ContFmPreviousPhoto => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => The ZMM Narrator’s ”..walked into the meadow among the flowers under pines. ..” “

….7:45 am Tues 13 Aug: US 12 At => Main Ridge Road, Top of the Mountain Pass, ~11 Miles East of Miles City, MT,
…Keeping An Eye On The Micro Wave Tower,

… HENRY GURR TURNS SOUTH ONTO NEXT SIDE ROAD (Named “Main Ridge Road”), all the time trying to catch sight of a good overlook to the Yellowstone River Valley, to the West. Continuing on the red dirt road ~1000 ft South to where is seen a gate & dirt track service access to the Tower, here, camera in hand Henry does his own “walk into the meadows”, among the “trees, & pines. . Resulting in /\ Above /\.Photo,

…As You Scroll This /\ Above /\ Panorama To The Right, Seen Are =>
..1) At first you are looking ~20 degrees North of East, where you see the grey pavement of US 12, and beyond a very far distant horizon Which in this direction, is looking over the Powder River Valley AND is the subject of two photos following, the SIXTH Next Photo.
..2) Looking to the right, you can see, connected to US 12, the red dirt of Main Ridge Road” (at which point notice that the dry grass land slopes => Down To The Left, followed by Down to the Right.. … Thus Is Seen Effectively That This Is Indeed “The Highest Ridge Area Of” Pine Forest & Meadows.
..3) Then further right, In an opening in the trees, a very slim and high TV Tower, more indicators of a highest Ridge Area, and
..4) In 2nd next tree opening, a lower TV Tower, additionally confirming this area is High-Ground! t At which point notice that the pine needle’d land slopes further down to the right.
.. 5) Continuing right, through the pines, you can catch sight of Light Colored Plastic Telephone Company Buried Cable Cover Boxes, and beyond, partly visible,
..6) The gray pavement again of US 12, and again the same view NNE, Horizon overlooking Powder River Valley.
..7) .Continuing from 6) => Topo maps show that the Horizon in this exact direction, is a lower elevation, showing (yet again), we are here indeed on high-ground, and consistent with name Main Ridge Road.
8) …Altogether you can see that => The /\ Above /\ shows a View, like that the ZMM Narrator mentions. ”..walked into the meadow among the flowers under pines. ..” “
….NOTE: Not far beyond these above mentioned “Cover Boxes”, is where Henry took the “Top Of US 12 South Bluff” Photos For The Panorama THIRD Next Photo: AND concerning this general area of “Main Ridge Road”, this =>On Top of US 12 South Bluff, offers the BEST view “..overlooking a huge valley and river below.” That Henry Gurr could find.

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..
Next Photo => A LESS THAN PERFECT PANORAMA VIEW Of => he ZMM Narrators ”..walked into the meadow among the flowers under pines. ..” “

Cont Next.Photo:

Photo File = Panorama_10.jpg By FlatWorld.com 0542-0548 ZMM Walk Among Pines Flowers, 10 E Miles City
… Revised 12 Oct & 17 Oct 2020. Posted 19 Nov 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto => AN ADEQUATE PANORAMA VIEW Of => The ZMM Narrators ”..walked into the meadow among the flowers under pines. ..” “

….7:45 am Tues 13 Aug: …. US 12, Main Ridge Road, Top of the Mountain Pass, ~11 Miles East of Miles City, MT.

….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 quite acceptable, but The Stitching Microsoft Composite Editor, failed to include one of the supplied photos, and Mid-Panorama can be seen a “step-up’ in the horizon, followed by a step-down” by a large tree trunk. Ultimately these faults were caused by Henry Gurr’s inadequate Panorama Photographing Technique. The Previous Panorama Photo Stitched & Edit Improved by FlatWorld.com is Far Better.
….************** ….

…Keeping an eye on the Micro Wave Tower,
… Henry turns onto next side road South, all the time trying to catch sight of a good overlook to the Yellowstone River Valley, to the West. The pavement, turns to red dirt road a mile South, where toward West, is seen a gate & dirt track service access to the Tower: Here, camera in hand, Henry does his own “walk into the meadows”, among the “trees, & pines. , Resulting in /\ Above /\. Panorama.
…Seen In This /\ Above /\ Panorama Are:
..1) At first you are looking at the hard to discern Strip of Gray Pavement of US 12, and off to right the Red Dirt Of Main Ridge Road”. Then more right is seen some “Higher Land of e Pine Forest & Meadows”, like those the ZMM Narrator mentions.
.. 2) Then further right, In an opening in the trees, a very slim and high TV Tower, and 4) In 2nd next tree opening, a lower TV Tower, both Towers additionally confirming this area is High-Ground! (at which point notice that the pine needle’d land slopes down to the right...
..5) Continuing right, through the pines, you can catch sight of Light Colored Plastic Telephone Company Buried Cable Cover Boxes, and beyond, partly visible is =>
.. 6) The Gray Pavement Of US 12, and a view NNE, Horizon overlooking Powder River Valley.
..7) Again you see SAME Strip Of Gray Pavement of US 12, and off to right the Red Dirt Of Main Ridge Road”.
..8) Above The Grey Pavement you can see the distant NNE Horizon. Topo maps show this NNE Horizon in this exact direction, is somewhat lower elevation, showing (yet again), we are here indeed on high-ground, and consistent with name Main Ridge Road.
…Not far beyond these “Cover Boxes”, is where Henry found “..overlooking a huge valley and river below, ” And took the Photos for the panorama 2nd next photo below.

Continue Next Photo. A Satellite View => US 12, Near Top of the Mountain Pass, 10 Miles East of Miles City, MT. With => SOME IMPORTANT LANDSCAPE & ELEVATION & VEGETATION FACTS, TO KEEP IN MIND,

Cont Next.Photo:

Photo File = DSC_0542-0548_stitch=MsoftCompositEditor WlkMeadowPinesRidgeRd10miEMilesCyMT.jpg
… Posted 12 June 2020. Revised 12 Oct & 18 Oct 2020.

Discussion Continues Fm Previous Photo. => ((Satellite Image Dated 23 June 2015)):

…As Discussed Below => A Satellite View => US 12, Near Top of the Mountain Pass, 11 Miles East of Miles City, MT.
….************** ….


SOME IMPORTANT LANDSCAPE & ELEVATION & VEGETATION FACTS, TO KEEP IN MIND,
…AS APPLIED TO THE ZMM NARRATOR’S TRAVEL DESCRIPTIONS IN LAST HALF of ZMM CHAPTER 7

AND WHICH WERE DISCUSSED & ILLUSTRATED IN =>
..A) PREVIOUS 4 Photos You Have Just Seen, AND
..B)The NEXT 8 Photos Forthcoming.

