There is a danger when you foolishly try to fulfill Find A Grave photo requests for cemeteries out in the boondocks. Ok, more than one danger.
First off, you usually are faced with the decision of whether to trespass on private property or not.
Secondly, you have to pay attention to what you are doing.
Care to wager which one is a greater problem for Ol' Br'er?
Martin Cemetery looks like it is in a pasture. It is in a field next to the road, and there is an old barbed wire fence separating it from the road. I HATE barbed wire fences. Fortunately, this one is only three strands meaning there is a quite large space between them, making it somewhat easier to slip through between them.
I said easier, not foolproof. And, Ol' Br'er is the fool that proves it. Sure enough, I got myself off balance halfway through and ended up hitting the ground with a most embarrassing 'whomp!' Fortunately, though, my youthful instincts kicked in, and I tucked and rolled as I fell. No harm to anything save my pride. I did not even get my clothes caught on the fence.
Now. The really embarrassing part was that had I looked about fifteen yards further along the fence, I would have seen that it stopped. As in a massive gap of many yards allowing one to simply walk in. There was no need whatsoever to crawl through the damned fence.
Just damn.
And, to make matters worse, there were no visible markers for the photo requests. I went ahead and ensured all the markers are recorded, have photographs, and their GPS coordinates recorded as well.
So, all in all, not a total waste of time.
Not gonna lie. I would love to take some D/2 to the older, stained stones. I bet they would clean beautifully!
