Located on the tip top of a mountain in the St. Francois mountains is Tip Top Roadside Park, or Daisaku Ikeda Park. The park is along the highway to Taum Sauk State Park and provides a perfect place to pull off of the road to enjoy a view or have a picnic lunch. The park is situated on both sides of the road and has benches, picnic tables, landscaping, a fire pit, and a path that winds around the park. Additionally, there is a quote on a boulder from the park’s namesake Daisaku Ikeda. There is also an outlook for visitors to look out across the mountains and see the beautiful mountain ridges. Every time we go on an adventure we try to take in the journey on the way and we stop off at little spots that we see on the drive. Tip Top Park was not on our original itinerary, but it made for the perfect place to stop and enjoy views of the St. Francois mountains at the end of a day of exploring.