..1) The Powder River at US 12 (2392 Ft), is only (62 Ft.) higher than The Yellowstone River at Miles City, MT (2330 Ft), . This is because the Powder cuts down pretty much to the level of Yellowstone River, some 45 miles down-stream (NE), from Miles City.
..2) It is an observed fact in the Satellite Views (Blue Link Below), that => The increase in elevation (725 Ft,) from Powder River (2392 Ft), >> TO>> US 12 at Main Ridge Road (3117 Ft.), is quite enough higher in elevation to be enough cooler & for enough extra rain, thus creating forested meadows, which the ZMM Narrator Delightfully Reports!! These are the darker areas, as you can see in The /\ Above /\ Satellite View, and can be used to discern relative landscape elevation:
...3) FOR EXAMPLE IN IMAGE/\ ABOVE /\ =>
… You can especially see this at the “darker green area” that is West (left) of the ”Yellow Colored “MapPinPoint” Marker followed by words => “US 12 at Main Ridge Road.”
.. ((EXPLANATION => This is the darker green forest, surrounding the (previous photo mentioned), Microwave Tower, AND likely where the ZMM Narrator reports => The Sutherlands & Chris “..walked into the meadow among the flowers under pines. ..” .
..((SIDE NOTE: In the /\ Above /\ Satellite Image, you can see a tan colored area, on North Side of US 12, about a quarter mile, West of Main Ridge Road. Remember where this is, since it explains Previous Photos that have variously mentioned => . “a uniform tan slope” … “a major US 12 road cut”… “a major uniform dry grass slope, road cut. “ ))
..4) In the Image /\ Above /\ => Especially notice when you LOOK FURTHER WEST, of this “darker green area” =>You See By Contrast => You See How Dry & Barren Are These West Facing Slopes => That Go Down To The Hoter Lower Elevation Yellowstone Valley and Miles City, MT. These West Slopes, are apparently barren from a combination of hot afternoon sun, and dry prevailing winds, mostly going East from Super Sun Baked Lower Elevation Yellowstone Valley Areas: What-ever rain falls on these West Slopes, apparently is baked dry, and not available for trees. Seeming that most rain falling, is AFTER cooling in its “going up the ridge top”.
..5) Another useful way to discern relative elevation, and a characteristic of interest in this Satellite View, are the darker green rain water run-off channels, having lines of darker green trees: Two good examples of “darker green trees”, in water run-off channels are seen at far right of this above Satellite View.
..6) The above Satellite View, is One of Five Such Segments Showing Satellite Views => With Discussion How LANDSCAPE ELEVATION IS CRUCIAL To => The ZMM Narrative, Last Half of ZMM Chapter 7. =>
… FROM Very Dry & Hot At => The Lower Elevation of The Powder River. .
. TO Cooler Forested Meadows At => The Elevation of Top Of Mountain Pass Ridge, 10 Miles East of Miles City, MT.

…. .. Click Here For Five Satellite Views => With Discussion How LANDSCAPE ELEVATION IS CRUCIAL To => The ZMM Narrative, Last Half of ZMM Chapter 7.
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NOTE: Elevations Are By Free “Elevation Finder”.
…This tool can be used to find an estimate for the elevation of a point on the earth. Click/tap the map or type the address in the text box. https://www.freemaptools.com/elevation-finder.htm
((Contrast the above elevations to Bozeman, MT (4793 Ft), approaching a “mile high. ))

Cont Next.Photo => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => The ZMM Narrator’s ”… I can see the far side of the valley, away and below.”

Photo File = GoogEarth US12JnctMainRidgeRoad=ZmmPioneerPromisedLand+ElevationsSeePprPDR.jpg
… Posted 6 July 2020. Revised 12 June & 4 May & 17 Oct & 7 Nov 2020

ContFmPreviousPhoto => The BEST Location For A PANORAMA VIEW Of => The ZMM Narrator’s ”… I can see the far side of the valley, away and below.”

7:53 am Tues 13 Aug: Achieved by Henry Gurr’s Climb To ,Top of South Bluff, of US 12, Near Top of the Mountain Pass Ridge, 10 Miles East of Miles City, MT.
..1) This /\ Above /\ Panorama opens with View of way, way, in the distance (beyond the Curved US 12 Pavement) the Narrator’s => ”… I can see the far side of the valley, away and below.”
..2) And Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to scroll the panorama right, you will see => What Previous Photos have mentioned => “tiny trees, on top of a uniform tan slope… a major US 12 road cut… major uniform dry grass slope, road cut “
..3) Continuing right, you see The Gray Pavement Of US 12, Climbing to top of Ridge, where off to right is the (previously mentioned), red dirt “Main Ridge Road”
..4) AND not far from this “Main Ridge Road”, is the ZMM Narrator’s Description => …."I think we have arrived," John says.
….Sylvia and Chris have walked into the meadow among the flowers under pines
…. through which I can see the far side of the valley, away and below.”
..5 Then more right is seen some “Higher Land of e Pine Forest & Meadows”, like those the ZMM Narrator mentions. This is where is the Previous Photo’s => “darker green forest, surrounding the, Microwave Tower”, AND o/c likely where the ZMM Narrator reports =>The Sutherlands ”..walked into the meadow among the flowers under pines. ..”
..6) With continued scrolling, again you see SAME View of way, way, in the distance (beyond the Curved US 12 Pavement) the Narrator’s => ”… I can see the far side of the valley, away and below.”

Photo Note => In The Panorama /\ Above /\ You Learn => It Is Fairly Difficult To Get To A Vantage Point, To See What The Narrator Says!! From this (and Henry’s difficult Bluff climb to find a proper camera vantage point), we can possibly conclude => This ZMM Passage is mostly in the Narrator’s “Minds Eye”, and not so easy for the ZMM Route Traveler to see. …. Alternatively, perhaps the forest have grown a lot since 1968, and now obstructing the Narrator’s 1968 easy viewing.

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_4.jpg By Flat World.com = 0560-0566 ZMM Looking Over Promised Land, 10 E Miles City
… Posted 8 Oct 2020. Revised 5 May & 18 May & 18 Oct & 5 Nov 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto => A LESS THAN PERFECT PANORAMA VIEW Of => The ZMM Narrator’s ”… I can see the far side of the valley, away and below.”

7:53 am Tues 13 Aug: Achieved by Henry Gurr’s Climb To ,Top of South Bluff, of US 12, Near Top of the Mountain Pass Ridge, 10 Miles East of Miles City, MT.
….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 The Less Than Perfect Stitching Of Henry Gurr, using Microsoft Composite Editor, would not allow the opening to show “The Valley”, and has distracting brightness variation, and if properly “cropped” tor straight top & bottom, too much picture would be lost. The latter was ultimately caused by Henry Gurr’s inadequate Panorama Photographing Technique. The Previous Panorama Photo Stitched & Edit Improved by FlatWorld.com is Far Better.
….************** ….

