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Tobin S.

(10,418 posts) Sat Mar 17, 2012, 07:05 PM Mar 2012

Jen and I visited the highest point in Indiana today

1257 feet above sea level. I was looking for a small mountain or at least a big hill, but it was just this little rise out in the middle of farm country. There was a mail box there that contained some information about the site as well as a log in the form of a notebook that we signed. Even though the place is obscure and hard to get to without knowledge of the area, judging from the log people regularly visit there.

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Jen and I visited the highest point in Indiana today (Original Post) Tobin S. Mar 2012 OP

My dear Tobin and Jen! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2012 #1

Hi Peggy Tobin S. Mar 2012 #2

That's fun- now you and Jen are official members of the 1, 257 footer club! marzipanni Mar 2012 #3

That's cool! Nice pic Jen livetohike Mar 2012 #4

Most people hire Sherpas for the ascent. bluedigger Mar 2012 #5

I thought in Indiana it was Shepas... whistler162 Mar 2012 #6

That pic is proof that Jen was the highest person in Indiana today. MiddleFingerMom Mar 2012 #7

I'm giving her a run for her money Tobin S. Mar 2012 #8

Indiana has a high point pscot Mar 2012 #9

Hey, it beats the hell out of Kansas' highest point pokerfan Mar 2012 #12

I've visited the highest point in my state a couple of times pokerfan Mar 2012 #10

Ha! Kali Mar 2012 #11

When I saw this post I was going to ask which overpass you stood on. N/T cherokeeprogressive Mar 2012 #13

I'm afraid of heights! Ptah Mar 2012 #14

Hat's off to Jen, rock-climbing is not easy JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2012 #15

cool pic. Looks like you guys had a fun day. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2012 #16

Did you get lightheaded from the thin atmosphere at such elevations? lunatica Mar 2012 #17

I Thought That The Highest Place in Indiana was at John Mellencamp's House Yavin4 Mar 2012 #18

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,620 posts)

1. My dear Tobin and Jen!

Reply to Tobin S. (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 07:19 PM

Mar 2012

Hey, I think you two had some fun today!

Jen looks happy...I think married life agrees with her!

Glad you two have time to play...

Thanks for posting!

Tobin S.

(10,418 posts)

2. Hi Peggy

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 07:26 PM

Mar 2012

We are both very happy. We've gone through some rough times since we've been married, but nothing between us. Just bad stuff happening to the people around us. Things have settled down though and we are all getting through okay. I hope we are in for some good times.

marzipanni

(6,011 posts)

3. That's fun- now you and Jen are official members of the 1, 257 footer club!

Reply to Tobin S. (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 07:37 PM

Mar 2012

We live in an area west of Sacramento, California that has a lot of farm fields that have been leveled from very gently rolling hills to very flat. We joke about not needing more than one gear on bicycles... the largest hills in our neighborhood were where the sidewalks were bulging from large tree roots lifting up the cement, until the town leveled those! However, we can see the snow-capped Sierra Nevada range on a clear day, and smaller ranges to the west between here and the coast.

Appalachian Mountain Club 4,000 Footer Club-
http://www.amc4000footer.org/

livetohike

(22,144 posts)

4. That's cool! Nice pic Jen

Reply to Tobin S. (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 07:55 PM

Mar 2012

I know a few people, including myself, who keep track of the high points they have visited

bluedigger

(17,086 posts)

5. Most people hire Sherpas for the ascent.

Reply to Tobin S. (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 08:12 PM

Mar 2012

whistler162

(11,155 posts)

6. I thought in Indiana it was Shepas...

Reply to bluedigger (Reply #5)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 09:25 PM

Mar 2012

unless Larryas and Curleyas where available.

Advice never higher a Moea they will cut you up and spit you out.

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)

7. That pic is proof that Jen was the highest person in Indiana today.

Reply to Tobin S. (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 09:44 PM

Mar 2012

Tobin S.

(10,418 posts)

8. I'm giving her a run for her money

Reply to MiddleFingerMom (Reply #7)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 09:49 PM

Mar 2012

The Sam Adams is flowing freely in the Tobin household tonight.

pscot

(21,024 posts)

9. Indiana has a high point

Reply to Tobin S. (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 11:05 PM

Mar 2012

Who knew?

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)

12. Hey, it beats the hell out of Kansas' highest point

Reply to pscot (Reply #9)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 11:46 PM

Mar 2012

The state of Kansas gradually increases in elevation from the east to the west. As such, "Mount" Sunflower, while the highest point in the state in terms of elevation, is indistinguishable from the surrounding terrain.

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)

10. I've visited the highest point in my state a couple of times

Reply to Tobin S. (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 11:36 PM

Mar 2012

Kali

(55,008 posts)

11. Ha!

Reply to Tobin S. (Original post)

Sat Mar 17, 2012, 11:45 PM

Mar 2012

the ranch varies more than that in altitude, and all of it is higher

3800 feet - the lowest spot (we barely touch in two little places, same drainage)

4619 - where the HQ is

5846 - highest spot (top of mountain)

(very cute picture, by the way )