I had a beautiful ride from Delaware to the New Jersey high point  by driving through the Pocono Mountains, along Delaware river.  High Point sits in the northeastern corner of NJ and lies within High Point State Park.  It’s monument is very noticeable as you drive up to the point as it very closely resembles the Washington Monument.  This monument had been closed for well over 15 years, but was recently opened to the public, so I happily parked my car, walked up the short path to the base and then proceeded to climb the 291 steps to the top.  Unfortunately the views from the top were poor due to foggy, dirty windows and the weather that was changing from a beautiful sunny day to one of threatening clouds.  Funny thing is I found the climb down was harder than I thought it was going to be.  At the bottom I ran into a state park worker and asked about the history of the high point.  She mentioned that in order to declare High Point you need to visit three monuments.  One is on top of the wall beside the flag pole.  One is behind the building on a large slab of rock.  And the third was in front of the building, about 400 feet away.  It was fun looking around because everyone around me was looking and wondering what exactly I was doing.  Then I celebrated reaching the half way point of my quest!!! #25!!! Yahoo!!!