~8 am Mon 12 Aug, Bureau of Land Management Campground, Just off US Routes 12 & 287, Winston, MT.
….NOTE: As you read the below, you may wish to consult ( & have up in a separate “Browser Frame”) => , Right Click Here &, Select New Tab, For => A Satellite View of Central Montana, Showing Roads => A) See Upper Left> Helena, MT to>Towsend, MT (Red Pinpoint) to> (un-labeled yellow line =US 12 Trending Northeast ) to> WhiteSulpherSprings, MT Then East to> Harlowton, MT to> Musselshell, MT to> Ingomar, MT to> Forsyth, MT at I-94 AND B) See at Bottom Left showing I-90, Three Forks, MT to> Bozenan, MT to>:Billings, MT. Then I-94 to. Forsysth, MT to Rosebud, MT.

…Planning Henry Gurr’s Return Trip To South Carolina:
……Thoughts On What Roads S/B Followed: ….
Yesterday ~11 am, Henry left Kalispell, MT after a good visit with his brother Philip and Wife Janet. Yesterday’s travel was South, to US 12, which lead through Helena, MT ( where US 12 joins & travel with US 278 )
….From Henena, Mt, US 12+278, are trending Southeast, along the Missouri River Valley to Winston, MT => For Henry, here was a convenient return, for a 2nd overnight at BLM Campground:
….Sleeping well beside the Missouri River (View /\ Above /\), Henry early gets out his Montana Highway Map, to re-view the possible routes ”Back East”, to his home in Aiken SC. ((You Dear Reader might ALSO re-view study these same routes, on Satellite View of Central Montana. which is /\ ABOVE /\ MENTIONED BLUE LINK. ))
…EXPLANATION => It’s been 17 years since Henry’s FIRST Travel of The Route In The Book “Zen & Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” , and today starts for Henry => A good chance to do more “ZMM Route Research” plus find & photograph any major changes, since 2002.
…Starting 1 August 2019, Henry had already traveled the ZMM Route from Miles City, MT, to Bozeman, MT, to Three Forks, MT … THUS …
…After studying maps for ~20 min Henry decided to continue ~30 miles South to Townsend, MT, then follow US 12, straight East, go over a darker green Range of Mountains (discussed next photo, called The Big Belt Mountain Range), then joining with US 89 goes north to White Sulphur Springs, MT. Then both routes follow a green valley East for ~5 miles, whereupon US 12 splits off to go generally East in semi-arid valleys, between Mountain Ranges. Then US 12 (about half way to US 191), goes by junction with Rt 294 => This Junction is the noteworthy location of TWO FORTHCOMING Gallery Photos for respectively a) “Desolate Dry Lands ” & b) “Landscape Nearly Instantly Changes To Beautiful Green of The Musselshell River Valley” !! ….Continuing on US 12, it finally joins into I-90 at Forsyth, MT
The ZMM Route, On US 12 Goes From Forsyth, MT, To “The East” For ~600 Miles, Is. AND To “The West” For 150 Miles.
….As may be seen on Maps, The ZMM Route on US 12 goes from Forsythe, MT (in Eastern Montana), goes East into Central South Dakota (~600 miles). AND in the opposite direction, The ZMM Route on US 12 goes from Missoula, MT (Western Montana) to well into Idaho (~150 miles).
….Plus The ZMM Route goes ~80 miles on US 212, from Laurel, MT, to Yellowstone National Park. There are hints that US 212, has a tangled history with US 12. ((You will eventually come to appreciate that => US 12 is a historical & rightly famous route, for kinds of reasons, as you will see in ~ 6 of the forthcoming photos of this Album. ))


Cont Next.Photo => A Satelite View & Notes Concerning The Geology & Geography of Southern Montana, That Also Shows Part of Henry Gurr Route Of Travel.

Photo File = DSC 0317 BLM Campground View Missouri River
… Posted 28 Apr 2020, Revise 6 May & 12 July & 5 Nov 2020.

Continued From Previous Photo => A Satellite View & Notes Concerning The Geology & Geography of Southern Montana, That Also Shows Part of Henry Gurr’s Route Of Travel.

...THIS GOOGLE EARTH SATELLITE VIEW, SHOWS MOUNTAINOUS FORESTS OF WESTERN MONTANA, CHANGING TO BARREN LOWLAND VALLEYS OF CENTRAL MONTANA, CHANGING TO DRY FLATLANDS IN EASTERN MONTANA:
…A) SEEN /\ ABOVE /\ => In the West=> FROM Montana’s Own Rocky Mountains… TO the Eastern Border of North Dakota (see straight white line). AND
…B) SEEN /\ ABOVE /\ => In the South … FROM the Border of Wyoming (see straight white line) … TO In the North Mid-Montana Dryland.

….GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO /\ ABOVE /\ SATELLITE VIEW: >
….To Help Train Your Viewers Eyes, AND To Better Understand The ZMM Book Narrator's Descriptions. Please Carefully Study The Following = :-)) :-))

Please Scan Around This /\ Above /\ Satellite View, AND Notice =>
..1) Small green triangles, marking highest mountain peaks, some are white with snow!
..2) Larger green triangles, marking National Forests, these are Dark Green with trees.
..3) Thin Lines (Yellow, White, Red-Blue): These are roads where some are labeled
…… with Icons, such as US 14, I-90.
…..a) See US 12 Icon Upper Left, which goes East to join BlackLine,
………marking un-labeled Helena MT.
…..b) See upper most on Satellite View, East trending, the un-labeled ThinYellowLine,
…..is US 12. This is seen to turn SE, & join BlackLine, marking un-labeled Forsyth MT.
…..c) Yellow Google “MapPinPoint” Upper Right at ThinYellowLine = US 12, from
…….. Miles City, MT, East to un-labeled Powder River, at Right Edge of Satellite View.
…..d) At above image LEFT Edge
i) A ThinYellowLine going west, is I-90 as indicated by Icon.
…….ii) And above I-90 Icon, trending NE is I-15, to Helena, MT: Helena, MT, is also
……….marked by a ThinYellowLine from US 12 icon, at upper left image edge.
..4) Henry Gurr’s GPS Data, Imported Into His Computer’s Google Earth APP, Gave What You See In /\ Above /\ Satellite View => .
…..a) TinyBlueDots, marking Henry’s GPS way-points, along BlackLine.
…..b) LargerBlueTriangles, marking Henry’s GPS Location, when started a new day.
…..c) BlackLine, Marking Henry Gurr’s July & August 2019 Travel,
…… i) FROM => Bayes, MT (See /\ Above /\, at lower right along US 212, in SE MT.
….... ii) TO => Miles City, MT to > I-94 West, to> which joins I-90 at Billings, MT.
…….iii) THEN => I-90 West to Three Forks, MT to> There turn North of on US 287 & ……..cont on US 89 into NW Montana, and eventually Glacier National Park (GNP).

