highest point in LA
I was at the Verizon store, the clerk asked for my address
so I told him Burnt Mountain Road
His eyes lit up with surprise and excitement - you live on a
mountain? on top of a mountain? on the side of a mountain?
Yep
Wow that's awesome
Yep not many mountains 'round here
No I haven't seen any… ever
You have never seen a mountain?
No, I have never been out of Louisiana
Wow you need to get out more
Back at the camper, just curious, I wonder how far one would
have to go to find a mountain, I know there are mountains in Arkansas , the state just north of here. But
wait, Louisiana has a mountain, Mount Driskill
Pshaw 535 feet? That's no mountain. But it is
all relative I suppose, when the elevation where Buddy is building is about 25
feet. Above sea level.
No, we are not going to make this trek up to Mount Driskill Harney Peak hike where the change in
elevation made this old lady a tad dizzy… but it topped out at 7244 feet. Above
sea level.
So just thankful to have lived so much of my life in the
mountains, we take them for granted sometimes, we fret when we cannot drive up
them in inclement weather or through them in the clouds.
But there is nothing better than looking out at the view
from a mountain or looking up at the mountains from below.
One's mood changes with rise in elevation, changes for
the better.
