ContFmPreviousPhoto => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => Professor Ken Smith, and Giant Electrical Power Wind Mills.

As Robert Pirsig says in ZMM =>
….. "… the sun, the road and green prairie farmland and buffeting wind coming together.."

11: 54 am Wed 14 Aug: ~10 Miles West of Ellendale, ND.
…As stated in previous photo, Professor Smith had been assigned to write a newspaper article, to cover the North Dakota Governor’s Speech At One Of The New Windmill Constriction Sites. => Driving West, we stop here for a good photograph of =>
…. Lots Of Wind Mills Seen In (/\ ABOVE /\ AND Next 4 Photos), But NO GOVERNOR!

..1) The /\ Above /\ Panorama opens looking along an East-Ward Gravel County Road. Professor Ken Smith is deciding where to take his next photo:
..2) And Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to scroll the panorama right, you will see The ZMM Narrator’s => “… the sun, the road and green prairie farmland and buffeting wind coming together.”
..3) And scrolling to right (And Remembering to click photo several ties to get the biggest view, & possibly use Magnifying Glass) => Start counting Windmills. EVERY TINY “STICK-UP”, IS A WINDMILL !!
..4) Continuing To Scroll Right, Direct South is direction of the small clump of trees at the Horizon.
..5). More scrolling to right, a Field of Wheat ready for harvest, then you are looking along the West-Going Gravel County Road.
..6) Continuing scrolling, is a wide Field of Hay, then looking North, and swing around to the mowed Grass at the edge of the road, made into Hay Bails.
.. ..7) And finally you see again the SAME Opening View, showing Professor Ken Smith, where EVERY … EVEN THE TINYest “STICK-UP” … IS A WINDMILL !!
….************** ….

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 Flatworld.com, Before They Understood & Realized What Henry Gurr Wanted.

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Posted 24 Nov 2020. Revised 27 Oct & 30 Oct & 6 Nov & 24 Nov 2020.

Continued fm Previous Photo => A VERTICAL PANORAMA VIEW Of => An Electrical Power Wind Mill CLOSE UP !! AND LOOKING UP !!
….UP AND UP AND UP!!


12:26 pm Wed 14 Aug: ~10 Miles West of Ellendale, ND.
…Continued Driving For A Long Time, Prof Smith Finally Saw Construction Workers, At BASE of A Windmill.
….Workers Had No Governor Information, and Professor Smith decided to quit on finding the Governor. But Once Here, We Parked In The Shade To Take Photos.

… Henry Gurr LOOKED UP … AND IMMEDIATELY AHA … CATCH /\ THIS /\ !!


PANORAMA CREDIT => This 3 Photo Vertical Panorama Stitch, Which You See /\ ABOVE /\ Is From The Skilled Craftsmanship Of FlatWorld.com:

Please NOTICE & REMEMBER The High Quality Of The /\ Above /\ Panorama Photo, Because It’s Demonstrated Again In The Next Panorama.


Cont Next.Photo => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => 21th Century Drama Around The BASE Of An Electrical Power Wind Mill

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… Posted 24 Nov 2020. Revised 13 Oct & 30 Oct & 24 Nov 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => 21th Century Drama Around The BASE Of An Electrical Power Wind Mill


12: 30 pm Wed 14 Aug: Gravel Road, Near A Windmill Site, ~12 Miles West of Ellendale, ND.


…Henry Gurr, STILL AT THE BASE Of The Windmill Of PREVIOUS VERTICAL Photo, Takes This Dramatic Panorama Shot,, All The Way Around The Base!
..1) Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to continually scroll the panorama right, what do you see in the distance?
..2) ….Look close: …. How many Windmills are in this panorama? EVERY TINY “STICK-UP”, IS A WINDMILL !! … EVEN THE TINYest “STICK-UP” … IS A WINDMILL !!
….And Judging from this and others of Henry Gurr’s various photos => There must be over 80 total in this high planes area, which in turn is chosen, because of its higher than average wind power,


PANORAMA CREDIT => The 360 Degree 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 /\, And “Stitched” By FlatWorld.com, using Adobe Photoshop.. But “Stitched” By Flatworld.com, BEFORE They Understood & Realized What Henry Gurr Wanted.


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… Posted 24 Nov 2020. Revised 30 Oct & 24 Nov 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto => A LESS THAN PERFECT PANORAMA VIEW Of => 21th Century Drama Around The BASE Of An Electrical Power Wind Mill

12: 30 pm Wed 14 Aug: A Near To Road Windmill Site, ~12 Miles West of Ellendale, ND.

….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 Stitching Of FlatWorld.com, But “Stitched” By Flatworld.com, Before They Understood & Realized What Henry Gurr Wanted.

..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 remarkably good, but The Less Than Perfect Stitching Of FlatWorld.com, using Adobe Photoshop, stitched to only show less than 6 of the 7 supplied photos. And as you see /\ ABOVE /\, FlatWorld’s first Stitchings did not adjust the Panorama Opening to be Henry Gurr’s First Photo Supplied, as desired. Also Photoshop in its normal Stitching Mode, always ends its Stitched Panoramas at exactly 360 degrees, and thus did NOT include the 7th Photo Henry Gurr Supplied. This in turn meant that the Resulting Panorama did NOT go ~40 degrees beyond 360 degrees as desirable. The Previous Panorama Photo Stitched & Edit Improved by FlatWorld.com is Far Better in nearly all these respects, because after a LOT of phone instructions, they finally understood & realize what Henry Gurr was requesting.

