Kentucky: Black Mountain (4,139 feet)
Date: April 2014 Jill, followed by Raina a few days later Elevation: 4,139 feet Distance: Drive up via a sketchy dirt road Bathrooms: None Jill’s Take I love driving on I-81. I love...
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Louisiana: Driskill Mountain (535 feet)
Louisiana’s high point is deceptive in the effort required to get there. Maybe it was all of the time in the car, or the five drive up/little-effort summits that preceded it on the deep...
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...
Missouri: Taum Sauk Mountain (1,772 feet)
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...
Mississippi: Woodall Mountain (806 feet)
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: Lakewood Park (345 feet)
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...
Pennsylvania: Mt. Davis (3,213 feet)
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...
California: Mt. Whitney (14,505 feet)
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...
30 Mile Super Hike
In September 2013 we decided it wouldn’t be a big deal if we spent a day walking 30 miles from York, PA to Lancaster, PA as part of the Keystone Trails Association Super Hike. ...
Colorado: Mt. Elbert (14,433 feet)
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,...
