Memorial to Gregory Moore at Batona field
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Looks like a newly planted tree/shrub as well. Perhaps his ashes were spread there. That was done for a friend in Yellowstone NP, with permission, by her family and friends.
Not to be a d#*k but I think the nursery might have hoodwinked the family. If they wanted to purchase a "pine" it appears from the photo that they were sold a common arborvitae. The tree looks like one of the many cultivars of Thuja occidentalis, a non-native to the Pine Barrens.
I was just about to state the same Scott
That'll have the native plant society hopping mad
Probably for the same reasons folks maintain the sites seen along the roadways, a memorial.
The backdrop in the photo has a few thousand examples of a "pine" tree just in case they need a template.I was just about to state the same Scott
That'll have the native plant society hopping mad
The memorial is a sad reminder of the limited time we all have here on earth. That guy was my age too which really drives it home.
May he rest in peace.
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Just had a 57 year old man I worked with quite frequently die last month. He was a noted drinker and a diabetic to boot.Not a good combination.One of the better helpers they would send me when thing got too much for me to handle alone.He was always soused at work but quite functional.Always there and did his job so the bosses looked and sniffed the other way. I"ll miss Him. He's in that big brewery in the sky now I guess.
I never remember road side memorials when i was a kid.Just when and how did that tradition start.Their literally every where now.
They are a relatively new thing as I don't recall them either, don't fully understand why at the location of a persons death. That is the last place I would want to memorialize. There is another on Savoy/Woodmansie at the 'bus stop' across from the hunt club and house with 6 million cords of firewood. That's 2 within a very short distance.
This is what the wiki says about them;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_memorial#United_States
This is what the wiki says about them;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_memorial#United_States
Bill Wasiowich lives there. I see him walking between the wood and the building when I go by.
If anyone has been to Montana you would have noticed the white crosses along the highways marking fatal accident sites. The program was started over 60 years ago by The American Legion and is blessed by the Montana Highway Department. It is a sobering sight on some of the desolate highways.
I stayed on a ranch in MT just north of Yellowstone and the highway we travelled each day had no speed limits. I had our rental cruising at a 100 mph a few times just because we could. That particular highway ( 191 I think) was peppered with white crosses and in curves, the crosses almost looked like a picket fence.
I stayed on a ranch in MT just north of Yellowstone and the highway we travelled each day had no speed limits. I had our rental cruising at a 100 mph a few times just because we could. That particular highway ( 191 I think) was peppered with white crosses and in curves, the crosses almost looked like a picket fence.
191 has a bad reputation, Gallatin Canyon is the worst. I never traveled it, using 89 from Bozeman into the park when we came in that way. Don't recall seeing any on 89. They modified a couple of its curves due to short sight lines and accidents involving Griz, but it didn't help much. Most time we came in on 191 from the south, WY or via West Yellowstone.
Leyland cypress...sold in bulk and mass by nurseries because they grow quickly and make great windbreaks and hedges. Cheap too. They are not long lived, especially if planted in the wrong environment. (ie: see photo). I would think that his friends would have found a more suitable tree to memorialize such a special man. My bet is that they did not ask permission from the park/state. If they did, and they got approval, it's an embarrassment.
Did anyone see the one at Friendship on the steel rail in front of the packing house cellar hole?
I was there on 11/27 and took some pics.
I was there on 11/27 and took some pics.