….************** ….

…Henry Gurr, STILL AT THE BASE Of The Windmill Of PREVIOUS Photo, Takes This Dramatic Panorama Shot,, All The Way Around!
..1) Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to continually scroll the panorama right, what do you see in the distance?
..2) .….Look close: …. How many Windmills are in this panorama? EVERY TINY “STICK-UP”, IS A WINDMILL !!
….And Judging from this and others of Henry Gurr’s various photos => There must be over 80 total in this high planes area, which in turn is chosen, because of its higher than average wind power,

Cont Next.Photo => Professor Kenneth Smith’s Home, Ellendale, ND.:

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… Posted 8 Oct 2020. Revised 13 Oct & 16 Oct & 30 Oct & 3 Nov & 24 Nov 2020.

~7:00 pm Wed 14 Aug: GSV Professor Kenneth Smith’s Home, 507 2nd Street N, Ellendale, ND. Click Here.

…After treating Prof Ken Smith & Family to Dinner, at the NEW RESTAURANT-INCARNATION of The Former Nodak Hotel Restaurant, Which is run by same Gal and now called >> The Fireside Steakhouse, Henry Gurr followed Prof Ken Smith to his home.
….Hearing Henry Gurr discuss his “Theory of How Our Mind Works” Ideas (Click Here.) , & relation to Philosopher Mathematician Charles Sanders Peirce, Prof Smith shows Henry his Library.
….Prof Smth's Library, is in double-garage sized building behind his house, entirely devoted to books => ALL walls, filled with shelves upon shelves of books, wall to wall and floor to ceiling!!
…Prof Smith has placed the Library Of Congress Numbering System on every book, so in several minutes he found 3 books he wanted to show Henry, that related to Henry’s abovementioned Theory Interests.

…. For example, Prof Smith Gives to Henry =>
..A) The excellent biography (really a history book). “The Metaphysical Club” , which tells much about the Mathematician Charles Peirce Family History, which Henry needed to know.
..B) Also wonderful gift of a Photo Poetry Book “Visibility Ten Miles” , to which Prof Smith contributed all the incredibly good photos!!
..C) Also Given was a “Photo Movie” DVD About the wonders Ellendale, ND = “Home Town America” , that Prof Smith had helped create.

It’s Been A Wonder-Filled Day … Pure Serendipity!!
…BUT by time Prof Smith is saying Goodbye, daylight was rapidly fading, and Henry Gurr had NO ideas for Camping. Prof Smith suggested City Park in Oakes, ND, the next ZMM Route Town 40 miles East on Rt 11.
….However, Henry could not find any City Park. Nor were there any Signs saying camping allowed, nor other likely places, such as Truck Stop.
Cont Next.Photo =>Three Pines Motel, Oakes, ND.:

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… Posted 1 Nov 2020. Revised 5 Nov & 24 Nov 2020.

Continued fm Previous Photo.

~8:00 pm Wed 14 Aug: Three Pines Motel, 1406 88th Street SE, Oakes, ND.

…The Photo /\ Above/\, shows “The Three Pines Motel”,
….Which Is The NEW Name For The Former E & I Motel. The E & I Motes has been Mentioned In Various Writings About ZMM Route, Especially Those Of Henry Gurr, and Swedish Journalist Seven Lindquist.
>
…It’s Nearly Dusk, And Henry Gurr Looking For A Campground, Explored Streets Of Oaks, ND.
… And after several local people said they didn’t know of any, Henry decided he would go to the same motel he stayed on his 2002 ZMM Route Research Trip: The $ for overnight, although normal, but was … shock … much higher than camping :….
…. Inspiration Strikes …. Henry asks the very helpful manager … “ Can I pay you to setup my small tent on a patch of your grass?”
….Reply “We don’t have any way to do that, but here is the phone number of Paul Roney.”, who is current owner of the trailer park across the street.”
… .WOW!! Stroke Of Good Luck!
..
Sure Enough There’s The Sign =>
…. Huebner Mobile Home Park, 1300 Main Ave, Oakes, ND 58474, Phone: (701) 742-2630, Phone 970-308-5571.
..
Google Also Finds These =>
…Weise Trailer Court: Paul Roney 701.742.3428
…Huebner Mobile Home Park: Paul Roney 701.742.3428
…E & I Motel Trailers: 701.742.2151.

Cont Next.Photo => Looking South To Paul Roney’s Hay Field, From The Three Pines Motel, Oakes, ND.

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… Posted 1 Nov 2020. Revised 1 Nov & 5 Nov & 24 Nov 2020.

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….~9:00 pm Wed 14 Aug: Looking South To Paul Roney’s Hay Field, From The Three Pines Motel, Oakes, ND.
….After several calls (using motel borrowed cell), Henry Gurr is talking, to Paul Roney: He is on a farm tractor, mowing his hay field, which is South at the end of the street. (Seen in Google Street View /\ Above /\, (This is just before the trees seen in the distance.) He says “drive on back, and he will meet me on his next circuit of mowing”.

