LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT

Summit of Table Mountain, Sierra Nevada, California.

'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 three, or slightly less, 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 2024, the blog contained over 1,636 hikes (far less than 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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Saturday, September 20, 2025

69.03 Bulgaria: Bansko: Ski slope commencing at Banderista 1, wandering below the mountain.

An earlier trip as snow fell overnight. No wonder this is our fourth visit.
Taking a walk in the town (Bansko) with staggering views. (You can line up this picture with that above.)
Love the snow for views; hate to hike upon it. Another of life's trade-offs or a spoiled boy.
Next week's challenges should I be able to get out of bed.
Reflections make our days.
On a previous trip, we reached a Banderista ski station which is above the top ski-lift pylons continuing toward the right. Love it when clouds decide not to remain high in the sky but come down to visit. Earlier than expected, we repeated the hike in what we consider very rough terrain. See later.
Jen spent some time explaining how stiff her legs were from the day before's opening hike. It was most informative...I think.
The 'bandit' from another angle. We get exhausted just looking. Well, come Thursday, we'll have to come up with a heck of an excuse otherwise we'll be climbing. The real issue is that there are no trails, so the going is rough. (Actually accomplished it on the Tuesday, thanks to Jenni's unbridled enthusiasm.)
Always time for tranquility. In the following picture, one can view this pond from most positions on the Banderista slopes.
The above pond seen from the mountain slope, still a long way to go. The building (top left) is place where hikers congregate to swop nutty stories.

Cheers, 

Jenni and Jeffrey

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