You May Read => A MUCH MORE COMPLETE EXPLANATION Of
….A) ABOVE Google Earth Satellite View Southern Half Montana, AND
….B) A More Complete Illustration Of Henry Gurr’s Additional ZMM Route Research July-Aug 2019: '''
Right Click Here &, Select New Tab, For An Explanation Of Important Features That Can Be Seen In Henry Gurr’s ''Google Earth Satellite Image of Southern Montana.'' Many of these features relate to The Montana portion of US 12 = ZMM Route East. :-))
Cont Next.Photo => A Close-Up Satellite View & Notes Concerning The Geology & Geography of ~30 Miles of Central Montana, That Also Shows Part Henry Gurr Route Of Travel On US 12:

Photo File = AGoogEarthSattelite SouthernHalfMontana .jpg
… Posted 28 Apr 2020, Revise 11 July & 4 Nov 2020.

A Close-Up Satellite View & Notes Concerning The Geology & Geography of ~30 Miles of Central Montana, That Also Shows Small Part Henry Gurr Route Of Travel On US 12.
….NOTE: As you read the below, you may wish to consult the => “Satellite View of Central Montana” mentioned SECOND Previous Photo.
..A) This might still be “Up” as a separate “Browser Tab. OR
..B) You could go back to this, and thus… And Click On Its Link… By => Upper Left of your Browser, TWICE Click on the LEFT Back Arrow. ((You should remember this, For Future Browser Efficient Usage!!)

.. The /\ Above /\ “Close-Up Satellite View” To help you Understand How US 12 “Fits-Into” Other Montana Roads: Please be aware that US 12 from Previously mentioned => Townsend, MT( at the Missouri River), is ` 50 miles Southwest, off-of the Lower Right of the /\ Above /\ View Shown.

….GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO /\ ABOVE /\ SATELLITE VIEW: >
….To Help Train Your Viewers Eyes, AND To Better Understand The ZMM Book Narrator's Descriptions. Please Carefully Study The Following = :-))

Please Scan Around This /\ Above /\ Satellite View, AND Notice =>
….Straight East from Townsend, MT, US 12 goes over a darker green Range of Mountains (discussed & shown previous photo, but not shown /\ above /\.), called The Big Belt Mountain Range), then joining with US 89 goes north to White Sulphur Springs, MT. As seen in this Satellite View, both routes follow the edge of a green valley Northeast for ~5 miles, whereupon US 12 splits off to go generally East in semi-arid valleys, between Mountain Ranges.
….It Is An Observed Fact That Higher Elevations Are Cooler, And White Areas In Photo Like The Above Are Snow, Which Tells Us Where The Highest Peaks & Ridges Are.
….Generally An Increase In Elevation Is Enough For Extra Rain, Thus Creating Forested Meadows,
…….Which the ZMM Narrator Delightfully Reports in ZMM Chapter 7.
….In above Satellite View, the higher elevations are the forested darker green areas, and reliably can be used to discern areas of higher relative landscape elevation:
….Another Useful Way To Discern Relative Elevation, Especially “Down-Hill” At A Particular Location, Are the lines of darker trees showing rain water run-off channels: In the above Satellite View, these typically surround the larger forested dark green mountainous areas, and a characteristic of interest in this Satellite View. These streams provide irrigation water for agriculture areas, which show in this satellite view, as Lighter Colored Patchy Areas, some of which are circular or rectangular, and showing presence of human activity!
….Many Places You See These Darker Green Tree Lines That Come Together, And Become Larger. If you follow these, they eventually become large enough to have sandy bottom, twisty-curvy, dry stream channels. If you pay attention to these, you can use these to identify the general downward slope of the surrounding land. Not as good as a Topographic Map, but good enough for lots of purposes!

….We Hope You, Will Take Some Time Studying These Darker Green Tree Lines, where you can imagine run-off rain waters would flow in streams and gulches: This will train your eyes to Really See, in Google Earth Images later in this Gallery Album. :-))

Your Close Study of /\ ABOVE /\ “Special Geography Note” …. Will Help Train Your “Viewers Eyes", To Better Understand The ZMM Book Narrator's Descriptions, As Relates Forthcoming Phots In This Album. :-))
Cont Next.Photo:

Photo File = GoogEarthSattelite US12 FmWhiteSulpherSpringsMT ToCheckerboardMT .jpg
… Posted 28 Apr 2020, Revised 12 July & 5 Nov & 16 Nov 2020.

~9:50 am Mon 12 Aug: Wheatland County, MT, Typical View Over Desolate Dry-Lands From US 12, ~1 Mile East Of Junction Of US 12, With Rt 294.
…. As stated in previous Photo, at Townsend, MT, Henry Gurr turned East onto US 12, where travel climbed out of the Valley of The Missouri River. The pleasant views of US 12 along the steady climb, close by “Deep Creek”, gradually changed to the forested slopes, pleasant views, & swings of US 12 through The Big Belt Mountains.
….After this memorable experience, the road landscape changed to, equally memorable, 60 miles of desolate, irregular-semi-level, dry-lands, which is shown in /\ ABOVE /\ Google Street View (GSV) Photo. Also in the /\ ABOVE /\. GSV Strip Map, you may see the US 12 Highway Location this GSV, relative to Junction with Rt 294. This is the subject of the Next Photo.

….This Google Street View (Same As Photo /\ ABOVE /\.), Offers A 360 deg Full Circle Panorama, Looking Over This Vast Isolated Desolate Terrane, and a Typical Example of Travel Scenery For The Last 60 Miles. .

….Neither of these (above discussed) contrasting landscape realities prompted Henry to realize => “Stop & Take A Photo”. >> This Is The Reason You Are Looking At A Google Street View (GSV) /\ ABOVE /\.

Cont Next.Photo => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => A Beautiful Green Valley With Scenic Mountains Beyond.

