Humid-Hazy Skies Over Lone Windmill.
…The Endless Prairie, With Nary A Flower To Be Seen. ~20 Miles West of the Red River, Which Is the MN - ND Border. …. Approximately June 16, 2002.

… " Also, to arrive in the Rocky Mountains by plane would be to see them in one kind of context, as pretty scenery. But to arrive after days of hard travel across the prairies would be to see them in another way, as a goal, a promised land. If John and I and Chris arrived with this feeling and Sylvia arrived seeing them as "nice" and "pretty," there would be more disharmony among us than we would get from the heat and monotony of the Dakotas. Anyway, I like to talk to her and I’m thinking of myself too. ” [Cont next]

Some ~20 Miles West of Breckenridge, MN. Here I discover my first windmill! This brings to mind page 26 in ZMM where (on this same road) the Narrator reports " ...then in the brilliance of the next flash that farmhouse . . . that windmill . . . oh, my God, he’s been here! ..." So I stop to photograph this windmill, which is along this same stretch of road.
…The landscape & hazy, humid sky seen here fits passage above => "after days of hard travel across the prairies ”
…However, this is opposite of Mr. Pirsig's own photos (Blue Link Below) of this same area, wherein you will note the perfectly blue sky! This fits Mr. Pirsig's recent confession that the storm and high-speed run to escape the rain was fictional. Right Click Here: Open In New Browser. And AFTER this Albums Page Comes Up => Scroll Down To The SECOND Down Album & Chick On => Pirsig 1968 Photos.
… Look at first 3 photos. THEN compare t /\ Above /\ Photo, of landscape & hazy, humid sky, with that seen Pirsig’s photos of his original 1968 trip..
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