8PM: It is freakin' cold here on top of the observation tower of West Virginia's high point. Driving up the mountain, we had a great sky with a full moon. As soon as we got here the clouds engulfed us.
The fog can be seen a little from the picture above.
Here we are, warming up in the car after our summit. Forget about camping in this cold, windy weather! We are going straight back to Columbus...
Are we there? Nope... False peak #1....
This must be it... Nope, we are just crossing from West Virginia into Maryland on this ridge... False peak #2!!
We've made it. This was by far are most exciting highpoint yet. For one, it was the first one that we had to actually hike some distance. We probably hiked about an hour round trip, but is more exciting than just stepping out of the car. Also, we crossed a state border during our climb. The sun has now set, so we need to get going for West Virginia's high point tonight.
Here we are on Pennsylvania's highpoint, Mt. Davis! It's almost 3 PM and this is our first of three highpoints we will attempt today. We followed the road signs to the highpoint instead of the guide book's direction, so we pulled off the road too soon. After wandering into the woods and staring at road signs, Shawn busted out his new Garmin eTrex GPS receiver and it showed us the way.
View from the observation tower. This thing must have been made in the Civil War it was so rickety. The relentless wind didn't comfort us much either. We saw some enormous wind turbines on the way here and from atop this tower.