Photo File = GoogStVu WheatlandCoMT}OnUS12AtJunct294 DesolateVastFlad&DryLand.jpg
… Posted 12 July 2020, Revised 14 Oct & 5 Nov & `12 Nov 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto => A PERFECT PANORAMA VIEW Of => A Beautiful Green Valley With Scenic Mountains Beyond

9:55 am Mon 12 Aug, Continued: Wheatland County, MT, View Over Musselshell River Valley From US 12, ~4 Miles East Of Junction US 12, With Rt 294.
….But (and note well), this Beautiful Green Valley was a mere 3 miles after Henry passed through 60 miles of dry desolation flat-land areas like that shown in previous Google Street View Photo.
… This huge contrast happened near instantly, as Henry on US 12, just went over a slight hilltop, and just rounded a slight curve! =>
…. The Landscape Near Instantly Changed To A Beautiful Green Valley With Scenic Mountains in Distance!! AND
….When Henry Gurr saw this Beautiful Valley … Equally instantly … Prius chose a good photo-stop-point, and screeched to a HALT !!!
….The foreground Pasture-Looking Meadows are the open to the public land of Selkirk Park.
….Thus This, Photo-Op”, Resulted In 17 Shots That Form, The More Than Full Circle Panorama)), Which You See /\ ABOVE /\:

..1) At first shows Eastward Going Highway US 12, where at Left Edge Distant Horizon you see Two Electric Power Windmills, and on Right of Highway Four More Windmills.
..2) And Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to scroll right, you are continuing to see the Musselshell River Valley with Bails of Hay, a RR Track, & Windmills on Distant Mountains.
..3) Continued scroll, looking South over the Valley to distant mountains. to continuing where your see The Wesward Going US 12, AND the Above Mentioned Henry On ”US 12 just went over a slight hilltop, and just rounded a slight curve” .
..4) Continued Scroll, brings you to view the Dry Hill Northward.
..5) And finally with continued scrolling, to the right, you see again the same the Eastward US 12, with again the Six Electric Power Windmills.,
..6) Followed by a repeat (“More Than Full Circle”), of a portion of the Valley, seen at Beginning Of The Panorama.
.
PLEASE BE AWARE… ON PURPOSE … FOR MANY PANORAMAS =>
….This LAST View Of The Panorama Shows) The SAME Stretch Of Eastward Going Highway, as the Beginning View.!!
…. This is done ON PURPOSE, because Henry believes this helps the viewers to instantly know they have completed the whole 360 degrees, and perhaps have another look at this last Photo, since typically this is, the Main Subject of the Panorama!
PLEASE BE AWARE… ON PURPOSE … FOR MANY PANORAMAS => ….ALSO, for the same reason, FlatWord.com was carefully instructed to => Assemble “~40 Degrees MORE Than Full Circle Panoramas”.
…BUT ALSO BE AWARE That This Is Not Easy to achieve (and most cases impossible), from Available Panorama Photo Stitching APP’s.
….Unfortunately understanding & achieving this “goal”, was at first, quite difficult for even FlatWorld.com. And it was only after a LOT of phone instructions, did they finally understood & Realized what Henry Gurr was requesting. .
Cont Next.Photo => A LESS THAN PERFECT PANORAMA VIEW Of => A Beautiful Green Valley With Scenic Mountains Beyond, Wheatland County, MT.:

Photo File = Panorama_6ByFw98Rez0492-0502+050-60508 MusselshellRiverWheatlandCntyMT.jpg
… Posted 19 Nov 2020, Revise 19 Nov 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto =>

….. ….NOTE: The /\ Above /\ Panorama Photo Shows The SAME CAMERA PHOTOS (And SAME Physical Location), As Previous Hi Quality Panorama Photo, But “Stitched”. By Less Than Perfect Efforts of Henry Gurr, Using Available APP’s.

..AND the /\ Above /\ Photo Is Kept Here, So You may “See The Difference”.
….Which as you can see in the /\ Above /\, the Photographic Quality is acceptable, but has irregular “stitch joints”, distracting brightness changes, and if cropped to make a straight top & bottom edge would cur off too much.
…The /\ Above /\ Less Than Perfect Stitching Of Henry Gurr This is because APPs Henry Gurr used, could NOT better assemble the photos supplied. This is ultimately caused by Henry Gurr’s inadequate Panorama Photographing Technique.
….As You Saw In The Previous Panorama Photo, Which Was Stitched & Edit Improved by FlatWorld.com Is Far Better
**** o0OOO0o *** .
.
9:55 am Mon 12 Aug, Continued: Wheatland County, MT, View Over Musselshell River Valley From US 12, ~4 Miles East Of Junction US 12, With Rt 294.
….But (and note well), this Beautiful Green Valley was a mere 3 miles after Henry passed through 60 miles of dry desolation flat-land areas like that shown in previous Google Street View Photo.
… This huge contrast happened near instantly, as Henry on US 12, just went over a slight hilltop, and just rounded a slight curve! =>
…. The Landscape Near Instantly Changed To A Beautiful Green Valley With Scenic Mountains in Distance!! AND
….When Henry Gurr saw this Beautiful Valley … Equally instantly … Prius chose a good photo-stop-point, and screeched to a HALT !!!
….The foreground Pasture-Looking Meadows are the open to the public land of Selkirk Park.
….Thus This, Photo-Op”, Resulted In 17 Shots That Form, The More Than Full Circle Panorama)), Which You See /\ ABOVE /\:

Please IGNORE The Irregular “Stitch Joints” And Focus Your Attention On This /\ Above /\ Panorama =>
..1) At first shows Eastward Going Highway US 12, where at Left Edge Distant Horizon you see Two Electric Power Windmills, and on Right of Highway Four More Windmills.
..2) And Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to scroll right, you are continuing to see the Musselshell River Valley with Bails of Hay, a RR Track, & Windmills on Distant Mountains.
..3) Continued scroll, looking South over the Valley to distant mountains. to continuing where your see The Wesward Going US 12, AND the Above Mentioned Henry On ”US 12 just went over a slight hilltop, and just rounded a slight curve” .
..4) Continued Scroll, brings you to view the Dry Hill Northward.
..5) And finally with continued scrolling, to the right, you see again the same the Eastward US 12, with again the Six Electric Power Windmills.,
..6) Followed by a repeat (“More Than Full Circle”), of a portion of the Valley, seen at Beginning Of The Panorama.
.
PLEASE BE AWARE… ON PURPOSE … FOR MANY PANORAMAS =>
….This LAST View Of The Panorama Shows) The SAME Stretch Of Eastward Going Highway, as the Beginning View.!!
…. This is done ON PURPOSE, because Henry believes this helps the viewers to instantly know they have completed the whole 360 degrees, and perhaps have another look at this last Photo, since typically this is, the Main Subject of the Panorama!
PLEASE BE AWARE… ON PURPOSE … FOR MANY PANORAMAS => ….ALSO, for the same reason, FlatWord.com was carefully instructed to => Assemble “~40 Degrees MORE Than Full Circle Panoramas”.
…BUT ALSO BE AWARE That This Is Not Easy to achieve (and most cases impossible), from Available Panorama Photo Stitching APP’s.
….Unfortunately understanding & achieving this “goal”, was at first, quite difficult for even FlatWorld.com. And it was only after a LOT of phone instructions, did they finally understood & Realized what Henry Gurr was requesting. .
Cont Next.Photo => A Google Street View (GSV) Over Yellowstone River Valley, From US 12, One Mile North of Yellowstone River at Forsyth, MT.:

Photo File = DSC_0492-058_stitch=MsoftCompositEditor MusselShellRvValyUS12~4miERt294MT.jp
… Posted 23 June 2020, Revise 12 July & 5 Nov 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto =>

4:25 pm Mon 12 Aug: View From US 12, One Mile North of Yellowstone River at Forsyth, MT.
As Robert Pirsig says in ZMM => .
…. " Now we follow the Yellowstone Valley right across Montana. It changes from Western sagebrush to Midwestern cornfields and back again, depending on whether it’s under irrigation from the river. Sometimes we cross over bluffs that take us out of the irrigated area, but usually we stay close to the river."

