Lazarow World-Hike-About: 61.24 :Arizona: Page: Wahweap Wandering in Wonder(land).

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

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

61.24 :Arizona: Page: Wahweap Wandering in Wonder(land).

Jenni enjoys a good breakfast and lunch. I suggested that she ought to decide upon one or the other. So, we have for the last 14 years, selected just one. As Jenni is in charge of food preparation, we eat brunch: This is two meals in one. Sometimes, a person is very easily outsmarted. From where we are standing, we head down to the water and will find a place for brunch on a peninsular. Delightful, despite her food.

"Hurry along, Jeffrey, I'm hungry."

Because the route chosen is not a trail, one often stands above canyons having no way forward.

To the side and below, the lake/river carries on regardless.

'Now what you gonna do? Shrugging is not going to get you down for brunch.'

Earlier, I was trying to explain that if Jen could jump that much extra, she might just clear the wall. If not, no brunch for a while.

Aha! There's the peninsular. What a beautiful position. I tried to convince her that surrounded by such beauty, who needs to eat. Dumb boy!

While some might think he's a referee announcing a decision, he's actually pointing out the lake to Jenni who's mind is focused elsewhere. What an incredible sense of direction.

While a South African might think he/she is looking at the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, it's actually 'Tower Butte'. But(te) you knew that.

Oh, Dear! I thought we had completed all of the obstacles.

Aha! There was never any doubt she'd make it. After all, who can resist a mixed bowl of fruit, yoghurt and cereal, plus what a setting. The real issue: Jen's a trooper: Does us both proud!