….Henry Drives Along A Series Of Mobile Homes, To A Grassy Area, And Sees A Tractor’s Moving Lights, Because It’s Getting Dark. .
… Thanks to The Marvels of Cell Phones => A man, surely Paul Roney, shuts off the tractor, and comes over. He understands my camping request: "Sure! Set up your tent on the lawn under the big oak tree. If anybody complains, tell e’m to call me. And what brings to this area?”
,,,,Stroke Of Good Luck …because when Paul learns about Henry’s : “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" Research, he says “I’ve got a Storage Container full of Harleys, and with my buddy go on long trips to Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, etc. Love it!! We camp along the roadside, but have a pistol in case there’s trouble.
…Since Paul seems interested ( MORE Stroke Of Good Luck ),
…. Henry gets out a ZMM copy and reads passages Re Oaks, ND.
…Then AN OTHER STROKE OF GOOD LUCK !!
… Paul instantly recognized the ZMM Narrator’s “turn right at a row of cottonwoods” , says he OWNS, the remaining part of that Old Motel where Pirsig & Company stayed!! OH WOW!! WHAT A (THIRD) STROKE OF GOOD LUCK!

Now We Know, For Sure, Where That Old ZMM Motel Was,
….And It’s Still There! Henry Is SO Delighted He Gives Paul A Copy Of “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” , and asks Paul to send an Email, when he gets part way into the book.

…So: There You Have It! By A Long Series Of Steps, EACH Of Which Was Its OWN Stroke Of Good Luck, =>
….Henry found a Harley Enthusiast, who allowed Henry camp in big grassy area, by his hay field, in back of his Mobil Home Park. He also had quite vital ZMM Research Information. In return he received a copy of the ZMM Book.

…As Henry gets ready to turn off the lights in the Prius, he sticks a paper note in steering wheel of so next morning => “Be SURE to take => ”ZMM Motel Panorama”!!

…. Next morning, Henry’s note was quirt effective, as you will see in => Next Photo => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => The Still Existing Units Of The Former ZMM Motel, Just West of the RR Tracks, Oaks, ND.
.... SIDE NOTE => In fact a SECOND Panorama Photo Set exists, of much higher resolution, which you may ask for.

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… Posted 1 Nov 2020. Revised 5 Nov & 24 Nov 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => The Still Existing Units Of The Former ZMM Motel, Just West of the RR Tracks.


6:03 am Thurs 15 Aug: 330 Main Ave, Oakes, ND 58474 (GPS = 46.138889, -98.096164)


….Just As In 1968, When The ZMM Narrator said => “Turn Right At A Row of Cottonwoods.” Henry Gurr did this, THEN Crossed The RR Tracks,. And VOLA!! The Still Existing Units Of The Former ZMM Motel, Oaks, ND!

….For Google Satellite View: Red PinPoint Is Henry Gurr Panorama Camera Location. ZMM Motel Is To The South & Just West of 3rd Street. Click Here.


As You Read (Below) (What The ZMM Narrator Says),
… Try To Visualize Chris, Sylvia, John, and Narrator, Telling Stories, At Dusk, In The Courtyard, Between The Light Green Colored Motel Units! {{As Is Shown In /\ Above /\ Panorama Opening Scene.))
…“John says there is a motel at the other end of town, but I tell him there’s a better one if you turn right, at a row of cottonwoods a few blocks down.
…We turn at the cottonwoods and travel a few blocks, and a small motel appears. Inside the office John looks around and says, "This is a good place. When were you here before?" … "I don’t remember," I say. …. "Then how did you know about this?"…. "Intuition." He looks at Sylvia and shakes his head.
….Sylvia has been watching me silently for some time. She notices my hands are unsteady as I sign in. "You look awfully pale," she says. "Did that lightning shake you up? … ."No. …. "You look like you’d seen a ghost."
….John and Chris look at me and I turn away from them to the door. It is still raining hard, but we make a run for it to the rooms. The gear on the cycles is protected and we wait until the storm passes over before removing it.
… After the rain stops, the sky lightens a little. But from the motel courtyard, I see past the cottonwoods that a second darkness, that of night, is about to come on. We walk into town, have supper, and by the time we get back, the fatigue of the day is really on me. We rest, almost motionless, in the metal armchairs of the motel courtyard, slowly working down a pint of whiskey that John brought with some mix from the motel cooler. It goes down slowly and agreeably. A cool night wind rattles the leaves of the cottonwoods along the road.”
… [[See Next Photo For Street Names Etc Related to /\ Above /\ Panorama’]]

PLEASE NOTE WELL: The ”wind and leaf rattle” Are To Be Taken By The Reader (YOU), to be Poetic / Metaphoric Signals, from the ZMM Narrator, THAT =>
….He will NOW GO ON & EXPLAIN SOME
….. VERY IMPORTANT CONCLUSIONS RE =>
………HOW HUMANS PERCEIVE CONCEPTS: ~THEY ARE GHOSTS OF TIMES PAST !!

…. For ZMM Full Text. Click Here.


Cont Next.Photo => A LESS THAN PERFECT PANORAMA VIEW Of => The Still Existing Units Of The Former ZMM Motel, Just West of the RR Tracks, Oaks, ND.


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… Posted Posted 24 Nov 2020. Revised 1 Nov & 24 Nov 20200.

ContFmPreviousPhoto => A A LESS THAN PERFECT PANORAMA VIEW Of => The Still Existing Units Of The Former ZMM Motel, Just West of the RR Tracks.