….A Google Street View, Over Irrigated Fields of Yellowstone River Valley, Where Distant Line of Trees Indicates & Marks, The Yellowstone River about 1 Mile South From Here.
…. Following the plan mentioned in this Album’s First Photo, Henry Gurr arrives here => It’s late afternoon and still hot when stopped to read a Historical Marker Sign, and rest in shade of these trees. The /\ Above /\ Google Street View (Date 2013), you see an electrical power pole, with a transformer, and a wire going to the small building, which likely houses an irrigation pump.

The Next Photo Shows The TEXT of The Historical Marker Sign,
,,,And The SECOND Next Panorama Photo, Shows Space Between The Trees, Now Filled With A Historical Marker Sign.
….
This Google Street View, Will OPEN With The /\ Above /\ View, And Allow You To “Drive” Southeast, To Experience The Landscape, And After ~One Mile, View The Yellowstone River, And Edges Of .The Town.

Cont Next.Photo =>

Photo File =
… Posted 17 May 2020, Revise 13 Oct & 19 Oct & 8 Nov 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto =>

4:25 pm Mon 12 Aug: Historical Marker Sign for The Little Porcupine Creek Camp Site, One Mile North of Yellowstone River at Forsyth, MT.
((NOTE: See ..1) below, for /\ Above /\ Image Viewing Instructions.))

….Apologies for some of words missing. AND Unfortunately Google can’t find useful information about this Sign or the History it relates.
….Showing the /\ Above /\, does not mean that Henry Gurr at all approves of the brutal domination of this country’s Native Americans.

As you will see in NEXT Panorama Photo, The /\ Above /\ 2013 Google Street View, Space Between The Trees, Now Filled With A This /\ Above /\ Shown Historical Marker Sign.
….************** ….

VIEWING HINTS FOR/\ Above /\ & NEXT PANORAMA PHOTO:
..1) Remember to click photo several ties to get the biggest view, & possibly use Magnifying Glass).
..2) Because It Is So HUGE, Much Of The Image Will Be Off Screen, And You Will Need To Use Mouse-Click&Drag-Slider Bars.
.
….For Additional Gallery Viewing Instructions => :
A) Go Back And Read “Viewing Hints, In This Album’s Description. OR
B)After This Link Comes Up, Scroll Down ~Midway To “Album 360 Degree Panoramas …” And Start Reading Where Says “Suggestions For Beginners”
Cont Next.Photo => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => View Over Irrigated Fields of Yellowstone River Valley, Near Forsyth, MT.

Photo File = DSC_0525 ForsythMT LittlePorcupineCreekCampSite. HistoricalMarkerSign Text.jpg
… Posted 13 Oct 2020, Revise 14 Oct & 5 Nov 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto => From SAME Location As Previous Photo => A PANORAMA VIEW => Over Irrigated Fields of The Yellowstone River Valley.

4:25 pm Mon 12 Aug: On US 12, ~1 Mile North of Yellowstone River, At Forsyth, MT.
..1) The /\ Above /\ Panorama opens showing US 12, to the Right, The Road Ahead, in Henry Gurr’s direction of travel Southeast toward Forsyth, MT 1 Mile South:
..2) And Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to scroll right, you see the shade trees mentioned Previous Photo.
..3) Then with more scrolling, you see a continuing view over Irrigated Fields of Yellowstone River Valley. The Distant Line of Trees beyond the flat field, marks the Yellowstone River, a mile South from here. Above these distant trees, you see line of Low Hills, which are beyond the Yellowstone River, and mark the opposite & South Side of the Valley.
..3) Continuee scroll shows The Historical Marker Sign for The Little Porcupine Creek Camp Site..
..5) Further scrolling shows A View Northwest over US 12 To The Low Hills of The North Side Of The Valley, and finally US 12 Road Ahead, to the Right..

Panorama Credit => The More Than Full Circle Panorama, Which You See /\ ABOVE /\ Is From The Skilled Craftsmanship Of FlatWorld.com:

Please NOTICE & REMEMBER The High Quality Of The /\ Above /\ Panorama Photo, Because The Next Inadequate Panorama Photo Shows Only 3 of the Same Camera Photos (And Physical Location), As Panorama /\ Above /\, Because “Stitched”. By Less Perfect Efforts of Henry Gurr..

Photo File = Panorama_2.jpg By FlatWorld.com supplied in order found 0526-0533
… Posted ~5 Nov 2020. Revise 13 Oct & 14 Oct 2020, & 5 Nov 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto => A Partial & INADEQUATE Panorama View Of => Northward Hills of Yellowstone River Valley.

One Mile North of Yellowstone River, on US 12, At Forsyth, MT.
….The /\ Above /\ 3 Photo Pano opens looking A Northwest over US 12 To The Low Hills of The North Side Of The Yellowstone River Valley. And scrolling to right, you see the shade trees, and then The Road Ahead, in Henry Gurr’s direction of travel Southeast toward Forsyth MT:

….************** ….

NOTE => The /\ Above /\ Panorama Photo Shows Only 3 Of The SAME CAMERA PHOTOS (And SAME Physical Location), As Previous Hi Quality Panorama Photo, But “Stitched”. By Less Than Perfect Efforts of Henry Gurr, Using Available APP’s.

..AND the /\ Above /\ Photo Is Kept Here, So You may “See The Difference”.
….Which as you can see in the /\ Above /\, the Photographic Quality is acceptable, but The Less Than Perfect Stitching Of Henry Gurr failed to include 4 of the 7 Photos supplied. This is because APPs Henry Gurr used (in /\ Above /\ Autostitch), would Only assemble 3 of the 7 photos supplied. Ultimately caused by Henry Gurr’s inadequate Panorama Photographing Technique. The Previous Panorama Photo Stitched & Edit Improved by FlatWorld.com is Far Better.

This Google Street View, will allow you to “drive” Southeast, to experience the landscape, and after ~one mile, view the Yellowstone River, and edges of .the town.

