High Points!

Indiana

Ohio

Delaware

Georgia

Visiting the high points in different states has become a very enjoyable adventure for our family. The first few we did were in the Western states, and usually involved a good hike of some sort. As we have begun to get a few of the Eastern states, we learned that most of these are simply enjoyable drives to locations that we would have never visited if not for the high points! Our recent trip to the East Coast to visit friends and supporters of Kairos, the college-aged ministry we work with, provided several opportunities to see the highest point in some new states.

Brasstown Bald (4784’) is the highest point in Georgia, and Sassafrass Mountain (3560’) is the highest point in South Carolina. We especially enjoyed these two stops on the same day as we were able to share the experience with our friends Brad and Kathye Killer (and family!). The conversations were a blessing, the trees were changing colors, and the weather was perfect. Yeah!

Delaware was an easy stop! It was right on the road by a fire tower. It’s name was Ebright Azimuth (448’) and it was the second lowest. (Only Florida is lower.)

We also stopped in Ohio and Indiana on the same day, as they were only about 100 miles apart. Ohio was at Campbell Hill (1550’) and the write up on the high point web site described the treacherous and most manicured west face, which is the route we also choose! Indiana’s high point was appropriately named Hoosier Hill (1257’). The most memorable part of this trip was the 10 mile long “roller coaster road” that we had to travel. Caleb is convinced that we actually got air off of one of the bumps!

That makes 8 highpoints that we have done as a family – lots of adventure ahead of us.