Summer 2022 My dad and I are on a journey to reach the highest point in every state in the contiguous US. We knocked off 8 of them on a road trip through the Midwest and mid-Atlantic in the summer of 2022. Indiana Our journey to the highest point in Indiana began with a fun stop at the Hoosier Gym in Knightstown Indiana – the actual gym in the movie Hoosiers that is still used for Indiana high school basketball today. After shooting some hoops and touring the gym, my mom, dad

Our journey to reach the highest point of each state in the contiguous US brought me and my dad to the Guadalupe Mountains in Texas. After checking out the fascinating city of El Paso, Texas my dad and I drove out on Highway 62 to Guadalupe Mountains National Park in just under 2 hours. We were visiting in winter but were still surprised to see a bit of snow on the ground at Pine Springs Campground – our home for the night. The night was clear and cold, and we got up once the