Summer 2008: WINDING ROAD 40 YEARS AFTER
Pirsig's Cathartic Journey
Photonarrative by Marc G. Boileau

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I share Pirsig’s preference for the back roads. I knew for sure that I wanted to ride the Beartooth and Lolo highways. I also knew that my trip would have to return via Canada to allow me to do some fieldwork for another project. I would need to leave my Pirsig-Zen week behind and start my eastward journey from British Columbia. This arrangement also meant that I couldn’t squeeze in a ride on the Highway to the Sun in US Glacier National Park. While this was a planning disappointment, it turned out to be a lucky decision and now I also have an excuse to make another trip. The journey began one month before the 40th anniversary of Pirsig’s trek. Our weather in Ontario had been more spring-like despite the approach of July and the blackbird calls suited this season. They are spring harbingers to me. From my start in Guelph, it was two long rides to my Zen rendezvous.