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.
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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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

60.49 Bulgaria: Devin: A bright spot along the Vacha River...so many of them.

A little color, a little mountain, a little water and a lot of pleasure.
A lot of color.  
  When we were growing up, (some might say it never occurred), we enjoyed a visit to the movies. During those periods, advertising dominated the preliminary features. This was followed by an interval and immediately before the main attraction eventually took to the screen, it was preceded by a major advert: 'Rothmans of Pall Mall', a cigarette. The advert was often more exciting and certainly more informative than some of the movies we watched. The theme of the advert was that 'Should a person not have visited London then that person had not lived'. 

  Currently, I would express doubt as to the statement, particularly in recent years. However, my point is simply this: 'Should a person not be mesmerized by nature's process of creating autumn coloring and of course, enjoying much pleasure from the flora, then one is surely not living'. Okay, an opinion but a strong one...and perhaps, a colorful one, too.

 
Early morning view from our apartment in Devin. It was difficult to leave but we did depart and returned two weeks later. Then we faced the same dilemma once more. Still struggling to find a solution. 
 Jenni saunters down to the river.
Certainly worth it and then we walked and climbed along it.
Countryside scene...peace, tranquility and harmony.

A certain richness of color...superb.

Calm day at the river.
A rough part of the river hike but that's what creates the challenges and excitement.
Nature colors our rather bleak world. Correction: The world is anything but bleak. The bleakness emanates from the gray people of the world.
Cheers, 

Jenni and Jeffrey

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