Steve 96C4S

Took another trip a couple of weeks ago to do 3 more state high points (I'm at 32 now, aiming to be at 35 by Thanksgiving) and once again, didn't see one 911. I guess the northern parts of the midwestern section of the US don't have many 911 drivers. I saw one Cayenne but that was it. I rented a car this time as I only had 4 days to do all 3 high points and get home. Really glad I didn't do MN and MI in my own car as Eagle Mtn had about 20 miles of road leading up to it that was terribly gravelly and in not great shape. Would have done a number to the front of my car. Michigan's Mt Arvon was 10X worse, one of the worst logging roads I'd ever been on. It would have ravaged either of my cars a bit, with huge potholes for 7 miles with standing water so you had to go over them at about 1-2 mph.

Here's the trip report if anyone's interested...
http://picasaweb.google.com/stever50...01410To101710#








The Friday before Thanksgiving at 5pm I'm heading down to Mississippi to it's high point 15.5 hours from my house, so I'll stay over night 1/2 the way there I guess, hit MS's high point later that day... Woodall Mtn at a eye popping 806 feet high.

Then it's off to Alabama's Cheaha Mtn at 2407 ft high.

Lastly, I'm sure I'll need oxygen for this one... Florida's Britton Hill at a whopping 345 ft, the lowest state high point in the US. Then it's straight to Miami to see family. Then back home.

I'm sure I'll end up seeing tons of 911's on this trip seeing that I'll be traveling through actual civilization this time! (I-95 East Coast driving). I'll report back my findings and try to get some 993 pics if I see any along the way.

Cheers,
Steve R

U.S. State High Points - Here's the full list... I have 18 to go!

Rank State Peak Elev-Ft Range (Level 3)
1. Alaska Mount McKinley 20,320 Alaska Range
2. California Mount Whitney 14,495 Sierra Nevada
3. Colorado Mount Elbert 14,433 Southern Rocky Mountains
4. Washington Mount Rainier 14,411 Cascade Range
5. Wyoming Gannett Peak 13,804 Greater Yellowstone Rockies
6. Hawaii Mauna Kea 13,796 Hawaii
7. Utah Kings Peak 13,528 Western Rocky Mountains
8. New Mexico Wheeler Peak 13,161 Southern Rocky Mountains
9. Nevada Boundary Peak 13,140 Great Basin Ranges
10. Montana Granite Peak 12,799 Greater Yellowstone Rockies
11. Idaho Borah Peak 12,662 Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains
12. Arizona Humphreys Peak 12,633 Colorado Plateau
13. Oregon Mount Hood 11,239 Cascade Range
14. Texas Guadalupe Peak 8749 Southwest Basins and Ranges
15. South Dakota Harney Peak 7242 Great Plains
16. North Carolina Mount Mitchell 6684 Blue Ridge Mountains
17. Tennessee Clingmans Dome 6643 Blue Ridge Mountains
18. New Hampshire Mount Washington 6288 Northern U.S. Appalachians
19. Virginia Mount Rogers 5729 Blue Ridge Mountains
20. Nebraska Panorama Point 5426 Great Plains
21. New York Mount Marcy 5344 Canadian Shield
22. Maine Katahdin 5268 Northern U.S. Appalachians
23. Oklahoma Black Mesa 4973 Great Plains
24. West Virginia Spruce **** 4861 Appalachian Plateaus
25. Georgia Brasstown Bald 4783 Blue Ridge Mountains
26. Vermont Mount Mansfield 4393 Northern U.S. Appalachians
27. Kentucky Black Mountain 4139 Appalachian Plateaus
28. Kansas Mount Sunflower 4039 Great Plains
29. South Carolina Sassafras Mountain 3554 Blue Ridge Mountains
30. North Dakota White Butte 3506 Great Plains
31. Massachusetts Mount Greylock 3488 Northern U.S. Appalachians
32. Maryland Backbone Mountain 3360 Appalachian Plateaus
33. Pennsylvania Mount Davis 3213 Appalachian Plateaus
34. Arkansas Magazine Mountain 2753 Ozark Highlands
35. Alabama Cheaha Mountain 2405 Appalachian Ridges
36. Connecticut Mount Frissell-South Slope 2372 Northern U.S. Appalachians
37. Minnesota Eagle Mountain 2301 Midwest-Great Lakes Area
38. Michigan Mount Arvon 1978 Midwest-Great Lakes Area
39. Wisconsin Timms Hill 1951 Midwest-Great Lakes Area
40. New Jersey High Point 1803 Appalachian Ridges
41. Missouri Taum Sauk Mountain 1772 Ozark Highlands
42. Iowa Hawkeye Point 1670 Great Plains
43. Ohio Campbell Hill 1549 Midwest-Great Lakes Area
44. Indiana Hoosier Hill 1257 Midwest-Great Lakes Area
45. Illinois Charles Mound 1235 Midwest-Great Lakes Area
46. Rhode Island Jerimoth Hill 812 Northern U.S. Appalachians
47. Mississippi Woodall Mountain 806 Appalachian Plateaus
48. Louisiana Driskill Mountain 535 Ozark Highlands
49. Delaware Ebright Azimuth 442 Northern U.S. Appalachians
50. Florida Britton Hill 345 Piedmont-Southeast Coast

JDHertz11

Contact me if you have free time when in Miami...

Rinty

ABCar

Wow, what a great adventure! When you finish, you will have to go to the Low Points! (Hint, start with Death Valley...what a great place).

I was out driving around up here in Michigan but you must have missed me. Good luck.

goofballdeluxe

Them thar states is pick up country, not damn furrin carz!

Looks like a fun trip, Steve. You sure like to get high.

TRINITONY

so that's where you've been, kool trip..btw, didn't know SFL had a high point...

Rinty

Hey Steve:

I finally found my pic of the highest road point in Alberta, which is also the highest driveable pass in Canada.



The highest geographic point in Alberta, Mt. Columbia, is 12,290 feet, and here is a link:

http://www.biglines.com/articles/mt-columbia

ble2011

Hat's off to you for doing a road trip around here this time of year. In the Midwest, my 993 and most of my friends car's are in storage right now. In the Milwaukee area, we have had 5 inches of snow and it's 22 degree's out right now (this is only the beginning of winter). There has been times when we have gotten 12-15 inch's of snow by now. Great pics by the way.