The /\ Above /\ Panorama Opens With View Of Grass & Trees At Top Of US 12 Bluff. This /\ Above /\, Is An EXTENSION of The Woods Where The ZMM Narrator Described Chris & The Sutherlands As => ”..walked into the meadow among the flowers under pines. ..”
..1) Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to scroll the panorama right, … As you scroll the panorama to the right, you will see way, way in the distance (beyond the pavement) the Narrator’s, ”… I can see the far side of the valley, away and below.”
..2) And then, more scroll right, you will also see => What Previous Photos have mentioned => “tiny trees, on top of a uniform tan slope… a major US 12 road cut… major uniform dry grass slope, road cut “
..3) Continuing right, you see The Gray Pavement Of US 12, Climbing to top of Ridge, where off to right is the (previously mentioned), red dirt “Main Ridge Road”
..4) AND not far from this “Main Ridge Road”, is the ZMM Narrator’s Description => …."I think we have arrived," John says.
….Sylvia and Chris have walked into the meadow among the flowers under pines
…. through which I can see the far side of the valley, away and below.”
..5 Then more right is seen some “Higher Land of e Pine Forest & Meadows”, like those the ZMM Narrator mentions. This is where is the Previous Photo’s => “darker green forest, surrounding the, Microwave Tower”, AND o/c likely where the ZMM Narrator reports =>The Sutherlands ”..walked into the meadow among the flowers under pines. ..”

…. Photo Note => In The Panorama /\ Above /\ (And The Next Photo), You Learn => It Is Fairly Difficult To Get To A Vantage Point, To See What The Narrator Says!! From this (and Henry’s difficult Bluff climb to find a proper camera vantage point), we can possibly conclude => This ZMM Passage is mostly in the Narrator’s “Minds Eye”, and not so easy for the ZMM Route Traveler to see. …. Alternatively, perhaps the forest have grown a lot since 1968, and now obstructing the Narrator’s 1968 easy viewing.

Cont Next.Photo => Telescopic View Looking To The West Over The Yellowstone River Valley => The ZMM Narrator’s “Promised Land” ,:

Photo File = DSC_0560-566_stitch=MsoftCompsE US12TopSouthBluff10MiEstMilesCityMT.jpg
… Posted 12 June 2020. Revised 18 May & 12 Oct 18 Oct & 12 Nov 2020.

Continued fm Previous Photo => Looking To The West Over The Yellowstone River Valley => The ZMM Narrator’s “Promised Land”.

….8:02 am Tues 13 Aug: A Telescope View (From Henry Gurr’s Climb To), Top of South Bluff, of US 12, Near Top of the Mountain Pass, 10 Miles East of Miles City, MT.

….The ZMM Narrator, Looking To The West Over The Yellowstone River Valley, and, Seeing A View, Such As Photo Shown /\ Above /\, Continues With This Climatic Ending His Chapter 7, (and Ending ZMM Part I ), With This Sentence =>

“ I AM A PIONEER NOW, LOOKING ONTO A PROMISED LAND.”

….Photo Note => How To Correctly Discern The ZMM Narrator’s Description =>
“ .. under pines through which I can see the far side of the valley, away and below.” =>
…This “Valley” is seen in /\ Above /\ View, BUT you must know that the “”Valley” itself, is at a much greater distance beyond any of what you see as distant tree covered dry grass brown colored slopes:
….To discern the ZMM Narrator’s => “far side of the valley, away and below.” , you should identify the lighter band of sky below the horizon’s grey clouds, and below that, then discern the line of landscape horizon, and below that, the far river valley side slopes, which are a fuzzy grey, with a tiny touch of brown.

…There is one more interesting part of this valley, despite it’s very difficult to see in this photo, :=> Looking very close (with magnifying glass, OR hold down CTRL Key & press + Key several times.), and looking, just a bit left of center, and ~1/4 inch below the landscape horizon, there is a darker ~1 inch wide somewhat darker lump. On Satellite Photos or Topo maps, this is a rather large mound approximately centered, in this valley. The river once upon a time, apparently flowed on both sides of this mid-valley mound. Miles City, MT, is to the left of this mound, and thus up-river. Down river is to the right, where the river trending NE, eventually joins with the Missouri River at the Montana – North Dakota Border.
….Also interesting In /\ Above /\ Photo => Many places above the Green “10 Mile” Sign, you can just make out “horizontal multi-colored layers of volcanic dust, & mountain rock” . ((NOTE: This Topic Was Mentioned In This Album’s 12th & 13th photos))

….To Learn More About This Volcanic Layers Topic, You May Wish To Go To =>
….This Special Explanation Page, (with many links), Discusses Montana’s Ubiquitous Multi-Colored Layers Of Volcanic Dust & Mountain Rock, Giving Evidence Of Very Long History Of Eruptions, Through Eons Of Time. Most Of These Are From Yellowstone National Park, Massive Volcanic Eruptions, OVER 335 MILES to the Southwest, From Miles City, MT !!
….Click Here & AFTER This Page Comes Up => Then Scroll Down To PART THREE:
Cont Next.Photo => Local History Sign, At Powder River Park & Road-Side Rest Areal:

Photo File = DSC_0559 … Posted 18 Oct 2020. Revised 11 Oct & 18 Oct.

Continued fm Previous Photo.

8:47 am Tues 13 Aug: Local History Sign, Ismay, MT.
…Interesting Local History, especially how says “The Tourist Association Automobile ‘Red Route’ “(Red Paint), once lead to the Yellowstone Trail (Yellow & Black Paint). This early history of respectively US 10, and US 12, nicely amplifies what Henry said on the first Photo of this Gallery Album => “The Larger Significance Of US 12.”.

…(ChangesSinceRobertPirsig1968Trip),
….Date-Line: May 4 2020, By Henry Gurr. A Realization Added During Editing: It has taken Henry Gurr during the last 2 weeks of working hard on This And Other Near-By Captions, to finally AHA, realize that this sign is/was not remembered (or photographed), from his 2002 ZMM Research on this portion of the ZMM Route; Nor does Henry remember the nice River Trees Nature Walk behind the sign. AND thinking further:=> Sudden Added Realization => This stretch of US 12, and it’s bridge, ALSO must have been created since 2002 !! …
….Then looking at a 2006 Road Atlas shows indeed, the slight road twists, sure enough, are those leading to the old “Truss Bridge” that is mentioned, in the sign shown /\ Above /\!! The Atlas indees shows the old US 12, lined up with the bridge. As are seen for the “new” & “old” roads in the Next Photo.!! :-))

This Local History Sign Parking Space => Is A Good Place To Stop & Rest: You Can Even Walk A Path Back Among Riverside Trees, In What Looks Like A Nature Walk & Roadside Park
..….This Google Street View, Could Be Used To Study the RoadSide Areas Around This Nature Walk & Roadside Park, OR “GSV Drive”, Several Miles East To Study the Areas Around the ZMM Narrator’s => A) “low-rimmed canyon” .(The Powder River Valley and Truss Bridge) OR B) “a roadside stop I’ve been waiting for” . Click Here.
Cont Next.Photo => The “Old Truss Bridge” & The Powder River:

