America is blessed with some stunning scenery and we have experienced lots of it over the years - the Rockies, the Appalachians, the Grand Tetons and Yosemite to name just a few. Then there’s Indiana where over the last couple of days we managed, without oxygen, to summit the highest point in this state. It’s called Hoosier Hill and tops out at a gigantic 1,257 feet!
It’s located on a farm only a short way from the Indiana/Ohio State line and is clearly a Mecca for “highpointers”, people who travel the country to visit the highest point in all 50 states. How do I know this? Well there’s a mailbox on the site decorated with lots of stickers and inside is a guest book containing names from people all over the world who have made the trek to visit Hoosier Hill. We did of course add the Coy name to that intrepid list of adventurers and explorers.
Travelling through the state, it isn’t difficult to establish that farming/agriculture is the leading industry here. There are millions of acres of corn, soybeans and wheat, all of which look ready for harvesting right now and huge amounts of these crops are used as animal feed rather than human feed which I found rather surprising
It isn’t a very inspiring state and the lack of scenery was mirrored by a somewhat disappointing Downtown area of Indianapolis. That might be a slightly unfair comment because it was a weekend and the city was very quiet and lacking the usual hustle and bustle of a Downtown area. Our route to the centre of the city had taken us through a clearly deprived area and it can be a little disconcerting when as a tourist, you stick out like a sore thumb!
We had originally planned to spend our big day in Indiana and somebody asked the question, “why with the whole of America would you want to spend it there?” I now have a better understanding of that question.
So it’s onwards to the State of Missouri.
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