6:03 am Thurs 15 Aug: 330 Main Ave, Oakes, ND 58474 (GPS = 46.138889, -98.096164)
…..Just As In 1968, When The ZMM Narrator said => “Turn Right At A Row of Cottonwoods.” Henry Gurr did this, THEN Crossed The RR Tracks,. And VOLA!! The Still Existing Units Of The Former ZMM Motel, Oaks, ND!

…. Google Satellite View: The Red PinPoint Is Henry Gurr Panorama Camera Location. ZMM Motel Is To The South Of Red Pinpoint, and Just West of 3rd Street. Click Here.

….NOTE: The /\ Above /\ Panorama Photo Shows The SAME CAMERA PHOTOS (And SAME Physical Location), As Previous Hi Quality Panorama Photo, But “Stitched” By Flatworld.com, Before They Understood What Henry Gurr Wanted.

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 remarkably good, but The Less Than Perfect Stitching Of FlatWorld.com, using Adobe Photoshop, stitched only shows 6 of the 7 supplied photos. And as you see /\ ABOVE /\,. FlatWorld’s first Stitchings did not adjust the Panorama Opening to be Henry Gurr,s First Photo Supplied, as desired. The /\ Above /\ did include the 7th Photo Henry Gurr Supplied. This in turn meant that the Resulting Panorama did YES go ~40 degrees beyond 360 degrees as desirable. The Previous Panorama Photo Stitched & Edit Improved by FlatWorld.com is Far Better in nearly all these respects, because after a LOT of phone instructions, they finally understood & realized what Henry Gurr was requesting.
….************** ….

Please Remember Previous Panorama Discussion of ZMM Book Story, In Oakes ND. AND As You Look At /\ Above /\ Panorama => Try To Visualize Chris, Sylvia, John, and Narrator, Telling Stories, At Dusk. =>
..1) The /\ Above /\ Panorama opens looking East along Main Ave beyond the RR Crossing.
..2) And Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to scroll the panorama right, you see a Typical Grain Storage Facility, close to the RR for shipping.
..3) Continued scrolling you see at South, An Office Building, then to right, beyond a short segment of 3rd Street, see The Light Green Colored Motel Units, of the once-upon-a-time ZMM Book Motel.
..4) Continued scrolling you see .houses in Oakes,, ND, then are looking West along Main Ave.
..5) Continued scrolling. see another short segment of 3rd Street, and then North, and then at right see a RR Trackside Warehouse.
..7) And finally you are again looking East along Main Ave beyond the RR Crossing.
.
Cont Next.Photo => Along The ZMM Route, A 3 Photo Pano View Of => A County Courthouse & Leach Public Library, Wahpeton, ND.

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… Posted 1 Nov 2020. Revised 1 Nov & 25 Nov 2020.

Continued fm Previous Photo => Street Scene: Wahpeton County Courthouse & Leach Public Library

10: 37 am Thurs 15 Aug, 417 2Nd Ave N Wahpeton, ND 58075
…. ((The Town of Wahpeton, ND, is exactly at the Eastern Border of North Dakota.))

…The /\ Above /\ 3 Photo Pano:
..1) Opens showing The Whapeton County Courthouse.
..2) As you scroll to the right, you are looking East on 2nd Street.
..3) Continuing scroll, you see The Leach Public Library, which was built in 1923, and is listed on The National Register of Historic Places in 1990.…. Library staff were very helpful, and WiFi worked great! … This Library happens to be => Two Blocks North from Henry Gurr’s ZMM Route, from Oakes, ND on North Dakota Rt 13:
..4) Continued scroll, you are looking West on 2nd Street.

… Following The ZMM Route (Minnesota Ave), Four Blocks further East, Henry Gurr Crossed The Rather UN-Noticeable, Red River,
….AND then Immediately Entered Both Minnesota (On Rt 210) AND The ZMM Route Town of Breckenridge, MN.

All This Exactly “Fits” the opening of ZMM Chapter 3: Concerning the “Red River” AND “Breckenridge”, Here Is what the ZMM Narrator says. =>
“By the time we are out of the Red River Valley the storm clouds are everywhere and almost upon us. ….. John and I have discussed the situation [back] in Breckenridge and decided to keep going until we have to stop. …. That shouldn’t be long now. The sun is gone, the wind is blowing cold, and a wall of differing shades of grey looms around us. …. It seems huge, overpowering. The prairie here is huge but above it the hugeness of this ominous grey mass ready to descend is frightening. We are traveling at its mercy now. When and where it will come is nothing we can control. All we can do is watch it move in closer and closer.

… The ZMM Route East => Then Follows These ZMM Route Roads =>
...A) Leave Minnesota Ave, and over the Red River Cross, The Border Into Minnesota,
…B) Immediately after the Red River, Enter (& Drive Through) Breckenridge, MN. Then
…C) Find Rt 210 and continue East 23 miles to Fergus Falls, MN, Where Turn
…D) South On I-94 & Rt 59 where
…E) Connect to (and follow) Rt 55 all the way to Minneapolis, MN.

Cont Next.Photo => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => Centennial Park, ZMM Route (Rt 55), Kensington, MN.

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… Posted ~8 October 2020. Revised 28 Oct & 1 Nov & 5 Nov & 24 Nov 2020.

Continued fm Previous Photo => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => Kensington, MN, Centennial Park.

