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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Monday, February 21, 2022

San Diego: Fortuna North, Mission Trails Regional Park, a perspective of other mountains from this position.

As the heading intimates, we stood on North Fortuna and spotted various peaks we have reached. It provides a perspective as to how the mountainous region fits together relative to where we've hiked and the city itself. We threw in some scenes from only three of such mountains viewed from Fortuna North. 

To the south, Downtown San Diego.
Everything from height looks better, likewise, a lot of things in the dark do, too. Freeway 52 below.
This puzzled us. At first, we thought it was a great lake with the sky lit up at sunset. Then we realized there isn't a lake in that vicinity. Of course, it's the ocean. No it's not. On second or third thoughts, we thought it may be sky. But how can you look down upon the sky. Arrogant or what? Then we saw clouds even further down (bottom of photo). Hang on, we're not that high. Puzzling. How about the horizon? Talk about being confused.
Old-fashioned fire in the sky at sunset.
Mount Woodson: Reached the summit on more occasions than any other mountain.
On Mount Woodson: In the background is Fortuna North and others at the Mission Trails Regional Park.
Jen stands above the clouds—a great place to be.
From Mount Woodson, looking west toward the ocean.
Here comes Benny climbing above the nudist beach. We only reopen our eyes after 5 minutes of climbing.
There's more to Woodson than the 'Potato Chip'.
El Cajon Mountain, probably the toughest for us in San Diego.
Jen heading to peak of El Cajon Mountain, facing toward the Fortuna North position.
From Fortuna, Mount Woodson on the left and then Iron Mountain.
Some cloudy views from peak of Iron Mountain.
Sunrise at the Iron.
Iron Mountain's shadow reflects off the clouds.
Cheers, 

Jenni and Jeffrey 


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