Pittsburgh

We ended our trip with a tour of Pittsburgh

The boys at the point state park, were the three rivers meet -Heinz field behind them

Kyle flew out to surprise my mom for Mother's Day

The is the whole clan -overlong looking Pittsburgh from Mount Washington 

Mount Davis, PA

Flying kites from the tower 

After bagging this highpoint the high point totals were: mom 3, dad and Louis 4, Porter, Andrew and Jenn 6 and Mike at 7.  

Hoye Crest, MD

Many of the "trails" have been simply roads to the top.  Hoye Crest was a little different.  2 miles round trip with a pretty good incline. I didn't know if everyone would make it.  Jenn gave me a few glares ( I have a habit of underestimating).  

Our stay at the top was limited due to a brewing thunderstorm 

Andrew found a geocash

The thunderstorm hit!

What we looked like at the bottom 

Right before mom and dad made it back it really started to come down.  They got got a little wet

Spruce Knob

On our way to spruce knob, we found this cool little place called Seneca Rock.  We stopped for a quick pic and then headed up the "mountain." 

Somehow it has become tradition to take a family photo similar to this one at the top of every highpoint.

This trip we started another tradition of flying a kite on top (as long as the wind picks up!) 

The actual highpoint 

The highpoint was more impressive than some of the others we have done.  It was awesome to see such great views and to actual feel like you were elevated above the surrounding terrain 

This is moms first highpoint and dads second, also having bagged kings in UT. 

Triple highpoint

My mom and dad flew out this weekend to join us on a highpointing trip to WV, MD, and PA. We load in and started our 7-8 hour drive to West Virginia we the plan of driving Spruce Knob WV, Hoye Crest MD, and Mount Davis PA the next day