Photo File = DSC_0567.jpg
… Posted 13 June 2020. Revised 4 May & 12 Oct &17 Oct & 24 Oct & 5 Nov 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto =>

The “Old Truss Bridge” & The Powder River, That Was Mentioned In The Sign, of Previous Photo: (AND ChangesSinceRobertPirsig1968Trip),

…From this vantage point (View /\ Above /\), you can appreciate how the old and new stretches of US 12, created a nice River Trees Nature Walk between them!!
…. Remembering to click photo several ties to get the biggest view, & possibly use Magnifying Glass. => In In the GSV Strip Map /\ Above /\, look close above the shown US 12 and you can see in Weak White Line, the Old US 12, going over the Old Truss Bridge.
….AND ~Twelve Miles East (perhaps Mile Post 43.6) is the approximate location of ZMM Book The US 12 Roadside Stop, Locate / Plevna, MT, THE TOPIC OF NEXT PHOTO.

…Henry Gurr’s camera failed for last 30 miles, including this Truss Bridge Scene, but this Google Street View Is better, since it => In addition to 360 deg Full Circle Panorama,. it offers you ability to GSV “drive” and see more Eastern Montana Landscape “on down the road”! Click Here.


AND If you keep “GSV Driving”, 12 Miles East, you will be able to experience the ZMM Route, further East, including the ZMM Book Road Side Rest Area, at Locate MT..

… Here Is What The ZMM Narrator Says About Their 1968 Stop At ZMM Roadside Rest Area, ~ 12 Miles East On US 12, and SHOWN NEXT PHOTO.


… “We enter a low-rimmed canyon. Before long, a roadside stop I’ve been waiting for appears. A few benches, a little building and some tiny green trees with hoses running to their bases.
….************** ….

Here You Should Realize That The Narrator’s “We Enter A Low Rimed Canyon” MEANS => The Canyon of This Powder River Here /\ Above /\ Seen! ((And Click Here To See A GSV Overview of The Powder River Canyon, Plus The Forested Major Ridge On Distant Horizon. This is where previous Photos Mentioned “Main Ridge Road”, and the ZMM Narrator’s Description => …."I think we have arrived," John says.” ))

Cont Next.Photo => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => The US 12 “A Roadside Stop” Mentioned in ZMM.

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SIDE NOTE: For more discussion of Eastern Montana’s “Powder River Scenic Country”, And See A Panorama Of Illustrating This Land, Plus a Related Satellite View => Click Here => And AFTER This Gallery Listing Comes Up => Study The 9th & 10th Small Photo, ESPECIALLY Where Discussing => “Powder River” ALSO See 12th Small Photo, Showing More Eastern Montana “Dry Lands .

Photo File = GoogStVu IsmayMT TrussBridgOverPowderRvr(CoxCreek)NearLocateSchool.jpg
… Posted 12 Junet 2020. Revised 13 Oct & 19 & 27 Oct & 5 Nov & 21 Nov 2020.

ContFmPrevious Photo => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => The US 12 Roadside Stop Mentioned in ZMM.

The US 12 “Roadside Stop” Mentioned in ZMM. Two Miles East of Locate, MT.

…The ZMM Narrator says =>
… “We enter a low-rimmed canyon. Before long, a roadside stop I’ve been waiting for appears. A few benches, a little building and some tiny green trees with hoses running to their bases. John, so help me God, is at the exit on the other side, ready to pull out onto the highway. .. I ignore this and pull up by the building. Chris jumps off and we pull the machine back up on the stand. The heat rises from the engine as if it were on fire, throwing off waves that distort everything around it. Out of the corner of my eye I see the other cycle come back. When they arrive they are both glaring at me. .. Sylvia says, "We’re just—angry!" .. I shrug my shoulders and walk to the drinking fountain. .. John says, "Where’s all that stamina you were telling us about?"

….************** ….

..1) The /\ Above /\ Panorama opens looking at West-Going US 12, where "
John, .. is at the exit on the other side, ready to pull out onto the highway.
"
..2) .And remembering to click photo several ties to get the biggest view, & possibly use Magnifying Glass, and Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, continue scroll the panorama right, you will see a bit of Westward US 12, as it disappears “over the hill”.
..3) Then continue to scroll right, you will see along the Exit Road, the grass & trees of the Rest Area, and the 3 small buildings: These are the buildings that were there Aug 2019 when the above photo taken.
….a) /\ ABOVE /\ the Center Building, did your vision system (on automatic), fixate on the Big Hill with “Horizontal Multi-Colored Layers Of Volcanic Dust, & Mountain Rock”? ((In the GSV Link below, you see this same Multi-Colored Layered Hill to Right of US 12, at Right edge of the GSV. ))
….b) AND please notice, at left edge of Center Building, a Dark Sign on Wood Poles, which is SUBJECT OF NEXT PHOTO.
..4) And continued scrolling to right, looking beyond the Rest Area Entrance Road, you see Typical Montana Scenery to the East, plus the Eastward US 12.
..5) As you further scroll this panorama, you see to a South View, where looking beyond a stretch of US 12, you see a Typical Tree Covered Montana Valley ((Called Archdale Creek)) & Distant Mountain Scenery. ((In the GSV Blue Link below, you see this Creek & Valley to Left of US 12.))
..6) And finally you see again the SAME Opening View, looking at West-Going US 12, as it disappears “over the hill”, and thus showing the Narrator’s “more smooth road ” , that he, Chris & The Sutherlands would have traveled and seen in 1968.


..SIDE NOTE1: This Is One Of Those Really Rare Places In ZMM Where "The Narrative" Deviates From "The Factual" =>
… From the First Two Sentences of the Above ZMM Passage, we might visualize => The "roadside stop" as being IN the "low-rimmed canyon", perhaps on the Eastern Edge.
….BUT it appears Author Pirsig has, for perhaps Narrative Economy & Power of Events, (AND as said In previous Photos) For Building "IMPORTANT DRAMATIC FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENT In Last Half Of ZMM Chapter 7" =>, has omitted fact that these two places are ~12 miles separated, and the nearest creditable "low-rimmed canyon", Is 12 miles away at the Powder River, shown & discussed Previous photos, which you especially may see => When viewing The There Given Link => Overview of The Powder River Canyon,".
..SIDE NOTE2: => To See The Actual Approach To => The Narrator's "Roadside Stop": REMEMBERING ..3)a) & .5) ABOVE => Click Here to see a GSV Of Highway Just Prior The Roadside Rest Area, Which Is Ahead, On Right, Just Beyond the "Highway Hump" With Trees Seen On both Side of US 12.
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…. THIS NEXT PANORAMA PHOTO => HAS ADDED DISCUSSION OF
… (ChangesSinceRobertPirsig1968Trip)

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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_5ByFw98Rez0569-0575 ZMM Rest Area LocateMT.jpg … ….Posted 21 Nov 2020. Revised 25 Oct & 5 Nov & 21 Nov 2020.

