We jumped in the car, left the AirBnB and hit the highway. It was a three hour plus drive and we only stopped twice. Once for gas and once for a side of the road stretch where we just happened to see cliff swallows grabbing mud from a puddle. We drove over the Ohio River on the skinniest bridge I have seen in a long time, we were well over 100 feet above the river. We made it to Mayfield KY to Leslie's cousins Norma and Jerry. They greeted us warmly and we had a bite of lunch. Then we all piled into Jerry's car and drove over to Harmony Church. Ir seemed to take a while to get there and that gave us time to talk about family and mostly about Vera and WD. Upon our arrival we gathered around Vera and WD's grave stones. There we placed the ashes into holes that Jerry and Norma were able to have pre-dug for this occasion. Larry led everyone in a prayer and we interred the ashes. We sure miss these two lovely souls.
Double O and double D
Heading over the Mississippi near Cape Girardeau
The Mississippi was very full and the winds were also very strong
Most muddy
A stop for stretching
An unexpected lifebird the Cliff Swallow!
Cairo has seen better days!
Some nice places
Some destroyed places
One very narrow bridge over the Ohio
The Ohio is also full of water, just slightly less muddy
Wickliffe is the childhood home of WD Leip
We bought a celebratory pot of flowers for Vera na WD
A small town but doing much better than Cairo
When Jerry and Norma asked us what we wanted to drink, I said Kentucky bourbon, there was no shortage of choices
We drove through Mayfield that had been devastated by a tornado but there was Lots of new construction
But in many places there was just a foundation left
We hade it to the cemetery
Old gravesites
Vera and WD had headstones and Leslie arranged to get holes dug for the ashes
Lots of Leips here
Larry placed Verand I placed WD into the holes and we all said a prayer
Then we filled the holes
Replaced the turf
An idyllic setting
Harmony Methodist Church
It is old
Even older Leip tomb stones from the 1880's
A quaint country cemetery
Harmony Church across the street
Driving back it seems more rural
Farmland around here
Jerry is looking real hard at this streetsign
This spells trouble!
Turn it around Jerry!
It has been 3 years and 330 days since we began our Migration