….************** ….

Cont Next.Phot => Rosebud County Library, Forsyth, MT

Photo File = DSC_0526-0528}AutostitchMk~150deg.jpg
… Posted 4 June 2020, Revised 14 Oct & 5 Nov 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto:

~5:00 pm Mon 12 Aug, Forsyth,, MT
….From US 12 & ZMM Route, It’s Nine Blocks To Rosebud County Library.
Back at the Porcupine Creek Camp Historical Marker Sign, Henry Gurr was mindful of need to check email, and make Internet Phone Calls. Forsyth was close, and its library might be closing soon. Continued driving leads to … A stroke of Good luck! … It was open until 7:00 PM!
….At Library => All jobs completed. Henry even remembered his Brother’s favorite “camping-spot finder” called https://www.allstays.com/Campgrounds/ Great resource! And quickly found directions and $ for a campground in Miles City, ~50 ahead, East on US 12 (Same highway as I-94, most of the way.)
Henry’s “Like” & “Comment” On Rosebud Library Facebook =>
This is a GREAT Library!! On my travel thru Forsyth back in Aug 12, 2019, the Librarian was Very Helpful with all my questions. AND WiFi Connection was perfect!
Thank you all!! Sincerely Henry Gurr Aiken SC.

A SIDE NOTE, IN CASE YOU NEED IT LATER:
What To Do, When Using Google Street View (GSV), And You Have a
FAILURE-TO NORMALLY-RESPOND, WITH NO ERROR MSG.
For all its abovementioned virtues, GSV has some kinks that you have to learn how to “work-around” => For example =>
If you click on /\ Above /\, at the Blue Link, and turn GSV toward East (toward Rt 447), and GSV “drive” for ~ a mile, to => Where you see the Old 10 swing toward North, into a grassy road-cut, away from I-94, your GSV “drive” (which has been nicely jumping forward with each mouse click on the Whitish Arrow Shape ), will suddenly stop responding!: The ONLY indication that something is wrong is the Whitish Arrow Shape that shows where the mouse click will go 1) Is not present or 2) Possibly in its place there is a small whitish white rectangle. …
This will be your ONLY indicator that your ~ “GSV next image, is not available.”
… In this case click your GSV lower left to “Expand” This will give a Clickable GSV Strip Map at the Image bottom. (Same as you see in most of my GSV’s): You can try mouse clicking on any of the roads on this Map …. And keep clicking until the GSV, Jumps to where you want to continue your GSV “drive”. If this fails try more clicks on the bottom Map. If the GSV “drive”, lands up on I-94, just click on the Map, for some other place for an OK continued GSV “drive”. Eventually you will get something to work!!
If you happen to lose your internet connection, you will see the SAME, symptoms. And all over again there will be almost no hint something is wrong. Mostly a sudden failure to respond,
END of NOTE RE GSV FAILURE TO RESPOND.
Cont Next.Photo => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => Overlooking Yellowstone River Valley, From Frontage Road of Combined US 12 & I-94, Rosebud, MT.

Photo File = GoogStVu ForsythMT RosebudCountyLibrary Map}YellowstineRivCityPark&StreetGrid.jpg
… Posted 4 June 2020, Revised 24 June, 15 Oct & 5 Nov 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto => A PANORAMA VIEW => Overlooking Yellowstone River Valley, From Old US 10.

7:04 pm Mon 12 Aug: Frontage Road of Combined US 12 & I-94, Rosebud, MT 59347, At GPS = 46°16'02.0"N 106°30'30.4"W, = 6.267217, -106.508441

After Miles City, MT And Beginning of Chapter 9, … Robert Pirsig says in ZMM =>
…. "Now we follow the Yellowstone Valley right across Montana."
And Somewhat Later … Beginning of Chapter 10 =>
….“Outside in the valley again the sky is still limited by the bluffs on either side of the river, but they are closer together and closer to us than they were this morning. The valley is narrowing as we move toward the river’s source.”

A ~400 deg Panorama View, Overlooking Yellowstone River Valley. From Frontage Road (Traveling East On Frontage Road = Old US 10, Which Runs Along The North Side of Combined US 12 & I-94),
..1) The /\ Above /\ Panorama opens looking East & A Bit South, where upper left you see A Puzzling Line Of Dark Green.
..2) REMEMBER to click photo several ties to get the biggest view, & possibly use Magnifying Glass, Looking close, The Dark Green You See, Is A Line Of Trees At The Yellowstone River, which here has curved, runs towards, and gets close to Old US 10, and the Combined US 12 & I-94, before the River Curves the other way to swing by Rosebud, MT.
.3) And scrolling to right, you see scattered trees & a small white sign, below which you can magnify to see a stretch of Old US 10.
..4) Scrolling further right see a car speeding on the Combined US 12 & I-94.
..5) More scroll you see wire fence & posts ending, at a bit of the pavement of the marginal road, where you also see a bit of a gravel road (=camera view point.) Look close can see the dark bar of the cattle guard.
..6) Then with more scroll, you see the fence posts continue along Old US 10 to the West.
..7) Scrolling further right see an Abandoned Car and Giant Steel Scoop Bucket of a River Drag Line Dredge.
..8) Scrolling right, to the gravel drive that in distance, that goes to a tiny white house near the Yellowstone River, again indicated by line of Dark Green Trees, then A Slice Of Blue For The River. If you click photo several ties to get largest view, and use magnifying glass, you can see The Near Continuous Line Of Vertical Cliffs beyond the River! Continue scroll, you see how dry all is!
..9) And finally with more scroll you are back to the SAME View as the Beginning of /\ Above /\ Panorama!!
….SIDE NOTE: For the River to erode some 500 feet below these Cliffs, says the River has been here a LONG TIME.
…. Right Click & Select “New Tab” => You Can See A Satellite View of this Same Place (At Maximum Zoom-In), which look close, also shows the Abandoned Car and Giant Steel Scoop Bucket …. Click&Drag scroll to North, To See Yellowstone River Valley, Old US 10, and Rosebud, MT …. With Continued Click&Drag scroll to East You can Explore ZMM Route (US 12) East, into North Dakota.

PANORAMA CREDIT => The More Than Full Circle Panorama, Which You See /\ ABOVE /\ Is From The Skilled Craftsmanship Of FlatWorld.com:
Please NOTICE & REMEMBER The High Quality Of The /\ Above /\ Panorama Photo, Because The Next Photo Shows The Same Camera Photos (And Physical Location), As Panorama /\ Above /\, But “Stitched”. By Less Perfect Efforts of Henry Gurr..

