Bike Tour Day 6

Florence to Deadwood, 28 miles
 I decided for a shorter day, knowing there is significant climbing and still temperatures pushing 100 degrees. I decided to check out the Deadwood Cemetery as a possible campsite instead of on the highway at the boat ramp. Up a short hill and directly above the highway, I came to the Deadwood Pioneer Cemetery, Est 1853.  Beautiful secluded location. A large area that could be used for gatherings, not just funerals.  There is a local organization that is attempting to identify all the graves, an generally preserve this historic site.  The oldest I found dated back to the Spanish American war. Many WWI and WWII  sites, logged, identified, and numbered in case one is looking for someone.
  A local man, Mac, is in the process of  chiseling a stone marker within the cemetery.  He had interesting stories to tell, not only about the land surrounding Deadwood, but about his time as a historian on the Lady Washington Tallship.  Check out the link above to their website. Mac told me the elk come through every evening on their way to the river.  I waited and waited but they must have decided to keep away from me.
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