Arkansas: Magazine Mountain (2,753 feet)
We visited Arkansas’ high point during a sleet storm with 40 mph winds. Our entire way up, we fought off sleet pelting our faces. Luckily, it’s only about 1 mile RT. The HP rewarded...
We visited Arkansas’ high point during a sleet storm with 40 mph winds. Our entire way up, we fought off sleet pelting our faces. Luckily, it’s only about 1 mile RT. The HP rewarded...
Leaving Mississippi, we headed north to Missouri. Several grueling hours later we arrived at Missouri’s HP. Along the way, we passed a farm with what appeared to be kangaroos on it. Seriously. Kangaroos. We...
Day 2, we left AL, swinging first into MS, then up to MO. Mississippi found us driving up a gravel road to the summit that sometimes had us questioning our judgment. Maybe it was...
Florida was the first of six high points in an intense five-day road trip of the deep south. Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana would follow respectively. Sorry, Missouri, I’m assured that you are...
When an Amish man looks at you like you are making things hard on yourself, it’s time to stop and re-evaluate. That was only the first of several times we mistakenly made things more...
I began and ended this climb in the dark with the most unwilling of hiking companions, my husband. He pretends to be a good sport, but on a normal day, would rather stick pins...
No need for an alpine start. Just give yourself enough time to be off the summit before the afternoon storms roll in. The climb starts out relatively easy. After the tree line, it becomes steeper,...
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