Photo File = Panorama_11ByFw98Rez0534-0541 ViewYellowstoneR US2094Marginal RosebudMT.jpg
… Revised 6 Oct & 15 Oct & 19 Oct, & 6 Nov 2020. Posted 19 Nov 2020,

ContFmPreviousPhoto => A LESS THAN PERFECT PANORAMA VIEW => Overlooking Yellowstone River Valley, From Frontage Road of Combined US 12 & I-94.

7:04 pm Mon 12 Aug, Old US 10, Rosebud, MT.

After Miles City, MT And Beginning of Chapter 9, … Robert Pirsig says in ZMM =>
…."Now we follow the Yellowstone Valley right across Montana."
And Somewhat Later … Beginning of Chapter 10 =>
…. “Outside in the valley again the sky is still limited by the bluffs on either side of the river, but they are closer together and closer to us than they were this morning. The valley is narrowing as we move toward the river’s source.”

….NOTE: The /\ Above /\ Panorama Photo Shows The SAME CAMERA PHOTOS (And SAME Physical Location), As Previous Hi Quality Panorama Photo, But “Stitched”. By Less Than Perfect Efforts of Henry Gurr, Using Available APP’s.

..AND the /\ Above /\ Photo Is Kept Here, So You may “See The Difference”.
….Which as you can see, the Photographic Quality is acceptable, but … The Less Than Perfect Stitching Of Henry Gurr shows at center of Panorama, Darkened Sky, unfortunately includes only 4 of the 8 Photos Supplied. This is because APPs Henry Gurr used, would NOT assemble ALL the photos supplied. Ultimately caused by Henry Gurr’s inadequate Panorama Photographing Technique. The Previous Panorama Photo Stitched & Edit Improved by FlatWorld.com is Far Better.

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…..A ~160 deg Panorama View, Overlooking Yellowstone River Valley. From Frontage Road (Traveling East On Frontage Road, Which Runs Along The North Side of Combined US 12 & I-94),
..1) The /\ Above /\ Panorama opens looking Northwest: And scrolling to right, you see a mail box, and then A Line Of Dark Green Trees. And continued scrolling, watch The Dark Green Trees Till You See A Gravel Drive,
..2) REMEMBER to click photo several times to get the biggest view, & possibly use Magnifying Glass, Looking close, and continued scrolling, The Dark Green Trees you see, are at the Yellowstone River. Continued scrolling you see Light Green Of Irrigated Fields And Scattered Buildings, which are along the River. Beyond the river you see a near Continuous Line Of Steep Vertical Cliffs, on the North side of the River.
…. EXPLANATION; Here the River has curved, and actually runs towards, and gets close to Old US 10, and the Combined US 12 & I-94, before the River Curves the other way to swing by Rosebud, MT.
.3) And scrolling to right, you see Closer Scattered Trees & A Small White Sign, below which you can magnify to see a stretch of Old US 10. Continue scroll, you See How Burned Dry All Is!!
..4) Scrolling further right you see wire fence & posts which are along The Marginal Road.
….SIDE NOTE: For the River to erode some 500 feet below these Cliffs, says the River has been here a LONG TIME.

Next Photo => Traveling “The ZMM Route” At 4386 Old US 10, Rosebud. MT.

Photo File = DSC_0534-0538-0541_stitch=MsoftCompositEditor11miEstOfForsythMT
… Posted 4 June 2020, Revised 18 May & 16 Oct & 19 Oct, & 11 Nov 2020

ContFmPreviousPhoto => As Robert Pirsig says in ZMM =>
….Twisting hilly roads are long in terms of seconds but are much more enjoyable on a cycle where you bank into turns.:

~7:24 pm Mon 12 Aug: Traveling “The ZMM Route” On Frontage Road Address, 4386 Old US 10, Shown On GSV Strip Map As 1.7 Mile West of Hathaway Eastbound I-94 Rest Area, Rosebud. MT.

The /\ Above /\ Google Street View (GSV) of => Twisting Hilly Road, Is View On Old US-10, Between Forsyth, MT, & Miles City, MT.
….AND … This “Old Hwy 10” is much more enjoyable , and was exactly what I (Henry Gurr) experienced, when I drove Prius through this area in 2019.

Just As => Robert Pirsig’s ZMM Book Passage Says =>”
“….We are just vacationing. Secondary roads are preferred. Paved county roads are the best, state highways are next. Freeways are the worst. We want to make good time, but for us now this is measured with emphasis on “good” rather than “time” and when you make that shift in emphasis the whole approach changes. Twisting hilly roads are long in terms of seconds but are much more enjoyable on a cycle where you bank into turns.
…This ZMM “Emphasis On “Good,” , May Seen Traveling East On “Old Hwy 10” Which, At Many Places Is Not Far From, Or Is Along Frontages To US 12 Combined With I-94.

….HOWEVER: A Conventional Paper Map Will Likely NOT Show These ZMMQuality Roads. Thus You Will Have To Plan Ahead With Your Computer =>
…A) Look these up on an enlarged Internet Map, such as Google Maps OR
…B) MapQuest. OR
…C) Your cell phone may work, except in remote locations. OR
D) As you travel, you learn how to “Spot” a good turn onto a ZMMQuality Road (by intuition) =>
…E) Your discernment may lead to an “ emphasis on “good” rather than “time” ” travel on interesting “ Twisting hilly roads”!! ..****************..

Despite Robert Pirsig’s 1968Trip Statement, He MUST Have Used “The Interstate”, Because Reasonable “Higher Quality” Alternates Were Pretty Much Not Available.
…In the beginning of ZMM Chapter 14, as they ride into Bozeman, MT, The Narrator says ” This interstate freeway we are on must not have existed then.“ [When Phaedrus was teaching 1959-1961]. But by 1968 Narrator’s trip, the Interstate Highway System was generally complete. AND in Montana. Montana Highway Department Maps, Show That by year 1960, The Montana Interstate Highways Are Completed. Click Here. These maps show for example => I-94 runs from North Dakota Border thru Miles City, MT to where it ends with merge with I-90 In Billings, MT. And I-90 continues through Butte, MT to Idaho Border
….From this we conclude this is one of the VERY few places where Mr. Pirsig’s Interstate Highway, memory back his time at MSU, is not correct.

