So this one was getting to me. I'm a flatlander and live in the valley on top of that. The highest point in the whole state is Akron - which is maybe a thousand feet above sea level? It's flat is what I'm saying. Anyhow on top of that I get the vertigo with high up heights - or whatever... Fine! I'm a whiny baby about climbing up stuff.

Also - it's been very, very snowy lately -- it's been so tremendously snowy that there's basically been a cap placed on adventure. If there were a possible event for Staying Home and Being Sullen - then I would get 10,000,000 votes for that because that's what has been happening. For real.

Anyway - breaking the logjam. So the highest part of my day is actually my house. I live at the top of one of the bigger hills around and my bus drops me off at one of the lower parts. I know many other players are basically mountaineers so this isn't the best thing ever as far as winning the game goes - but I was tired of looking at this one. I want to get over it and move on to a new and more interesting challenge. I hope. Here's what it looks like going up this half-mile hill with a 35 degree grade in the middle of the night after snow and ice have covered the sidewalks with a foot of wet, awful crap: