I'm writing this post from the highest point in the state of Iowa, well-named Hawkeye point. Like my other recent highpoint summits, this one is a drive up 'peak'. It is basically a small rise in someone's back yard, with panoramic views of farm fields. There is even a tractor filling the field immediately to the east.
The highpoint is dressed up with a flagpole, mileposts showing the distances to other state highpoints (surely Hawaii's is wrong--1,035 miles to Mauna Kea), and some monuments. It's rather pleasant here in the shade, but I can't stay. I guess it's downhill to Illinois.
The highpoint is dressed up with a flagpole, mileposts showing the distances to other state highpoints (surely Hawaii's is wrong--1,035 miles to Mauna Kea), and some monuments. It's rather pleasant here in the shade, but I can't stay. I guess it's downhill to Illinois.
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