ContFmPreviousPhoto => A ZMM ROUTE PANORAMA VIEW Of => Minnesota’s Lake Sarah & Railroad Tracks:

9:10 am Fri 16 Aug: Half Way Between Rockford, MN & Loretto, MN.

….The /\ Above /\ View Is ZMM Route (Rt 55), some 26 miles WNW of Minneapolis, MN.

Concerning This Area of Minnesota, Here Is What The ZMM Narrator Says In Mid Second Paragraph of Chapter 1: =>
… ..., This highway is an old concrete two-laner that hasn’t had much traffic since a four-laner went in parallel to it several years ago. When we pass a marsh the air suddenly becomes cooler. Then, when we are past, it suddenly warms up again. I’m happy to be riding back into this country. It is a kind of nowhere, famous for nothing at all and has an appeal because of just that. Tensions disappear along old roads like this.

….SIDE NOTE: Contrary to what the ZMM Narrator says about bad highways various places in ZMM (including the above passage), Henry Gurr 2002, 2006, & 2019 experienced the entire ZMM Route, is good smooth Asphalt Pavement. AND contrary to above passage, Rt 55 coming out of Minneapolis is Four Lanes Divided (for ~ 24 miles), until Rt 55 gets out of City Type Environment, after Leighton, MN. …. ************** … .

..1) The /\ Above /\ Panorama opens looking Northwest along Minnesota Rt 55 = ZMM Route. This is a view Our ZMM Riders would have seen in 1968.
..2) And Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to scroll the panorama right, you see The Lush Green Forest North & then Northeast of Rt 55, and then Rt 55 itself, now looking Southeast toward Minneapolis.
..3) Continuing to scroll you see Trees Bordering Railroad Tracks, then The Tracks, then now looking South, over the Railroad Tracks and Cattails, to see Minnesota’s Lake Sarah.
..4) And finally scroll to End Of Panorama, to see again the SAME Opening View, showing a Northwest view Our ZMM Riders would have seen in 1968.

ContNextPhoto => The ZMM Narrator’s “Marshes By The Road”: ~4 Miles WNW of Rockford, MN.
Photo File = DSC_0022.jpgByFw98RezDSC_0022-0028VuLkSarahRrTrackFmRt55BtwRockfordMN LorettoMN … Posted 6 Dec 2020. Revised 6 Dec 2020.