Hike: In the middle of a lush fraser fir forest, Mount Rogers, VA stands at 5,729 feet above sea level. This peak is #19 on the 50 states list, and for us, was highpoint #12 completed. Since Mount Rogers is most easily accessed from Grayson Highlands State Park, we chose to take … [Read more...]
The Beach! Hilton Head, SC
For years, I've internally debated the common question for North Carolina residents: Are you a mountains person, or a beach person? We are lucky in this state to have both, and living in the Triad, each is only a 3-4 hour drive (with the mountains slightly closer--Blowing … [Read more...]
Climbing the Via Ferrata | Nelson Rocks, WV
Climb: The Via Ferrata at Nelson Rocks, West Virginia was the activity my brothers and I selected to supplement our hiking during our siblings trip. I think I found it on a Google search (then 2 days later randomly saw it on Outside.com) but it looked like the just the kind of … [Read more...]
Deadwood, South Dakota
The final portion of our epic Dakotas trip was spent in the old western town of Deadwood, South Dakota. Prior trip posts: Day 1--Getting to Sylvan Lake, South Dakota Day 2--Black Elk Peak, then Mt Rushmore & Crazy Horse Monument (plus canoeing and … [Read more...]
Hiking White Butte, North Dakota
Hike: On 9/16/2020, we hiked the highest peak in North Dakota (2 days after hiking Black Elk Peak, SD). At 3,506 feet, this was our lowest elevation hike thus far in our Highpointing journey, and ranks as #30 of the 50 US States, just behind South Carolina. This was our first … [Read more...]
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