If you have the will to stand on high and solid ground, you can see clearly, past the fog, past the haze. You can position yourself as close to the edge as needed, to see as far into your world as is humanly possible. But if you're comfortable in the low slippery muck or on unstable soil, you may never dare to climb high and venture close to that edge. You may not even feel, or be willing to acknowledge, your trepidation. You may just decide that whatever is out there to see and do is just not worth the risk.
Read MoreMountain Home With a View
From the Overlook at Caesars Head State Park, miles and miles of mountains, hills, and valleys stretch out below you. And in autumn that view is a magnificent display of orange, yellow, and red. It's pretty easy to feel blessed, even a bit staggered, by what unfolds before your eyes. You're past that point where the ears begin to pop. You're past that point where the roads have wound up around the mountainside.
You are there, on the mountaintop.
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