Monday, July 8, 2024: …Along Minnesota Route 55, A Panorama View Of The First Roadside Rest Area Out of Minneapolis.

The ZMM Narrator says =>
… "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."

2Mi East of Paynesville MN is the location of the First Roadside Rest Area (~75 Mi) from Minneapolis and thus is the most likely place for Robert Pirsig, Chris, & Southerland's 1968 rest-stop.

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