Great San Francisco Trip 2013 Day 75 Somerset, PA

Day 75 Thursday October 4
We managed to juggle packing and eating so that our tent was not wet when placed in the trunk.  No sooner did we start driving than the rain got serious.  We drove out of it on the way to Columbus and then had a special treat: a low-fat malted milkshake, courtesy of the United Dairy Farmers convenience store, a chain in Ohio. Our goal for the day was St. Clairsville, Ohio where a number of Imes relatives are buried.  Thanks to a super efficient information librarian we found directions to all the cemeteries we were looking for.  Our first cemetery was very run down, and we could not locate the graves we were looking for.  The second cemetery was in even worse shape: weeds over one's head and a large tree fallen on it.  We could see the Iiams stone, but did not whack a trail to it.  The probable gravesite of Obedaiah Hardesty is on private property, but the owner was very gracious and keeps the few graves nicely tended.  He is Bill's great-great-great-great grandfather.  His brother is buried on a hill a few miles away and a very nice gentleman had cut all the brush up to the tiny cemetery.  Here lies Obedaiah's brother Richard who fought in the Battle of Boston in 1776.  We drove couple of hours into PA and chose to spend the night in a motel because of rain in the forecast.  Judy would have preferred the tent because it did not rain and the motel cleaners use perfume to reduce odors and make asthmatics cough.  It seems strange to be getting so close to home.