1:24 pm Thurs 15 Aug: ZMM Route (Rt 55), Kensington, MN.
….Kensington is some 145 miles WNW of Minneapolis, MN.

Here Is What The ZMM Narrator Says About The Western Planes Prairie Landscape, As They Approach The Minnesota Border, To North Dakota. =>
…“ [ We are ] not in the Dakotas yet, but the broad fields show we are getting nearer. Some of them are blue with flax blossoms moving in long waves like the surface of the ocean. The sweep of the hills is greater than before and they now dominate everything else, except the sky, which seems wider. Farmhouses in the distance are so small we can hardly see them. The land is beginning to open up.
….There is no one place or sharp line where the Central Plains end and the Great Plains begin. It’s a gradual change like this that catches you unawares, as if you were sailing out from a choppy coastal harbor, noticed that the waves had taken on a deep swell, and turned back to see that you were out of sight of land. There are fewer trees here and suddenly I am aware they are no longer native. They have been brought here and planted around houses and between fields in rows to break up the wind. But where they haven’t been planted there is no underbrush, no second-growth saplings—only grass, sometimes with wildflowers and weeds, but mostly grass. This is grassland now. We are on the prairie.
…. Memories of car trips across them are always of flatness and great emptiness as far as you can see, extreme monotony and boredom as you drive for hour after hour, getting nowhere, wondering how long this is going to last without a turn in the road, without a change in the land going on and on to the horizon.
((NOTE: Of course this fits Henry Gurr’s (Non-City) Photos previously seen in this Album, all the way West to the Missouri River. ]]

A City Park Along The ZMM Route, Kensington, MN.
..1) The /\ Above /\ Panorama, Opens With View Southeast along the ZMM Route, Rt 55,
..2) And Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to continually scroll the panorama right, you will see a general view of the Town South of Rt 55, until you see again the ZMM Route Rt 55, going Northwest.
..3) Continually scroll the panorama right, you will see a general view of the Kensington Centennial Park (1890-1990), now on the North side of Rt 55, until you see again the ZMM Route View Southeast along the ZMM Route Rt 55, towards Minneapolis, MN.

….For Google Satellite View of Henry Gurr Panorama Camera Location, On ZMM Route 55, Looking Down At Kensington Centennial Park. Click Here.


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 Flatworld.com, Before They Understood & Realized What Henry Gurr Wanted.
Cont Next.Photo =>

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… Posted 24 Nov 2020. Revised 28 Oct & 2 Nov & 5 Nov & 24 Nov 2020.

Continued fm Previous Photo => A NOT SO PERFECT PANORAMA VIEW OF => KENSINGTON, MN, CENTENNIAL PARK.

1:24 pm Thurs 15 Aug: ZMM Route (Rt 55), Kensington, MN.
….Kensington is some 145 miles WNW of Minneapolis, MN.

Here Is What The ZMM Narrator Says About The Western Planes Prairie Landscape, As They Approach The Minnesota Border, To North Dakota. =>
…“ [ We are ] not in the Dakotas yet, but the broad fields show we are getting nearer. Some of them are blue with flax blossoms moving in long waves like the surface of the ocean. The sweep of the hills is greater than before and they now dominate everything else, except the sky, which seems wider. Farmhouses in the distance are so small we can hardly see them. The land is beginning to open up.
….There is no one place or sharp line where the Central Plains end and the Great Plains begin. It’s a gradual change like this that catches you unawares, as if you were sailing out from a choppy coastal harbor, noticed that the waves had taken on a deep swell, and turned back to see that you were out of sight of land. There are fewer trees here and suddenly I am aware they are no longer native. They have been brought here and planted around houses and between fields in rows to break up the wind. But where they haven’t been planted there is no underbrush, no second-growth saplings—only grass, sometimes with wildflowers and weeds, but mostly grass. This is grassland now. We are on the prairie.
…. Memories of car trips across them are always of flatness and great emptiness as far as you can see, extreme monotony and boredom as you drive for hour after hour, getting nowhere, wondering how long this is going to last without a turn in the road, without a change in the land going on and on to the horizon.
((NOTE: Of course this fits Henry Gurr’s (Non-City) Photos previously seen in this Album, all the way West to the Missouri River. ))

….NOTE: The /\ Above /\ Panorama Photo Shows The SAME CAMERA PHOTOS (And SAME Physical Location), As Previous Hi Quality Panorama Photo,

..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 remarkably good, but The Less Than Perfect Stitching Of FlatWorld.com, using Adobe Photoshop, stitched nicely shows 6 of the 6 supplied photos. And as you see /\ ABOVE /\,. FlatWorld’s first Stitchings did not adjust the Panorama Opening to be Henry Gurr,s First Photo Supplied, as desired. By happenstance here, only 6 Successive Photos were taken by Henry Gurr. This in turn meant that the Resulting Panorama did NOT go ~40 degrees beyond 360 degrees as desirable. The Previous Panorama Photo Stitched & Edit Improved by FlatWorld.com is Far Better in nearly all these respects, because after a LOT of phone instructions, they finally understood & Realized what Henry Gurr was requesting.
….************** ….

A City Park Along The ZMM Route, Kensington, MN.
.1) The /\ Above /\ Panorama, opens with a general view of the Town South of Rt 55,
..2) And Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to continually scroll the panorama right, you will see, more town, until you see again the ZMM Route Rt 55, going Northwest.
..3) Continually scroll the panorama right, you will see a general view of the Kensington Centennial Park (1890-1990), now on the North side of Rt 55, until you see again the ZMM Route View Southeast along the ZMM Route Rt 55, towards Minneapolis, MN.

