A Safe Place to Stop, Rest, Enjoy the Scenery, and Review ZMM.
“ …. we are on a twisting blacktop through fields toward the mountains up ahead. This is a road Phædrus used all the time, and flashes of his memory coincide everywhere. The high, dark Absaroka Range looms directly ahead.”

Boyd, MT. 5.1 miles West Southwest of Joliet, MT. As I traveled the next ~21 miles to Red Lodge, MT the faint distant mountains’, seen in /\ Above /\ Photo, apparent size visually grew, and grew to indeed fit The ZMM Narrator’s words .... “looms directly ahead“.
….At this photo location (but on the opposite West side of the highway), is a giant gravel parking lot. Here I found a safe place to stop, rest, enjoy the scenery, and review ZMM Passages, in order to look for upcoming ZMM landscape locations.

Indeed The ZMM Narrator’s Discussion Of Philosophy Supports The Actual Road Travel & Conversely !!
…. MY RESEARCH NOTES SAY: => “Now I see again, how much the reading of ZMM’s Travel Narrative supports, reflects upon, and amplifies, by analogy, ZMM’s twisting heavy readings in philosophy, and conversely.” (NOTE: Here I said “by analogy”, but in retrospect I should have said “by metaphor, or even better “by Metaphoric Bridge Connection.)
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…. Here in my notes I drew a wiggly, twisty line, to illustrate the twists of the highway seen already, and I anticipated at mountain switch-backs ahead.
….This phrase “LOOMS DIRECTLY AHEAD“, the Narrator uses repeatedly, and thus is a Master Motif. So also are “STREAM” and “TRAVELING TOWARDS THEIR SOURCE”. These Motifs will be discussed in the Next Two Photos, and the “stream” will be seen in Third Photo Next.
….As I drove the ZMM Route day-after-day, many, many of the Narrator’s Various Master Motifs surfaced in mind, triggered by the passing landscape.
As Will Be Further Discussed In Forthcoming Photos. =>
….These Above 3 Italic Phrases are written into ZMM, and Used Many A Time, as Repeated Themes, for Special Emphasis. “The Guidebook to ZMM” , Calls such Emphasized & Often Repeated ZMM Phrases, ‘Master Motifs'.

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“THE BEARTOOTH HIGHWAY:”
…A VERY GOOD ~20 MINUTE NATIONAL FOREST SERVICE VIDEO,
……GIVES A COMPLETE OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION,
WITH GREAT PHOTOS TO ILLUSTRATE ALL TOPICS, SUCH AS =>
…. What The Traveler Will See Along The Highway, The Geological Formation Of These Mountains, Plus History Of Human Exploration & Development From The Very Beginning Of Europeans Coming To These Mountains.
….SYNOPSIS => ”The Beartooth Highway runs 69-miles, from the Red Lodge to Cooke City, Montana and then to the Northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park. It's a road so spectacular the CBS's Charles Kuralt has called it America's "most beautiful roadway". The video illustrates the highway's use by the traveler, exploring recreational opportunities along the way, as well as providing glimpses of the vast and varied scenery.”

NOTE: Many Of This Video’s Scenes Are Over ~10,000 feet elevation. And for these, look close at the top of the picture to partly see examples of =>
….The ZMM Narrator’s Dark Black-Blue Sky.
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(Photo = 105-0588c …... ZMM Page = 105 …... WayPt = 124`|w|' 4030 ft)