..****************..
…DATE-LINE: Sept 23, 2021. by Henry Gurr.
From ZMM, It Is Not Clear How Much The Narrator Could Travel “Non Interstate”, In Montana, However Much He May Have Wanted To.
….Along the ZMM Route, there many place where Mr Pirsig would have a choice whether or not, to use “The Interstate”. But In many places there is no other reasonable choice. For Examples see A) & C) => .
..A) Traveling West from Miles City, MT would initially have to be I-94. But at Rosebud, MT, going West on Old US 10, would be likely be a very good road choice thru to Hysham, MT.
..B) After Hysham, MT, the alternates to Interstate, are some longer secondary paved roads, which eventually get back to I-90 at Custer, MT Study you map for good choices => 1) Some roads on North Side of Yellowstone River, OR 2) Paved road going SW from Hysham, MT.
..C) Going West from Custer, MT => The Interstate Marginal Roads (Some portions likely Old US 10), are available all the way through Billings, MT, to Laurel, MT.
..****************..
… Henry Gurr’s 2002 ZMM Route Photos (Two Blue Links Below), Show And Discuss Likely Roads The ZMM Narrator Traveled.
..********..
….Back in 2002, I did my best to find “Non-Interstate”: BUT back at that time, did not realize that I should have started traveling West onto Old US 10 At Rosebud, MT. Thus I failed to photograph many sights likely seen by Narrator, Chris & Sutherlands in 1968.
….((The following Two Blue Links Show My 2002 Montana Photos.))
..****************..
…A) START With This 26 Miles West of Miles City, MT. Click Here.
…B) THEN CONTINUE With These ZMM Route Going West, In Montana. Click Here. .
….****************************** ….

NEW TOPIC => You Might Try “GSV Driving” (Blue Link Below), Which Will Virtual Reality Travel The Above-Mentioned => “Old Hwy 10” which is much more enjoyable , and was exactly what I (Henry Gurr) experienced, when I drove Prius through this area in 2019.
….INSTRUCTIONS For Google Street View “GSV Driving” Old US 10, 11 Miles East of Forsythe, MT, and ~3 Miles Further East Is Rosebud, MT.
…But this Google Street View Is better, since it => In addition to 360 deg Full Circle Panorama, it offers ability to magnify, and see better the Cattle Guard, the rutted dirt road, + the Line of Trees That Mark The Distant Yellowstone River!!
…Moreover you can, Right Click On The Above Blue Link, and Ask for “Open in a new Tab, Then => Click the Google Street View Image Where you want the “View” To go. Thus you can Click-Click-Click = “GSV Drive” East along the Frontage Road, which is most places is “Old US Hwy 10”. The landscapes along the twists & turns of this old narrow road are FAR more interesting & enjoyable, for a slow and easy car, motorcycle, or even “GSV Drive” !!
…For example, after the above Blue Link comes up, you can turn the GSV toward East, then “GSV Drive” by the grassy road cuts, up onto broad grassy planes, come down where you can see the line of trees by the Yellowstone River, even the river in some places: Then you can “GSV Drive” by A Water Filled Old Yellowstone River Oxbow, see the water level town of Rosebud, THEN go over I-94, get back on Old Hwy 10, and continue down into Tree Lined, Stream, & Curved Road Scene, WHICH IS SHOWN IN /\ ABOVE /\ PHOTO.

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Photo File = GoogStVuOldRt10 EastOfRosebutMT GreatScenesTiwsts&Turns MapShoYsRifI94.jpg
… Posted 4 June 2020. Revised 18May20; 6Oct20; 18Oct20; 11Nov20, & 23Sept21…

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~8:24 pm Mon 12 Aug: Arriving At Big Sky Campground (Side By Side With The Traffic Noise of BOTH US 12 & I-94), Miles City, MT.
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…It’s Been A GOOD Day, Of Exploring Remote Areas Of Montana! And Henry Was Tired Enough To Sleep Well, Despite The Constant “Thump-Thump”, Racket Of The Trucks, All Night Long.
…Henry Gurr’s tent was on a green grassy area, beneath trees seen at left edge of /\above/\ GSV. After we get a good shower, and despite the noise of trucks rumble & thump, ~100 feet away, a good night’s sleep was to be had.
…As is shown on the GSV Strip Map, Henry exit Big Sky, he will turn right East, onto US 12, cross I-94, and continue up the Mountain Pass: Going East, this will continue on => The Travel Route of the book, “Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance”.

…Several Facts Relevant To The Next 11 Photos, Which You Should Please Keep In Mind =>:
...A) In the Photo Above => The big rock formation seen in upper left (look close for horizontal layers), is part of the foothill beginnings of the Minor Ridge discussed further in B) below. This Ridge’s rock formation, (also seen in US 12 rode cuts ahead), are actually composed of multi-colored layers of volcanic dust, giving evidence of very long history of eruptions, likely through eons of time, from Yellowstone National Park, massive volcanic eruptions some 335 miles away to Southwest.
…B) Several Miles East of Miles City, MT, there is a Major Ridge This Ridge, which looks like a minor mountain ridge, that in this area of Montana, forces the Eastward trending Yellowstone River to turn ~45 degrees, and go Northeast, to eventually join the Missouri River close to the Montana / North Dakota border. Important Ridge in its River Forcing, but seems to have no official name.
…C) This Above-Mentioned “Ridge”, Because of Its (725 Ft,) Elevation Increase Will Feature In Next 11 Photos Of This Album. And Be A Focus Of The Discussion, especially in Relation to the ZMM Narrators description of US 12, for the next 25 miles East. In these Forthcoming 11 Photos you will see for the elevation from the Yellowstone River at Miles City, MT (2330 Ft), climbs with US 12 to Ridge Top (3127 Ft.) at Main Ridge Road, and this elevation increase is reflected in the amount of Rainfall And Thus Forested Meadow. Correspondingly you will see this is An Important DRAMATIC FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT In Last Half Of ZMM Chapter 7 =>
.,… Especially at This Ridge-Top =>Where The Narrator’s RAIN + SUDDENLY COOL is for him, Chris & the Sutherlands => SUCH A DELIGHT, and CONTRAST: Especially AFTER Having Suffered Through Eastern Montana WHERE => ……“the thermometers are reading 108 degrees in the shade.” +
….D) To Help You Understand The Many, Many Important Ramifications of A), B), &,C) as well as how the Narrative of ZMM Chapter 7, is “controlled” by Terrane Of This Minor Ridge, you may wish to have up in a separate “Browser Frame”, Please Right Click & Select “New Tab”, & after page comes up, study Henry Gurr’s PART TWO & PART THREE, which you scroll down to.
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Photo File = GoogStVu BigSkyGnd EasSideMilesCityMT MapShoYsRif+I94TruckNoise}HstTent.jpg
… Posted 4 June 2020, Revised 4 June & 18 May & 19 Oct & 3 Nov & 10 Nov 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto: => A View of “Horizontal Multi-Colored Layers Of Volcanic Dust, & Mountain Rock”