Cont Next.Photo => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => Glacial Lake Vista-Point And Bronze Plaque. Glenwood, MN.

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… Posted 8 October 2020. Revised 2 Nov & 24 Nov 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => A Glacial Lake Vista-Point And Bronze Plaque.

5:38 pm Thurs 15 Aug: Mt. Outlook Park, Glenwood, MN.

….The /\ Above /\ View Is Just 200 Feet Off Of ZMM Route (Rt 55 at 14th Ave.), some 120. miles WNW of Minneapolis, MN.


Concerning This Area of Minnesota, Here Is What The ZMM Narrator Says As Chapter 2 Is Closed, And A New Chapter Started =>
…“ We’re out of the marshes now, but the air is still so humid you can look straight up directly at the yellow circle of the sun as if there were smoke or smog in the sky. But we’re in the green countryside now. The farmhouses are clean and white and fresh. And there’s no smoke or smog.
…. Start Chapter 3.
… The road winds on and on . . . we stop for rests and lunch, exchange small talk, and settle down to the long ride. The beginning fatigue of afternoon balances the excitement of the first day and we move steadily, not fast, not slow.
We have picked up a southwest side wind, and the cycle cants into the gusts, seemingly by itself, to counter their effect. Lately there’s been a sense of something peculiar about this road, apprehension about something, as if we were being watched or followed. But there is not a car anywhere ahead and in the mirror are only John and Sylvia way behind.


Travelling The ZMM Route (Now on Rt 55), Henry Gurr Stopped Here At This Glenwood, MN City Park, To Rest In The Shade.
..1) The /\ Above /\ Panorama opens looking Northwest, where you see trees and a portion of Vista Point Retaining Rock Wall:
..2) And Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to scroll the panorama right, you see Glenwood Water Tower, and then Formal Garden Flowers & Statue at the Center of The Circular Entrance Drive Way.
..3) Further Scroll, you see again trees and a portion of Vista Point Retaining Rock Wall:
..4) Scroll To End Of Panorama, To See a Brass Geology Plaque, And Scenic Glacial “Ice Block” Lake Beyond.


As The Brass Geology Plaque Explains =>
This ~2 mile x 6.5 mile lake, was formed by gravel infill around a Glacial Ice Block. When the ice melted, and trees grew, presto this nice view!! (Please REMEMBER to click photo several ties to get the biggest view, & possibly use Magnifying Glass, to read Part of The Plaque.
…. Click here for Full Bronze Plaque Information, Including Full Text On Marker,: Marker Location Street Address & GPS Coordinates, and A Link To Google Map.. )

((PHOTO NOTE: The /\ Above /\ Panorama is NOT a “More Than Full Circle Panorama”, because the necessary 7th Photo (of just trees), was not taken.))

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 Flatworld.com, Before They Understood & Realized What Henry Gurr Wanted.


Photo File = Panorama_18 ByFw98Rez0715-0720 GlacialIceBlockLakeParkGlenwoodMN IvSezFa96DPI.jpg
… Posted 24 Nov 2020. Revised 13 Oct & 2 Nov & 5 Nov & 24 Nov & 6 Dec 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto => A LESS THAN PERFECT PANORAMA VIEW Of => Glacial Lake Vista-Point And Bronze Plaque.

5:38 pm Thurs 15 Aug: Mt. Outlook Park, Glenwood, MN.

….The /\ Above /\ View Is Just 200 Feet Off Of ZMM Route (Rt 55 at 14th Ave), some 120. miles WNW of Minneapolis, MN.

Concerning This Area of Minnesota, Here Is What The ZMM Narrator Says As Chapter 1 Is Closed And A New Chapter Started =>
…“ We’re out of the marshes now, but the air is still so humid you can look straight up directly at the yellow circle of the sun as if there were smoke or smog in the sky. But we’re in the green countryside now. The farmhouses are clean and white and fresh. And there’s no smoke or smog.
….Start Chapter 2.
… The road winds on and on . . . we stop for rests and lunch, exchange small talk, and settle down to the long ride. The beginning fatigue of afternoon balances the excitement of the first day and we move steadily, not fast, not slow.
We have picked up a southwest side wind, and the cycle cants into the gusts, seemingly by itself, to counter their effect. Lately there’s been a sense of something peculiar about this road, apprehension about something, as if we were being watched or followed. But there is not a car anywhere ahead and in the mirror are only John and Sylvia way behind.

….NOTE: The /\ Above /\ Panorama Photo Shows The SAME CAMERA PHOTOS (And SAME Physical Location), As Previous Hi Quality Panorama Photo, But “Stitched” By Flatworld.com, Before They Understood & Realized What Henry Gurr Wanted.

..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 remarkably good, but The Less Than Perfect Stitching Of FlatWorld.com, using Adobe Photoshop, stitched nicely shows 6 of the 6 supplied photos. And as you see /\ ABOVE /\,. FlatWorld’s first Stitchings did not adjust the Panorama Opening to be Henry Gurr,s First Photo Supplied, as desired. By happenstance here, only 6 Successive Photos were taken by Henry Gurr (The 7th Photo of just trees, was not taken).. This in turn meant that the Resulting Panorama did NOT go ~40 degrees beyond 360 degrees as desirable. The Previous Panorama Photos Stitched & Edit Improved by FlatWorld.com are Far Better in nearly all these respects, because after a LOT of phone instructions, they finally understood & Realized what Henry Gurr was requesting.

