Glad you made it to the forest to “see through the trees”..;)

Scale shot!

Impressive mileage!

What are we looking at? Twins, both born in 1918? With the birth date on the right instead of the left? And no last names?

Not super impressive there, Joe.

Shoe-zie

Hey Tim,

That's very interesting - thanks. I stop fairly often on bike rides and look at gravestones in cemeteries, especially cemeteries that are in improbable locations (like this one, on the side of country road in the middle of nowhere.) But I usually don't remember to look up the peoples' names when I'm off the bike. I should start doing that, sometimes anyway.

Thanks for reading,
Jeff

Henry Helm Floyd ends up having been an interesting character. He served late in the American Revolutionary War and later served in the War of 1812, possibly ultimately rising to the rank of colonel, although his tombstone says Lieutenant. He was at the Battle of New Orleans. His grandfather immigrated from whales and died in Virginia, living to be 103; his father, Henry B he lived to be 97 also served in the revolutionary war. When Henry Floyd died, he owned a number of slaves and had eight children. I suspect all those businesses with the Floyd name are owned by family members.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Floyd-1102

I don't know, but I believe that's a miner's cap he's wearing. Uniontown is in the Western Kentucky coalfields, where coal mining is/was the major employer.

Just hope they don’t misspell your name ON the tombstone…Grammar errors in obituaries are a real thorn in my side. It’s not all “autocorrect”, either, sad to say.

Is Floyd an egg or a lightbulb?

Jeff,
A meet-up on the road would be awesome! I'll share a copy of my itinerary when it's ready.
Jeff

I really like touring in Nebraska and Kansas. I'm sure I'll ride there again. I prefer low-key, friendly places with empty roads instead of busy, heavy-traffic tourist attractions with spectacular scenery :)

I'll keep an eye on your journal when you do your trip - maybe there's a possibility, however remote, that we can meet up on the road.

Jeff

Jeff,
Thanks. I'm well. Glad to see you're doing so much better after your recent setbacks. Yours will be the trip to follow this year!
Presently I should be looking for a job to reimburse our 'emergency medical account' for what I used from it for last year's trip. But my wife has suggested I hold off and instead borrow more from that account to fund a trip this summer. So, I've been tentatively planning a six-week trip through eastern Nebraska and Kansas. (I know - "There again?!") Starting date would be mid-July - just after getting prescriptions refilled to avoid having to look for Walmart Pharmacies along the way.
Jeff

Hey Kelly,

I hope you have a great tour. I rode Going to the Sun Road back in 2008. It's ultra scenic. It should be even nicer without cars. When I did it, there were annoying rules about when bicyclists had to be off the road. That should not be an issue for you when you do it.

Jeff