Almost due north of the Florida state highpoint is the Alabama highpoint of Cheaha Mountain at an elevation of 2,407 ft. The Cheaha State Park lies inside the Talledaga National Forest. No Ricky Bobby sightings …

This was the second of three “drive-up” highpoints for this trip, unfortunately with the park closing at sundown, and sundown coming before 5:00pm, we were not able to get to this one fast enough from the Florida highpoint earlier in the day. We ended up staying the night in nearby Anniston, AL, where Joel got his first good taste of a Crawdad Po’Boy! (The first ones we had were in Jackson, MS, and they were a greasy fried mess – not very appealing!)

Of noteworthy mention is the fact that out of the 50 states, Cheaha Mountain in Alabama ranks 35th and it is taller than the WI, MN, and MI highpoints, which were our first options to tackle over Thanksgiving (until we saw the forecasts for bad weather up north.)

The highpoint is marked by a large stone lookout tower, campground, motel and a small general store. We were able to pick up a jar of pickled turkey gizzards at the store as our contribution to the Schenk family Thanksgiving in New Ulm, MN. Only a couple takers on that one! YUCKOLA