is an understatement. Tucked away in Mill Creek Canyon, it's more isolated and quieter than the canyons of Big and Little Cottonwood. Who's comparing? This was a treat for anyone able to negotiate the strenuous nature of the trail. In the last week, each day the fall foliage has superseded that of the previous views. These may be the best we have ever witnessed.

What added to the day's feast was reaching heights and peering down onto the clustered trees and bushes in all hues of autumn shades. The strength of the colors, rich and bold, captivated the eyes at each moment of the trek. We remember spending much time in Bulgaria a couple of years ago during the season change. At the time, we thought we were witnessing the best possible show of autumn. We think we were premature in our judgement. Won't be the last time either.

We deleted a fortune of photographs and then after a while, selected and assembled a few, but still twice the norm. There's a certain irony in that each hike's photographs are rated with reference to the respective hike. On an 'okay hike' scenery-wise, one may have forty reasonable photographs. On a great hike with visuals, there may be 140 terrific pictures. Yet, each hike will usually display the same basic number.

It was indeed grand, a grand privilege to be at Grandeur.

A Knock-out.

Can't get higher on Grandeur Peak.

A view from the small but high peak: a couple of lakes and a golf course.

Change direction of sight: Downtown Salt Lake City.

The City and Lake from Grandeur Peak.

Grandeur Peak is deceptive. The peak protrudes as seen in the photograph. However, there's a deep depression before it and thus when a person crests what appears to be the summit, one still has to hike down and then ascend again. These false peaks really can get to one.