Across the country

Left Cahokia, IL this morning after trying in vain to book an RV park for tonight at a reasonable (for me) distance.  Finally gave up and called the park in Rising Sun, IN.  It was an easy run until the last 50 or 60 miles on Indiana Hwy 1...winding, hilly, narrow, and snakes through a bunch of small towns.  I was getting tired, the dogs were tired, and we still hadn't gotten to the park.  Finally...into the park.  We are situated right on the Ohio River.  I think I will just sit here tomorrow and catch my breath.

Ohio River

Little Farm on the River RV Park

Saturday
No report.  I sat here all day and did nothing.

Sunday
Spent several hours today trying to find the Downey's Corner cemetery where my ancestors are buried.  I could find Downey Ridge Road but my map showed the cemetery at a place that's just an empty field.  So map is wrong.  I drove quite a ways up and down the road just to see if I could locate it by accident.  No luck.

I drove back into Rising Sun, stopped to take a photo of Downey Avenue, and stumbled onto the city cemetery.

Civil War monument - see below for inscription

Individual gravestones ringing the CW monument.

It was very difficult to read the inscription on the Civil War monument, as it was a cloudy day and the letters weren't very visible. 
     
     "In memory of all soldiers and sailors who enlisted in (?)
      wherever buried and all others who are or may  be buried in             Ohio County  (Indiana)                                               
                               May 31, 1893

Around the monument are individual headstones of soldiers and sailors.  Someone has recently placed flowers at the base of the monument, probably at Memorial Day.

The dogs and I walked up and down the rows of headstones in the older part of the cemetery.  This one belongs to a Revolutionary War veteran.

In my aimless wandering, I also found Downey relatives:

Alexander C. Downey was a brother to our ancestor, George Johnson Downey, father of Harris Selwood Downey, father of John Downey, father of Maynard Downey, father of Larry, Dick, Mike and Mary Anne.  Whew~!  Alexander was, I believe, a lawyer and a man of some consequence.