…. ************** … .

Travelling The ZMM Route (Now on Rt 55), Henry Gurr Stopped Here At This Glenwood, MN City Park, To Rest In The Shade.
..1) The /\ Above /\ Panorama opens looking South at a Brass Geology Plaque, and A Scenic Glacial “Ice Block” Lake Beyond.
..2) And Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to scroll the panorama right, you see Glenwood Water Tower, and then Formal Garden Flowers & Statue at the Center of The Circular Entrance Drive Way.
..3) Further Scroll, you see again trees and a portion of Vista Point Retaining Rock Wall:
..4) And finally scroll to End Of Panorama, to see again the SAME Opening View, showing the Brass Geology Plaque, and A Scenic Lake Beyond.
….As Brass Geology Plaque Explains =>
….This ~2 mile x 6.5 mile lake, was formed by gravel infill around a Glacial Ice Block. When the ice melted, and trees grew, presto this nice view!! (To read part of the Plaque, Please REMEMBER to click photo several ties to get the biggest view, & possibly use Magnifying Glass.) …. Click here for Full Bronze Plaque Information, Including Full Text On Marker,: Marker Location (Street Address & GPS Coordinates), and A Link To Google Map.. )

ContNextPhoto => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => Minnesota Rt 55: ZMM Narrator’s Roadside Rest.

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… Posted 2 Nov 2020. Revised 2 Nov & 24 Nov & 6 Dec 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => Minnesota Rt 55: ZMM Roadside Rest.


8:02 pm Thrs15 Aug: At A Point Nearest To Lake Koronis, Half Way Between Paynesville, MN & Eden Valley, MN.


….The /\ Above /\ View Is ZMM Route (Rt 55), some 85 miles WNW of Minneapolis, MN.

Concerning Their Minnesota Road Just Traveled, AND This Roadside Rest Area, Here Is What The ZMM Narrator Says Mid Chapter 1. =>
… ... Up ahead the other riders, John Sutherland and his wife, Sylvia, have pulled into a roadside picnic area. It’s time to stretch. As I pull my machine beside them Sylvia is taking her helmet off and shaking her hair loose, while John puts his BMW up on the stand. Nothing is said. We have been on so many trips together we know from a glance how one another feels. Right now we are just quiet and looking around.
The picnic benches are abandoned at this hour of the morning. We have the whole place to ourselves. John goes across the grass to a cast-iron pump and starts pumping water to drink. Chris wanders down through some trees beyond a grassy knoll to a small stream. I am just staring around.
After a while Sylvia sits down on the wooden picnic bench and straightens out her legs, lifting one at a time slowly without looking up. Long silences mean gloom for her, and I comment on it. She looks up and then looks down again.
"It was all those people in the cars coming the other way," she says. "The first one looked so sad. And then the next one looked exactly the same way, and then the next one and the next one, they were all the same."
"They were just commuting to work."
She perceives well but there was nothing unnatural about it. "Well, you know, work," I repeat. "Monday morning. Half asleep. Who goes to work Monday morning with a grin?"
"It’s just that they looked so lost," she says. "Like they were all dead. Like a funeral procession." Then she puts both feet down and leaves them there. “
…. ************** … .

..1) The /\ Above /\ Panorama opens looking Southeast Along Rt 55, where you see at right part of the lawn of the Roadside Rest Area.
..2) And Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to scroll the panorama right, you see typical Minnesota Hardwood Forest. And looking between the trees, you see several places of water, which in an example of => The ZMM Narrator’s . ..Chris wanders down through some trees beyond a grassy knoll to a small stream. “
..3) Continued scroll you see the wide lawn, the where once-upon-a-time there was walk the grass to a cast-iron pump “. Then you see the Picnic Pavilion, with Henry Gurr’s Laptop on the Right Table. His Camera Memory SD was full, and Henry was hoping enough Battery to Transfer the SD Camera Photos, into Laptop Photo Copies, plus BAK Copy.
..4) Continued scroll you see the Parking Lot, Porta-Potty, and Rt 55 continues Northwest,
..5) And continually scrolling you see the homes on the North side of Rt 55, and finally to End Of Panorama, to see again the SAME Opening View, looking Southeast Along Rt 55.
…. ************** … .

….ChangesSinceRobertPirsig1968Trip =>
…. As may be seen in Henry Gurr’s ZMM Research Photos => The Narrators 1968 walk .the grass to a cast-iron pump “.was in 2002 on the Grass Side of the Picnic Pavilion. Click Here. Also what likely was a gravel parking lot for Narrator, Chris, & Sutherlands, is seen as Asphalt Paved. Click Here.
Also seen in Henry Gurr’s ZMM Research Photos => “Time had passed, and the old sturdy concrete block pit toilet buildings have been boarded up & replaced with a flimsy plastic port-a-potty.” Click Here.
….ChangesSinceHSGTrip’02 =>
As you can see in Panorama /\ Above /\ Time has passed; and GONE are the once-upon-a-time =>
..A) The walk the grass to a cast-iron pump “ And
..B) The old sturdy concrete block pit toilet buildings, which back in 2002 were boarded up & replaced with a flimsy plastic port-a-potty.