Continued fm Previous Photo => A LESS THAN PERFECT PANORAMA VIEW Of => The US 12 ZMM Book “A Roadside Stop”, Locate, MT.

The US 12 Roadside Stop Mentioned in ZMM. Two Miles East of Locate, MT.

….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 The Less Than Perfect Stitching Of Henry Gurr, using Microsoft Composite Editor, would not allow user to control the Panorama Opening Scene, only stitched 6 of the 7 photos supplied, and has distracting brightness variation. And if properly “cropped” tor straight top & bottom, too much picture would be lost. These problems ultimately caused by Henry Gurr’s inadequate Panorama Photographing Technique. The Previous Panorama Photo Stitched & Edit Improved by FlatWorld.com is Far Better.
….************** ….

..1) The /\ Above /\ Panorama opens with a South View, where looking beyond a stretch of US 12, you see a Typical Tree Covered Montana Valley (Called Archdale Creek) & Distant Mountain Scenery.
..2) .And remembering to click photo several ties to get the biggest view, & possibly use Magnifying Glass, and Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, continue scroll the panorama right, you will continue to see West-Going US 12, until it disappears “over the hill”, and thus showing the Narrator’s “more smooth road ” , that he, Chris & The Sutherlands would have traveled and seen.
..3) Then continue to scroll right, you will see along a Short Exit Road, the grass & trees of the ZMM “A Roadside Stop”, which is a rather typical Road Side Rest Area.
..4) As you further scroll this Panorama, you see the 3 small buildings: These are the buildings that were there Aug 2019 when the above photo taken.
….a) /\ Above /\ the Center Building, did your vision system (on automatic), fixate on the “horizontal multi-colored layers of volcanic dust, & mountain rock”? ((Following the INSTRUCTIONS below, for GSV of the US 12 approach to this rest Area, you can see this same Multi-Colored Layered Hill to Right of US 12, at Right edge of the GSV ))
….b) AND at left edge of Center Building a Dark Sign on Wood Poles, which is subject of NEXT PHOTO.
..4) And continued scrolling to right, looking beyond the Rest Area Entrance Road, you see a Typical Montana Scenery to the East. ((Following the INSTRUCTIONS below, for . GSV of the US 12 approach to this rest Area, you can make out parts of the Archdale Creek & Valley to Left of US 12.))
,
INSTRUCTIONS For To See The Actual Approach To => The Narrator's "Roadside Stop" => At Upper Left of Your Browser, "Right-Click" On The "Back Arrow", and ask to Open In A New Tab: This gives you the Previous Photo. Then Scroll down to, And Read, And Click on, the Blue Link.
….************** ….

…Date-Line: October 25, 2020. by Henry Gurr.
(ChangesSinceRobertPirsig1968Trip), As Seen By HSG in 2002, 2006, & 2019.)
….Upon all three of my visits to this Locate MT Rest Area, I was not able to find => The ZMM Roadside Rest Area’s outdoor “drinking fountain”. (See ZMM Passage given in Previous Photo.) Nor was I able to discern any evidence of an old drinking fountain or hand well-pump. The 3 buildings you see in The ABOVE Panorama (Aug 2019), looks fairly recent, and much more recent than my photo taken for 2002 ZMM Route Research, which in turn are more recent than the 1968 ZMM Narrator reports in on their travel there July 1968.

….The town of Locate, MT. and the Roadside Rest Area are both marked on my Rand-McNally Road Atlas, as from here ~ 2 miles West on US 12. However: Confirming this, as I went through this part of US 12, I noticed only two houses near US 12, and no other evidence of a town. => The Previous Google Street View (GSV} at Powder River, says this Area is at Ismay, MT. …. However This Satellite View Shows Ismay, MT (Population 19), As Some 25 Miles East And A Bit North Of Where US 12 crosses The Powder River. Click Here.
… ALSO THIS SAME SATELLITE SHOWS
..A) All the ZMM Book Towns along US 12, from Miles City, MT to Baker, ND,
..B) AND can see at Center of Satellite View, The Map Location of => The ZMM Narrator's “A Roadside Stop”, Locate, MT, which in the Satellite View, is ~5 Miles South Of Ismay, Mt, at the center of the Upward (North) Hump Of US 12, seen.
..C) You can also see => The “Dark Green Hi Ridge Area” at the “10 Miles East of Miles City, MT" AND seen also is the “Low Elevation Powder River”, mentioned in many Previous Photos. Zoom-In on this Satellite, and you can see there are Ranch Buildings, just North of US 12, on East side of The Powder River.
Cont Next.Photo => Flowers, Volcanic Ash layers, & A 2nd “Local History Sign” The US 12 Roadside Rest Area Near Locate, MT.

Photo File = DSC_0569-575_stitch=MsoftCompsE US12ZmmRoadSideRestArea LocateMT.jpg
… Posted 12 June 2020. Revised 12 Oct & 25 Oct & 5 Nov & 21 Nov 2020.

Continued fm Previous Photo,

10:19 am Tues 13 Aug: At The US 12 Roadside Rest Area Near Locate, MT

FLOWERS, VOLCANIC ASH LAYERS & A LOCAL HISTORY SIGN.
….A) Here Again, In The /\ Above /\ Photo, Did You Eye Catch =>
….The “horizontal multi-colored layers of volcanic dust, & mountain rock”?

….B) In /\ Above /\ Photo =>
… The Local History Sign gives a short biography of famous Western Poet D. J. O’Malley, and has his poem “After the Roundup Is Over” , the words of which were later set to music, as a well-known Western Song.
To Read The Words Of This Sign,.(And remembering to click photo several ties to get the biggest view, & possibly use Magnifying Glass.) Right Click Here, & Ask For A New Browser Tab.
….************** ….

D. J. O’Malley, Spent A lot Of His Life, as a “Horse Wrangler” In This Part of Montana! Click Here. Excerpts From Wikipedia Say =>
….Dominick John O'Malley (April 30, 1867 – March 6, 1943), also known as Dominick White and The N Bar N Kid White, was an American composer of cowboy songs and cowboy poetry, as well as a writer on Western subjects. He is best known for his song "When the Work's All Done This Fall", originally published as the poem "After the Roundup".
….O'Malley was born in New York City, the son of a Civil War soldier …. When D. J. was about two years old, his biological father [died of surgery and] … shortly thereafter. O'Malley's mother, Margaret, quickly married Charles H. White, also a soldier, giving her children his last name. The family spent several years at Army bases in Kansas, Wyoming, and Montana. In 1881, Mr. White disappeared and Margaret and her children moved to Miles City, Montana .
….D. J. soon found work as a horse wrangler for the N Bar N ranch near Miles City. From 1881-1896, he worked for the N Bar N in various jobs, including driving cattle from Texas to Montana. He was proud to have been a "rep" representing the N Bar N during roundups. The ranch was sold in 1896, and O'Malley rode for several Eastern Montana outfits including the M Diamond, the Bow and Arrow, the L U Bar, and the Quarter Circle L. He became a special deputy sheriff in Rosebud, Montana.
In addition to poems, O'Malley wrote many stories about his friends and his work in the West. This work began in the 1880s, and continued for over fifty years. Many of his early pieces were published in the Miles City Stock-Growers Journal, under the pen name N Bar N Kid White.
….(NOTE: Bolded are Towns Featured in Previous Photos you have seen this Album.) ….************** ….