~8:24 pm Mon 12 Aug: Driving US 12, ~1000 feet East of I-94, By Baker, MT Highway Marker Sign, Miles City, MT.
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IDEA! YOU CAN CONTINUE A “GSV DRIVE” EAST ON US 12: TRY IT YOU WILL LIKE IT !!
YOU MIGHT ENJOY A ~60 MINUTE “GSV DRIVE” US 12 TO THE EAST, AND ALONG THE WAY SEE =>
..A) Many MORE Examples of /\ Above/\ Photo “Horizontal Multi-Colored Layers Of Volcanic Dust, & Mountain Rock” That Continue To Beyond ZMM Book “Burning Hot Badlands” East of Marmarth, ND.
..B) With Gradual Increase in Elevation, To The Ridge Top, Shows The Dry Grassy Hills Get Gradually More More & More Trees.
..C) Some 30 Miles of ZMM Book Scenes ((Which Blue Links Below)), Are Alternately Shown In Henry’s 2002 ZMM Route Research Photos, As FOLLOWS =

…1) The ZMM Book>s .. I can see the far side of the valley, away and below. I am a pioneer now, looking onto a promised land. AND the multi-colored layers of volcanic dust, are also seen in this photo!! (<= Happens to be different view of same rock pile at the Big Sky Campground, you saw in previous photo.) Click Here.
…2) The Mountain Pass just East of Miles City, Click Here. (After Photo comes up => Click Photo several times to get biggest view.)
3) The Arid-Lands near Locate, MT, Click Here.
4) The Roadside Rest Area near Locate, MT. Click Here..where ZMM Book Narrator has previously said in earlier Awwsssuuume Bad Lands + Sun Blasting 108 Degree Heat => ” Even with dark sunglasses I have to squint my eyes into slits. There’s nothing but burning sand and pale sky so bright it’s hard to look anywhere. It’s just become white-hot everywhere. A real inferno.

.Right Click and “Open In A New Browser Tab And AFTER Comes Up, You Can Start your “GSV Drive” Up-Hill, And East On US 12.

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Photo File = GoogStVu MultiLayerVolcanicDust~1MiEstOf}MapShoI-94&BigSkyCampGnd EasSideMilesCitytMT.jpg
… Posted 4 June 2020. Revised 7 May & 11 Oct & 24 Oct & 5 Nov 2020.

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~7:30 am Tues 13 Aug: …As Henry Is Driving US 12, Up The Pass, And Nearing The Ridge-Top, ~10 Miles East Of Miles City, MT,
…. He Suddenly Remembers An Old, Old, But Important Idea! =>
…“GET BETTER PHOTOS THAT WILL SHOW A GOOD VIEWS OF ” =>
…A) Overlooking Yellowstone River Valley, where are both Miles City, MT AND The ZMM Narrator’s “Looking onto a promised land” . ALSO get
…B) A good photo to illustrate ZMM Narrator’s Thrill => “.. a cold wind comes down with pine smells from the trees. The flowers in the meadow blow in the wind and the cycle leans a little and we are suddenly cool. I look at Chris and he is smiling. I am smiling too.

…Because It Is Such An Important DRAMATIC FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT In Last Half Of ZMM Chapter 7 =>

.,… Especially Here AT This Ridge-Top => Please Note That The Narrator’s RAIN + SUDDENLY COOL is for him, Chris & the Sutherlands => ARE SUCH A DELIGHT, and CONTRAST: Especially AFTER Having Suffered Through Eastern Montana WHERE => …
…“the thermometers are reading 108 degrees in the shade.” + “The heat just slams into us. Even with dark sunglasses I have to squint my eyes into slits. There’s nothing but burning sand and pale sky so bright it’s hard to look anywhere. It’s just become white-hot everywhere. A real inferno. … The engine is making ominous knick-knicking sounds from overheating. Very bad.”

Next Photo Shows HENRY’S FIRST STEPS Toward Finding A Good Photographic Viewpoint =>
….Overlooking Yellowstone River Valley, To Illustrate The ZMM Narrator’s
…A) “… a cold wind comes down with pine smells from the trees. The flowers in the meadow”
…B) “ … can see the far side of the valley, away and below. .. I am a pioneer now, looking onto a promised land.”
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Photo File = DSC_0554.jpg
… Posted 12 June 2020. Revised 5 May & 17 June & 12 Oct & 5 Nov 2020.

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…7:35 am Tues 13 Aug: …. US 12 Junction with Main Ridge Road, At Near Top of the Mountain Ridge Pass, ~11 Miles East of Miles City, MT:

…Continuing From Previous Photo, Henry starts looking for “A High-Ground Photo View Point, with “Flowers in meadows” & “pines” … WHEN … To the South, appears a Micro Wave Dish Tower:
…. In /\ Above /\ GSV, This “Hi-Ground” Microwave Dish Tower Is Seen Upper Center, In Tree Gap.
….Hoping it’s on highest ground with a good West view, Henry goes toward it: Goal is to find shoot photos to illustrate Narrators whole passage, especially => ” huge valley and the river below” in this passage =>
…”Then the rain comes hard on the road with a gust of earth-smell from the dust that has waited for too long and the dust beside the road is pocked with the first raindrops.
This is all so new. And we are so in need of it, a new rain. My clothes become wet, and goggles are spattered, and chills start and feel delicious. The cloud passes from beneath the sun and the forest of pines and small meadows gleams again, sparkling where the sunlight catches small drops from the rain.
We reach the top of the climb dry again but cool now and stop, overlooking a huge valley and river below.
Google Street View: Photo Note: Right Click and “Open In A New Browser Tab” => AFTER This GSV Comes Up =>
…To the left, you will see the pavement of “Main Ridge Road”, and upper left center the “Microwave Tower”. Following the horizon line to the far right, you can also see distant tiny trees, on top of a uniform tan slope: This a major US 12 road cut, which in this view, is to the West. This major uniform dry grass slope, road cut, you can identify in several of my following photos (For example my Panorama “From Top Of US 12 South Bluff.”).

(ChangesSinceRobertPirsig1968Trip):
….After Robert Pirsig’s Original ZMM Route Trip1968, There have been reports that this this stretch of US 12, from Mile City, MT to the Eastern Montana Border, may have had many major road improvements, including major moves of the road to new locations, a new bridge (& major road re-location) over the Powder River, as well as a really major “new looking road-cut”, seen in Henry Gurr’s 2002, 2006, & 2019 Photos of this area, This “New Looking Road-Cut< Is Seen In The 3rd & 4th Photos NEXT.
Cont Next.Photo => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => The ZMM Narrators ”..walked into the meadow among the flowers under pines. ..” “

Photo File = GoogStVu1309 MainRidgeRdJunctUS12~11MiE}MilesCityMT HsgPixRt}PhonTowr+RdCutRtEdge01.jpg
… Posted 12 June 2020. Revised 17 Junje & 13 May & 11 Oct & 18 Oct & 5 Nov 2020.