Photo File = DSC_0001.jpgByFw98RezDSC_0001-0007ZmmRaRt55BtwPaynesvilleMN EdenValley MN.
… Posted 6 Dec 2020. Revised 6 Dec 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto => A PANORAMA VIEW Of => Route 55 Railroad Overpass.


8:31 pm Thrs 15 Aug: 2 Miles West of Watkins, MN.


….The /\ Above /\ View Is ZMM Route (Rt 55), some 68 miles WNW of Minneapolis, MN.


While Traveling This Area of Minnesota, Here Is What The ZMM Narrator Says Five Pages into Chapter 1. =>
… ... Unless you’re fond of hollering you don’t make great conversations on a running cycle. Instead you spend your time being aware of things and meditating on them. On sights and sounds, on the mood of the weather and things remembered, on the machine and the countryside you’re in, thinking about things at great leisure and length without being hurried and without feeling you’re losing time.
…. ************** … .


..1) The /\ Above /\ Panorama opens showing West-Going Rt 55 = ZMM Route. This is a view Our ZMM Riders would have seen in 1968, since a 1978 Map shows this Over Pass had already been created.
..2) And Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to scroll the panorama right, you see trees North of the Highway.
..3) Continued scroll you see the East-Going Rt 55, and the Overpass “Hump”, as the Pavement crests over the RR Tracks.
..4) Continuing scroll you see farm fields and homestead buildings.
..5) And finally scroll to End Of Panorama, to see again the SAME Opening View, showing the West-Going view Our ZMM Riders would have seen in 1968.


Photo File = DSC_0008.jpgByFw98RezDSC_0008-0014VuRt55RrOverpassBtwWatkinsMN KimballMN
… Posted 6 Dec 2020. Revised 6 Dec 2020.

ContFmPreviousPhoto => A PANORAMA VIEW AT MINNESOTA’S MAPLE LAKE, SHOWING THE ZMM NARRATORS => …. .. marsh grass and water + A Stretch of The Once-Upon-A-Time Narrator’s … bump along the beat-up concrete between the cattails and stretches of meadow..

8:42 am Fri 16 Aug: One mile SE of Town of Maple Lake, MN.

….The /\ Above /\ View Is ZMM Route (Rt 55), some 45 miles WNW of Minneapolis, MN. (Although it is possible that Our ZMM Riders stopped here, there is no evidence for this.)

Concerning This Area of Minnesota, Here Is What The ZMM Narrator Says In The Third Paragraph of Chapter 1: => … ... 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. We bump along the beat-up concrete between the cattails and stretches of meadow and then more cattails and marsh grass. Here and there is a stretch of open water and if you look closely you can see wild ducks at the edge of the cattails. And turtles. . . . There’s a red-winged blackbird. I whack Chris’s knee and point to it. "What!" he hollers. "Blackbird!" He says something I don’t hear.” What?" I holler back. He grabs the back of my helmet and hollers up, "I’ve seen lots of those, Dad!" "Oh!" I holler back. Then I nod. At age eleven you don’t get very impressed with red-winged blackbirds. You have to get older for that. For me this is all mixed with memories that he doesn’t have. …. ************** … .

..1) The /\ Above /\ Panorama opens looking West, over an Example of The ZMM Narrator’s … and then more cattails and marsh grass. Here and there is a stretch of open water And
..2) Remembering to click photo several ties to get the biggest view, & possibly use Magnifying Glass), you can see BEYOND the .. marsh grass and water => A Asphalt Pavement stretch of The Once-Upon-A-Time Narrator’s … bump along the beat-up concrete between the cattails and stretches of meadow.. which as your see /\ Above /\ is now very smooth Rt 55 Asphalt Paved, atop a “Filed-In” & “Built Up” Earthen Embankment, which is identified by the string of Four Sets of Electric Power Poles .
..3) Using “Click&Drag” Scroll Bars, to scroll the panorama right, you see => A curved stretch of pavement, which at one time followed the curved path of the original old road, on a curved stretch of land between Maple Lake & another major lake to the SW, Click Here, Evidently this was location of the old (dirt?) road prior to making Rt 55 straight (and paved), by “Filling-In” & “Building Up” in the lake mentioned in ..2) above.
..4) Continuing to scroll you see successively => a) A Roadside Rest Area, b) Trees, c) The Water of Maple Lake, d) Boat Dock, e) Boat Ramp, f) A Line Of Wood Posts, g) Parking Lot With Puddles from last night’s hard rain & wind (Fortunately Henry Gurr’s Tent held the onslaught), h) another section of Rt 55, and i) The Rest Area Entrance & Exit.
..5) Look carefully beyond the Stop Sigh, you can see, beyond the “Filling-In” & “Building Up” to make Rt 55 straight”, the water of the above mentioned “another major lake”.(All of these lakes & roads are clearly shown Blue Link above.):
..6) And finally scroll to End Of Panorama, to see again the SAME Opening View, showing Narrator’s … bump along the beat-up concrete …. and then more cattails and marsh grass. Here and there is a stretch of open water .
Photo File = DSC_0015.jpgByFw98RezDSC_0015-0021Rt55Ra&BoatRampMapleLake MapleLake MN DSC_0015.jpg. … Posted 6 Dec 2020. Revised 6 Dec 2020.

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.