SIDE NOTE: GALLERY VIEWING HINT:. IMPORTANT VIEWING GUIDANCE RE FINDING THE SPECIFIC ALBUM YOU WANT TO VIEW => After this Page Comes Up, You Will HAVE TO Successively Click ((At The Top Of The Page, the >1<, >2<, >3<, >4<)), Until You Find the Correct Album, With Name Given Above. ((Un-Fortunately Our Gallery, Is Just This Way, and Inadvertently Can’t Be Improved.)) Click Here. .
Cont Next.Photo:

Photo File = DSC_0578 = photo of flowers in foreground & sign in distance, under trees. At Roadsode Rest Area. Locate, MT
… Posted Posted 6 June 2020. Revised 16 Oct & 25 Oct & 5 Nov & 21 Nov 2020.

Continued fm Previous Photo,

…~5:10 pm Tues 13 Aug: ~57 Miles To Missouri River, McIntosh, SD. 57641, GPS = 45.923806, -101.356854

As Robert Pirsig says in ZMM => "So green this summer and so fresh. … There are white and gold daisies among the grass in front of an old wire fence, a meadow with some cows and far in the distance a low rising of the land with something golden on it. Hard to know what it is. No need to know ."

…The Dakotas Are Good For Growing Sunflowers, For Their Seeds Both As Human Food & For Bird Feeders.
….After harvest seeds, dropped on the road can grow & bloom in the grass by the pavement! This is seen here, and also seen along read ahead, some ~10 miles before Henry reaches the Missouri River.
….Prius automatically came to a halt for a photo, which evolved into => Capture a Panorama!!

Cont Next.Photo => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => The Town of McIntosh, SD, And A Field Of Yellow Blooming Sunflowers.

A SIDE NOTE => “THE QUALITIES OF US 12” FURTHER EAST FROM HERE =>
… As You Are Reading The Paragraph Below: You May Want To Consult A GOOD MAP Such As =>
..A) Your Paper Road Atlas, OR
..B) Type Into Google => … Wikipedia Photo Map of US 12
..C) Then In Map Wikipedia Map Shown,
…..1) See Red Line, Which Illustrated US 12, Then
…..2) Study For US 12 General Direction, From South Dakota, To The East, where you will see the following summary, where ZMM Book Towns are in Italic =>
.
From Miles City, MT, US 12 goes mostly East some 90 miles, and after passing ZMM Book Town of Baker, MT, turns SSW and crosses into North Dakota, passing other noteworthy ZMM Route towns of Bowman, ND & Lemon, ND , And there, US 12 shifts South, and crosses the border into South Dakota. And for ~100 miles, is just a bit South of the border (=ZMM Narrator’s “Reservation land” ), until it angles down to where it crosses the Missouri River, at Mobridge, SD . ( <= Town Name is a contraction of Missouri Bridge ,)
….From there US 12 continues, mostly East with a “bit of South”, to Minneapolis, MN. As seen on maps, in South Dakota & East of the Missouri River, US 12 is most of time exactly East &.nearly straight!!

Photo File = DSC_0602.jpg
… Posted 12 June 2020. Revised 22 Oct & 21 Nov 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => The Town of McIntosh, SD, And A Field Of Yellow Blooming Sunflowers..

…~5:11 pm Tues 13 Aug: ~57 Miles To Missouri River, McIntosh, SD.

As Robert Pirsig says in ZMM => "At one stretch in the long desolate road we see an isolated grocery store. Inside, in back, we find a place to sit on some packing cases and drink canned beer.
The fatigue and backache are getting to me now. I push the packing case over to a post and lean on that."

..1) The /\ Above /\ Panorama opens looking East in direction of travel, US 12: At left you can see 4 Metal Cylinder Grain Stores with Conical Top. This type of Grain Storage is seen all over 21st Century North America.
..2) And Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to scroll the panorama right, you will see some of the trees & buildings of town, and then => A Big White Building on the South side of US 12, and the building has a sign, saying what is there. (Remembering to click photo several ties to get the biggest view, & possibly use Magnifying Glass), and looking close you can barely discern what looks like ?Corvoss? + Country? OR ?County?. For an answer, type these puzzling words into Google, which discovers => Corson County Fairboard, McIntosh, SD. Using this link’s Facebook Messaging Henry Gurr asked for the “Words On This Sign”: Several hours later Dawne Donner, who is the Corson County 4-H Program Manager as well as the Fair Board Secretary, replied with what was => OH WOW Better … A Photo!! Which Is Subject of Next Photo.
..3) Scrolling /\ Above /\ Panorama right you see The Fairboard’s Bleachers & Viewing Stands for their Ranch Rodeo Grounds. The Grounds are identified by a Bare Dirt Arena surrounded by Electric Lights On Wooden Polls.
..4) More scrolling you see US 12 to the West, and then in the distance, the Yellow Of A Whole Field of Sunflowers!
..5) Continued scrolling you see the Wheat Field North of US 12
..7) And finally you see again the SAME Opening View, of US 12 East.

…..“This Google Street View (GSV) Scene Duplicates The Opening View Of /\ Above /\ Panorama, and Is a good way to see an alternate 360 deg Full Circle Panorama. AND this GSV offers you ability to “GSV drive” and see more North Central South Dakota Landscape “on down the road! You Could See For Example => A stretch of US 12, just as the ZMM Narrator drove this road, where was => "At one stretch in the long desolate road …

Cont Next.Photo => People Of South Dakota Are So Wonderfully Helpful, In The Town of McIntosh, SD. .

Photo File =. Panorama_3.jpg By FlstWorld.com = 0595-0601 Yellow Sunflower Fields, ~56 Mi To Missouri R, SD.
… Posted 22 October 2020.

Continued Fm Previous Photo => People Of South Dakota Are So Wonderfully Helpful, In The Town of McIntosh, SD.

As Robert Pirsig says in ZMM => " Roads with little traffic are more enjoyable, as well as safer. Roads free of drive-ins and billboards are better, roads where groves and meadows and orchards and lawns come almost to the shoulder, where kids wave to you when you ride by, where people look from their porches to see who it is, where when you stop to ask directions or information the answer tends to be longer than you want rather than short … ."

