Kilo's Last Wish

A month or so, I reported about a member of VROC's passing, and his last wish. Here is an exerpt from the memorium that Kudzu put together on the vroc site (http://www.vroc.org/inmemoriam.php?item=3430). It is a demonstration of the bond that exists between the men and women of this group, many of which have never actually met.

Kilo's Last Wish

Kilo's last wish was to have his ashes spread as wide as his VROC brothers and sisters could spread them. The response to this request was overwhelming. Over 65 destinations were ultimately volunteered. Many were made into, or will be made into, VROC group rides. All are touching and special. Here is a list of all who volunteered their time to spread Kilo's ashes. Where possible, the actual location of the final resting place will be posted.

Travis Webster - Blanchard, OK Barb & Jack Foree - Holbrook, AZ Desert View Lookout, Grand Canyon Steve Thurgood - Olympia, WA Paradise near Mt. Rainier Lake Quinault Pacific Ocean, Kalaloch, WA Cape Flattery, WA Hurrican Ridge Sue Edwards - Seymour, MO Craig Cairns - Middleton, Nova Scotia, Canada Lookoff - Over the Annapolis Valley Dianna Hughey - Conway, AZ Ozarks - VROC World Reuntion 2008 George Carr - Verona, PA Alan Sciascia - Tauranga, New Zealand Waihau Bay, NZ (north) Dave Mitchell - New Zealand Bluff Harbour at Twhai Point - NZ (south) Paul Elliot - New Zealand West Cape Lighthouse - Pungarehu, NZ (west) Howard Asplin - New Zealand Manawatu, Tararuas, Waihi Falls - NZ (east) Jim Robinson - Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Joe Agro - Millington, NJ Jack & Gale McGuigan - Kingston, TN Santeelah Overlook – Cherohala Tail of the Dragon – Deals Gap Anthony Drager - Phoenix, AZ Steve Cifra - Nashua, NH Annual NEVROC Ride, Bethel, ME New Hampshire location TBD Cletus Berkley - Trinidad, West Indies Scott Sprankle - Elgin, OK Wolf Road Ranch - soon Kevin A. Rose - Issaquah, WA Deception Pass on Whidbey Island Vern VanDiver - Federal Way, WA Discovery Bay near Port Townsend, WA Beach at Fort Warden, WA Point Wilson Lighthouse, WA Mark & Yuka Williams - Hukusan City, Japan Tedori Gorge Marshall Anderson - Suffolk, VA Avalon Pier – Outer Banks, NC Jockey’s Ridge – Outer Banks, NC Bridge over the Alligator River on Rte 64 Sandbanks Road, Gates County, NC Jamestown Ferry & Jamestown, VA Western Branch Lake Dam, Suffolk, VA The Great Dismal Swamp Wildlife Refuge, Suffolk, VA Family 165 acre horse farm, Whispering Pines, Suffolk, VA Vaughn Devereaux - Screven, GA Christian Ritz - Stoughton, MA Chris McVean - Calgary, AB, Canada Zabrina Grillo-Pineiro - Miami, FL Wayne Osborne - LaGrange, GA Chatahoochee River's West Point Lake Top of Pine Mountain James Vierkant - Sumner, IA Lisa Livington - Federal Way, WA Bruce Rojo - Weat Sacramento, CA North End of Golden Gate Bridge Sheldon Conrad - Colleyville, TX Kelly Cobb - Brandon, FL Sunshine Skyway Bridge - Gulf of Mexico (November) Mitchell Pittman - Rogers, AZ Jerry Kuechmann - Rutherfordton, NC Mt. Mitchell, NC Caesar's Head State Park, SC Chris Luszey - Hudson, NH Steve Gladfeleter - El Dorado, KS

Al Mottram - Whippnay, NJ Delaware Water Gap, PA Roebling Bridge on the Delaware River The Hawks Nest, Deer Park, NY Asbury Park, NJ Willie Kohlenberger - Murphysboro, IL Top of the Gateway Arch, St Louis, MO Vince Hancock - Pilot Mountain, NC Tommy Willcockson - Beaver Dam, VA James Wiers - Williamsburg, VA Jamestown Island, VA Colonial Williamsburg Yorktown Victory Monument Greg & Lisa Giesbrecht - Westminister, CO At 14,270 ft at the top of Mount Evans Kevin Phillips - Afton, VA Afton Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway Top of Humpback Rocks - Fall 2008 Michael Blow - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Ottawa River, Canada Don Moore - Eustis, FL Jim Shulthiess - Rockingham, NC South of the Border, SC Laurinburg, NC Steve Donat - Elyria, OH Tony Newman - Hixson, TN Bald River Falls, TN Tennessee River, Chattanooga Riverfront Robert Kilgore - San Angelo, TX Along the 3's - Routes 335, 336 and 337 - Texas Patrick Mullaney - Sparrows Point, MD Chesapeake Bay Atlantic Ocean at Ocean City, MD Fyodor & Julie Golos - Madison, AL Gordon Parker - Hayes, VA Yorktown Memorial on the York River Brandon Caldwell - Greenville, SC Curtis Smith - Ringgold, GA Trevor Eich - Colorado Springs, CO Pikes Peak, CO James DeMent - Simi Valley, CA Von Floyd - Houston, TX Sherm Acord - Coos Bay, OR Cape Arago, OR Near Sahalie Falls in the Cascade Mountains Tim Rose - Marysville, OH Sidney Harbor, Sidney, Australia Royal Botanical Gardens, Melbourne, Australia The Dam at the Deleware Reservoir, Delaware, OH Robert Roberts - Norfolk, VA Virginia Beach, VA Bob Oglesby - Watkinsville, GA Lee Jaderlund - Tacoma, WA Whiskey Creek, WA Beacon Rock on the Columbia River Fish Lake at the head waters of the Salmon La Sac River Peak with a beautiful view of Mt. Rainier near Enumclaw, WA Aldo Mattos - Miami, FL Shores of Guaruja in Brazil Joe Malachi - Silt, CO Brian Flammer - Royersford, PA Deer Park, NY - Roebling Bridge Portland, PA Overlook Lee Denman - Skokan, NY Rondout Creek at Buttermilk Falls Ken Sabodish - Tarentum, PA Ohio River at "The Point" in Pittsburgh, PA Joe Blanc - Colorado Hanging Lake, CO Warren Jorgensen - Tarryton, NY

And also from Susie: According to my last count 65 people volunteered to help scatter Kilo's ashes. His ashes will also be scattered in family home towns of Kansas City, MO, Mound City, KS and Garner, NC. And my son, Chris plans to scatter Kilo among the White Mountains of NH.