Lazarow World-Hike-About

Looking upon the city of Puerta Del Cruz. After many years of bewilderment, I think I have the answer finally whether a falling tree in a forest makes a noise should nobody be around to hear it. It's complicated but until next time...   Near the completion of an unusual hike, one which we devised ourselves, we arrived in a small town. Unfortunately, we won't be able to patent or register this route but we can live with the disappointment. The enjoyable part of arriving in a town or village is that we can reward ourselves with a hot beverage or cold one, depending on the temperature. Sometimes, we'll even have a hot beverage in warm weather and a soda in cold conditions. Heck, I'm sure this is truly fascinating information that you wanted to read. My pleasure. It really makes for a wonderful contrast, that is, spending most of the time in the wilderness generally or when a town is close by, arriving in such town for spoiling.    What I really...

Looking up at a mix of clouds and down toward a gorgeous lake. We have found over the years that when the weather appears poor, one should make an aggressive argument for not remaining indoors. Clearly, when it is obviously terrible and appears not likely to change, stay home. We can think of times when we were caught in lightning storms, heavy rains and other adverse conditions, not pleasant experiences to admit. Nevertheless, had we remained indoors, we would have missed facing adverse weather probably less than on ten occasions over 13 years. Following the logic through, we also would have missed hikes somewhere close to 90-100 times, probably more. Expressed differently, for every 9-12 occasions that we hiked in what appeared to be imminent bad weather, only on one of those days did we get wet. In addition, besides being able to get out and enjoy the adventure, the so-called adverse weather usually provides a different slant on the views, the sights.    This...

On the way down to the coast, we find ourselves ascending. Heck, we follow the trail not logic. On a cloudy day, the sun breaks through and gives the camera a hard time. Jen also seems to be having a hiccup or two. Trying to make sense of the terrain. I can't fathom how they operate the lawnmowers down at the bottom. Frequent stream crossings. The proverbial slippery stone-slope. Are these plants real? Jen closing in on the coast. Jen reaches the beach...not quite a place to sunbathe on a towel in the traditional manner. A minute later, she turns on her heels and heads for the local swimming pool. On our way down, we came across a couple bathing in a stream below a waterfall. Apparently the heavy flow of water had washed off their swimsuits. Jenni refused to allow me to help the young woman deal with her dilemma. (Apparently, 'dilemma' is the Spanish word for string bikini.) I now understand why people say that travel is educational, eye-opening. In a ...