…Date-Line: October 22, 2020. By Henry Gurr.
….As Was Mentioned In Previous Photo => For An Answer, Type These Puzzling Words On The White Building Sign … ?Corvoss? + ?Country? OR ?County?... Into Google, Which Discovers =>
|…Corson County Fairboard, McIntosh SD. Click Here, And AFTER Facebook Page Comes up & AFTER Click on Photos. =>
….You will see that about 1/3 of The Corson County Fair Photos Are Of RODEO EVENTS!! THUS The 2nd Week of August Just Might Be => **THE BEST WILD WEST RODEO** EAST OF MONTANA!!

….Using this Blue Link’s Facebook Messaging, Henry Gurr asked for the “Words On This White Building Sign”?: =>
….Hi To Corson County Fairboard: …. Can You Answer A Question About A Building Name That Looks Like Yours? Signed Henry Gurr… Of Aiken South Carolina.
..The building Name that looks like yours, is seen traveling on US 12 from Morristown SD, and as approach McIntosh, is the first Big White Building on the South side of US 12. ….ALSO to the Souhtwest of building looks like a Ranch Rodeo Grounds. The front side of the building has a sign that looks like Corson County, … What does the complete sign say?

….Several Hours Later Dawne Donner, Who Is The Corson County 4-H Program Manager As Well As The Fair Board Secretary, Replied.
….Yes that is our Fair 4-H building. We built the [Ranch Rodeo] Arena a couple of years ago. I can’t remember for sure what is on the sign, it may say Corson County Fair & 2nd Weekend in August. .. I will see if I can get someone to go take a picture.
When did you see it?
… Thanks For Asking Someone To Take A Picture Of This Sign!!! ”
... I am currently in Process of IMPROVING my photo words, and what you send will be a big help, make a nice addition to my Gallery Of Photos!
…. PS: I traveled through McIntosh, SD last year August 13th2019 . Thanks Again. [[Two hours later Photo arrived, but no words.]] ((This Is The Photo Seen /\ Above /\.))
…. Oh WOW! THANK YOU FOR THE PHOTO!! This is GREAT!! =>
NOW that you have sent such a Great Large & Nice Photo, I will figure how to Post this...... I also will add your name under this posted photo, and tell how helpful people of South Dakota are!!
....Sincerely Henry Gurr << type this into Google to learn more about me. :-))
..
Cont Next.Photo => A LESS THAN PERFECT PANORAMA VIEW Of => The Town of McIntosh, SD, And A Field Of Yellow Blooming Sunflowers. .

Photo File =. CorsonCountyFairGndSign=122442578_1940606322747937_5675156428672398495_n.jpg
… Posted 22 October 2020. Revised 22 Oct & 21 Nov 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto => A NOT SO PERFECT PANORAMA VIEW Of => The Town of McIntosh, SD, And A Field Of Yellow Blooming Sunflowers.

…~5:11 pm Tues 13 Aug: ~57 Miles To Missouri River, AT McIntosh, SD. 57641, GPS = 45.923806, -101.356854
..
As Robert Pirsig says in ZMM => "At one stretch in the long desolate road we see an isolated grocery store. Inside, in back, we find a place to sit on some packing cases and drink canned beer.
The fatigue and backache are getting to me now. I push the packing case over to a post and lean on that."

….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 somewhat acceptable, but The Less Than Perfect Stitching Of Henry Gurr, using combination of Microsoft Composite Editor AND AutoStitch. However the /\ Above /\ Stitch has distracting brightness variation, and if properly “cropped” tor straight top & bottom, too much picture would be lost. These difficulties were ultimately caused by Henry Gurr’s inadequate Panorama Photographing Technique. The Previous Panorama Photo Stitched & Edit Improved by FlatWorld.com is Far Better.
….************** ….

….As You Enjoy The Above Panorama’s North Dakota Landscape, Please Overlook, The Stitch Misfit.
..1) The /\ Above /\ Panorama opens looking East in direction of travel, US 12: At left you can see 4 Metal Cylinder Grain Stores with Conical Top. This type of Grain Storage is seen all over 21st Century North America.
..2) And Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to scroll the panorama right, you will see some of the trees & buildings of town, and then => A Big White Building on the South side of US 12, and the building has a sign, saying what is there. (Remembering to click photo several ties to get the biggest view, & possibly use Magnifying Glass), and looking close you can barely discern what looks like Corvoss? + Country OR County?. For an answer, type these puzzling words into Google, which discovers => Corson County Fairboard, McIntosh SD. Using this link’s Facebook Messaging Henry Gurr asked for the “Words On This Sign”: Several hours later Dawne Donner, who is the Corson County 4-H Program Manager as well as the Fair Board Secretary, replied with what was => OH WOW Better … A Photo!! Which WAS Subject of PREVIOUS Photo.
..3) Scrolling /\ Above /\ Panorama right you see The Fairboard’s Bleachers & Viewing Stands for their Ranch Rodeo .Grounds. This is identified by a bare dirt arena surrounded by electric lights on wooden polls.
..4) More scrolling you see US 12 to the West, and then in the distance, the Yellow Of A Whole Field of Sunflowers!
..5) Continued scrolling you see the Wheat Field North of US 12 ..7) And finally you see again the SAME Opening View, of US 12 East.

…This “This Google Street View (GSV) Scene Duplicates The Opening View Of /\ Above /\ Panorama, and Is good to see an alternate 360 deg Full Circle Panorama. AND this GSV offers you ability to “GSV drive” and see more North Central South Dakota Landscape “on down the road! You Could See For Example => A stretch of US 12, just as the ZMM Narrator drove this road, where was => "At one stretch in the long desolate road … .

ContNextPhoto => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => Missouri River The US 12 Bridge, & Big Building of A Gambling Casino On => “ “Reservation land” .”

