Lazarow World-Hike-About: 60.33: Bulgaria: Yagodina: Eagle Eye Climb, pre-autumn coloring followed by a later true autumn hike.

LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT

Eastern Cape, South Africa: Storms River region.

'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

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

60.33: Bulgaria: Yagodina: Eagle Eye Climb, pre-autumn coloring followed by a later true autumn hike.

Part-way up, we look into the gorge and valley.

After reaching the hotel, it is an incline all the way to the top.

I made the point last week, aloud, much to Jenni's 'astonishment' that Bulgaria is my favorite place to visit for hiking and casual living, inter alia. More specifically, the Rhodope and Pirin Mountains are fantastic places. I also knew Jenni would reply, should she not be too bored, that I mention it about all the countries and regions we visit. It's my mind. It is obviously too small to retain much so the current or last place visited is therefore the favorite—the only one I remember. Naturally, I am deeply- or would be- offended but I like to give her the benefit of the doubt as she is correct...occasionally or perhaps more than occasionally. However, for the first time I stand by my position unequivocally and while I won't 'fight to the death to defend it', I will try to sneak a booking for next autumn.

This blog is linked to that which follows. We did the hike twice: Once before the autumn colors descended upon the forests and then three weeks later, to the day. In addition, we were able to return to the coffee vending machines for which we have developed a strange fondness. There's no accounting for behavior of those tending toward senility. In addition, I joked with Jenni that I hoped the guys we met at the machines 4 years back might join us for a 'catch-up'. It wasn't to be. However, on the second hike, we met Philip and he shrewdly had us purchase him a beer in order that we would not be drinking alone, that is, coffee.

Philip and Jeffrey, in no particular order. Jen loves to take these photos unaware.