Continued From Previous 3 McIntosh, SD. Photo => A Satellite View Of US 12 From McIntosh, SD Thru Mobridge, SD, Then US 83, North To Herreid, SD: And Rt 11 to Hague, ND.
This Satellite View Over Central South Dakota. ((Image Dated 23 June 2020)), Shows “Glacial Potholes” As Irregular Black Spots:
…A GEOGRAPHY LESSON RE RAINWATER FILLED GLACIAL POTHOLES => ….Along the ZMM Route, In The Dakotas, Traveler may observe ~SIX Water Filled, Often Swampy Low Lands, Which =>….. Every Black Spot On /\ Above /\ Image …, Even Tiny Ones, Is Likely A Rainwater Filled “Glacial Pothole”, Especially where you see (North going), US 83.Makes Curved Deviations From Straight Line. Right Click Here & Select New Tab, Then => Keep Your Eye On US 83 (North Of US 12), AND ZOOM IN To see close-up of “Glacial Potholes” along => The ~20 miles of US 83 North to ZMM Town of Herreid, SD, and the continuing 15 miles to ZMM Town of Hague ND.
… FROM WIKIPEDIA: AN EXCERPT. …“Shallow wetlands known as potholes. These potholes are the result of uneven deposition of till, from glacier activity in the Wisconsin glaciation, which ended about 10,000 years ago. ..[seen] across five U.S. states (Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota, and Montana) …Few natural surface water drainage systems occur in the region as pothole wetlands are not connected by surface streams. …. => Click Here, To Read More. ….************** ….
New Topic: Concerning What The ZMM Narrator Says About US 83, Which IS A Major Horrible N-S Truck Route. And The Huge Truck-Tractor-Trailer Rigs, the Narrator calls “Semis”: ….HORRIBLE … “ The road south is awful. Choppy, narrow, bumpy concrete with a bad head wind, going into the sun and big semis going the other way. These roller-coaster hills speed them up on the down side and slow them up on the up side and prevent our seeing very far ahead, making passing [the on-coming trucks, going by us] nerve-wracking. The first one gave me a scare because I wasn’t ready for it. Now I hold tight and brace for them. No danger. Just a shock wave that hits you. . ” …….HORRIBLE HERREID, South Dakota => Will Be Continued NEXT PHOTO.)) =>
~7:00 am Wed 14 Aug: Mobridge, SD. (ChangesSinceRobertPirsig1968Trip), …. After A Good Night’s Summer Nap, Henry Gurr Back On US 12 East ((The ZMM Route In Reverse Direction)), and failing to find any remains of The ZMM Route Scene of the => “ A & W Root Beer Stand.” a in Mobridge, MT, Henry then, continues on the US 12, ~10 miles East, and leaves US 12, turning North on US 83, Both in 2002 & 2006 Henry Gurr experienced US 83 to be an excellent pavement road, contrary to the Narrator saying ”Choppy, narrow, bumpy concrete ..” Cont Next.Photo => A Google Street View Of 1St Street & US 83, Herreid, SD. ….AND The ZMM Narrator Continues With More Metaphoric & Actual “So Herreid” :-((
Photo File = GoogSatl US12}McIntoshSD}MissouriRiver}MobridgeSD}US83}HerreidSD}HagueNDPotHoles.jpg … Posted 23 October 2020. Revised 19 Oct & 23 Oct 2020.