Photo File =. DSC_0595-0601{NearlyAllThere SunflowerFldUS12McLaughlinSD ~60miEofMissouriRvr= pano32.jpg
… Posted 22 October 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => Missouri River, The US 12 Road Causeway & Bridge, Plus The Big Building of A Gambling Casino On, ZMM Narrator’s “ “Reservation land” .”
6:31 pm Tues 13 Aug: Just Prior to Crossing the Missouri River Into town of, Mobridge, SD.
..1) The /\ Above /\ Panorama opens with view of River & Lands Beyond. You can see the Electric Power Wires on Wooden Poles, that head toward an Earth Causeway for US 12. ALSO Look close you can see the line of Dark Piers, that mark the Railroad Bridge. ..2) And Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to scroll the panorama right, you will see Pavement of US 12, which in the distance curves right, and leads over the Causeway to a Mid River Island, Named “Indian Memorial Recreation Area”. ..3) Then continued scrolling right, you will see more of the Island. Remembering to click photo several ties to get the biggest view, & possibly use Magnifying Glass. => Just to the right of (and beyond) the Largest Clump Of Trees, you can make out the Open Steel Truss of US 12 Bridge. ..4) Continued scrolling you see the end of the Island, then see a grassy hill, and next a Lighted Sign & Water Tower next a Lighted Sign & Water Tower. ..5) Then on the highest hill, in distance can see Big Building of A Gambling Casino, owned & operated by Native Americans. ..6) Continued scrolling you see the West-going US 12, and then the Dark Hills to the North. ..7) And finally you see again the SAME Opening View, showing the US 12 heading East, over the Mighty Missouri River! ….************** ….
As Henry Gurr Finishes His Photo-Captures For /\ Above /\ Panorama, It’s Getting Dark!! And Wondering How Find A Campground, Continues US 12 East, Because No Other Options. ….After crossing “The Causeway To A River Island”, Henry sees a sign for a Recreation Area and Boat Ramp, which pointed to another sign “Cabins For Rent”: Prius stopped right there: Cabins were way too expensive, but good luck to those that ask! OH WOW!! to learn there was camping adjacent. Double Lucky Break, since daylight was rapidly fading!! …The Recreation Area, Cabins, & Camping, were operated by Native Americans, as part of the Casino Operation. Camping here was excellent in every respect !! Triple Lucky Break !!!
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..
ALSO A DISCUSSION WITH NEW CONTENT RE GIANT SCULPTURE, CONTINUES NEXT PANORAMA PHOTO =>.
Photo File = DSC_0617.jpg By FlatWorld.com = DSC_0611-0617 Missouri River & Casino … Posted 21 Nov 2020.Revised 22 Oct & 21 Nov 2020,

ContFmPreviousPhoto => A LESS THAN PERFECT PANORAMA VIEW Of => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => Missouri River, The US 12 Bridge, & Big Building of A Gambling Casino On, ZMM Narrator’s “ “Reservation land” .”

6:31 pm Tues 13 Aug: Just Prior to Crossing the Missouri River Into town of, Mobridge, SD.

….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 The Less Than Perfect Stitching Of Henry Gurr, using AutoStitch, would only show 4 of the 7 supplied photos. Plus this /\ Above /\ Panorama has distracting brightness variation, and if properly “cropped” tor straight top & bottom, too much picture would be lost. These problems were ultimately caused by Henry Gurr’s inadequate Panorama Photographing Technique. The Previous Panorama Photo Stitched & Edit Improved by FlatWorld.com is Far Better.
….************** ….

..1) The /\ Above /\ Panorama opens with view of River & Lands Beyond. You can see the Electric Power Wires on Wooden Poles, that head toward an Earth Causeway for US 12. Look close you can see the line of Dark Piers, that mark a Railroad Bridge.
..2) And Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to scroll the panorama right, you will see Pavement of US 12, which in the distance curves right, and leads over the Causeway to a Mid River Island, Named “Indian Memorial Recreation Area”.
..3) Then continued scrolling right, you will see more of the Island. Remembering to click photo several ties to get the biggest view, & possibly use Magnifying Glass. => Just to the right of (and beyond) the Largest Clump Of Trees, you can make out the Open Steel Truss of US 12 Bridge.
..4) Continued scrolling you see the end of the Island, then see a grassy hill, and next a Lighted Sign & Water Tower.
..5) Then West-going US 12 on the highest hill, & in distance can see Big Building of A Gambling Casino, owned & operated by Native Americans.
…Upon Seeing This Major River, Reminded Henry that this will be his `Third “Mobridge” crossing here: And only 15 days previous, Henry Was Going West, & Also Crossed the Missouri River, this time on I-90, In South Central, South Dakota.

Click Here To See => A Panorama of South Central SOUTH Dakota, Bluff Where I-90 Crosses Missouri River: This Panorama Includes, A View Of A Fantastic Giant Statue Of Native American Woman Called: Dignity Of Earth & Sky By South Dakota Artist Laureate Dale Claude Lamphere, Which Honors Native American Culture. Click Here.

Cont Next.Photo => A Google Street View Over The Missouri River, Mobridge, SD.:

Photo File = DSC_0612 -0615 Iview FineRotMinus1.6deg+LeftEdge'CutOut'MinusLeft0.25inch=pano16.jpg
… Posted 13 June. 12 October 2020. Revised 17 June & 12 Oct & 22 Oct & 12 Nov & 21 Nov 2020.

Continued Fm Previous Photo => A Google Street View (GSV) Over The Missouri River.

~7:00 am Wed 14 Aug, Mobridge, SD.
….Henry Gurr In On The Road & Sees Views Like Photo /\ Above /\.

….Please Study & See IN => /\ Above /\ GSV STRIP MAP Left to Right =>
….A) “Grand River Casino & Resort” (Mentioned In PREVIOUS PANORAMA PHOTO, This Was Shown On High Hill To SW.)
….B) Mid River Island Named “Indian Memorial Recreation Area”. (The Roads Shown On This Island, Access Added Casino Resort Facilities => Boat Ramp, and Campground, which is Where Henry Gurr Stayed, Last Night.
….C) The Orange GSV Person PegMan Icon, shows Map Location of The Bridge Truss Shown In /\ Above /\ GSV Scene.
…D) The Town Of Mobridge, and Location of ZMM Route’s A & W Root Beer Restaurant, On US 12, Is Further to SE, and off the Map

Concerning “The Bridge", "Mobridge, SD", AND "The US 12 Roadside A & W Root Beer Restaurant Mentioned in ZMM Book" => The ZMM Narrator Says =>
”We have lunch of hamburgers and malteds at an A & W place in Mobridge, cruise down a heavily trafficked main street and then there it is, at the bottom of the hill, the Missouri. All that moving water is strange, banked by grass hills that hardly get any water at all. I turn around and glance at Chris but he doesn’t seem to be particularly interested in it.
We coast down the hill, clunk onto the bridge and across we go, watching the river through the girders moving by rhythmically, and then we are on the other side.
We climb a long, long hill into another kind of country.
It all has a natural tidiness. … Reservation land."

…This “GSV” Is good, since it => In addition to 360 deg Full Circle Panorama,. it offers you ability to “GSV drive” and see more Central South Dakota Landscape “on down the road! Click Here. You Could See For Example => A stretch of US 12, “On The Bridge” moving over The Missouri River, and onto the ZMM Narrator’s Truss Bridge Scene, where traveling this same bridge, he says => girders moving by rhythmically, , then continue Into & through Mobridge, SD.
(ChangesSinceHSGTrip’02.)
….The ZMM A & W Place is no longer there.,
Cont Next.Photo => A SATELLITE View US 12 From McIntosh, SD Thru Mobridge, SD, Then US 83, North To Herreid, SD AND Seeing “Glacial Potholes”.

Photo File = GoogStVuAug2009 MapIsland US12GoingEastZmmRouteTrussBridgeMissouriRiver MobridgeSD.jpg
… Posted 19 Oct 2020. Revised 19 Oct & 5 Nov & 21 Nov 2020.