Just Before Crossing The River At Myers Bridge =>
…. A Nature Preserve Adjacent To The Yellowstone River.

Beginning Chapter 10:
…. “Outside in the valley again the sky is still limited by the bluffs on either side of the river, but they are closer together and closer to us than they were this morning. The valley is narrowing as we move toward the river’s source.
We’re also at a kind of beginning point in the things I’m discussing at which one can at last start to talk about Phædrus’ break from the mainstream of rational thought in pursuit of the ghost of rationality itself.”

Southeast River Side, ~500 Foot SE Of Myers' Bridge, Myers, MT. The entrance to this Nature Preserve is a gravel driveway to the NE. As shown in a Satellite View, you drive over a Cattle Guard, and on by some buildings on the right, and continue to the river edge, where there might be a boat landing.
….An Internet Sites for Montana Fishing says this is called “Myers Bridge Fishing Access Site”. The Site Visit.com, says “Myers Bridge Fishing Access Site is on the Yellowstone River. Primitive campsite camping. There is a boat launch. Open all season and a maximum stay of seven days.”
….Although there were was no mosquito problem at nearby Myers Bridge, the beasts in this nature preserve fit the Narrator’s descriptions at their camping experience near Lemon, ND.
….These highly persistent dive-bombers will carry you away!! No amount of swatting or running will yield relief.
….In typing up this Photo Caption, I remember that there had been recent flooding, from rain, and now realize, this preserve & river access is likely free of this ”flood” of beasts on wing, most times of the year.
….To See my 2nd Photo Taken Here, showing flowering bush both sides of driveway, Click Herr.

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…DATE-LINE: July 28, 2021. by Henry Gurr.
MONTANA ZMM ROUTE RESEARCH PART TWO: As Seen By HSG in 2002.)
….Back in July 2002, after I finished my ZMM Route Research in Hysham, MT, I wanted to find & continue toward Laurel, MT, on road(s) likely used by Robert Pirsig in 1968. .…
….At the time, I thought I was following the Old Rt 10: But somehow a wrong turn took me away from the any hint of Old Rt 10, and unfortunately followed Rt-311 = Myers Road, which went over the Yellowstone River, onto a maze of back country dirt roads”
….These formed a labyrinth of scattered road forks, in every which-a-way- nonsense. In sum, this turned into a long and anxious detour, and away from any recognizable road on my mapl! Even my GPS, was limited help!!!
….As you can see in 4) below (on a Satellite Map), the trace of Myers Road, is clear & easy to follow. However, back in July 2002, driving on the dirt road was anything but clear. I just kept going and following the largest most traveled track, and finally last gasp, tired, hot, and about out of gas, got back over the Yellowstone River, and Intersection with I-94 at Custer, MT.
….And now (July 28, 2021) as I type up this paragraph, I clearly remember => I My frantic, near panic, attempts to get back to “civilization”, and find a gas station, before car ran out of gas!!.
….But In Retrospect, For The Adventurous ZMM Traveler, Myers Road, Qualifies As A ZMM Quality Road,
….Once you have the proper Maps, and Enough Gas, give it a try! For ~15 miles you’ll see the REAL Back Country Montana!
….This is a valid alternative to US-10 from Hysham, MT, to Custer, MT. AND for sure far higher ZMM Quality than I-94!
….Also you will go by where I found my first view of actual "Yellow Stone” (my WayPt = 112), which you will see the THIRD Photo Next.
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This Satellite View Was Discussed In Previous Photo:
….Here You Can Continue To Study This Satellite View To see The Above Roads AND The Continued Discussion Below. Right Click & Select New Tab: Satellite View Centered Red Pinpoint ,on Myers Bridge over Yellowstone River, ~6 Miles SW of Hysham, MT.

AFTER This Satellite View Comes Up, Zoom & ClickDrag, So You Can See =>
..1) Center Screen At Red Pinpoint => Myers Bridge over Yellowstone River.This is shown Next 2 Photos
..2) ~500 Foot SE Of Myers' Bridge, see a gravel driveway: This is the entrance to a Nature Preserve: As shown in Satellite View, you drive over a Cattle Guard, and on by some buildings on the right, and continue to the river edge, where there might be a boat landing. ….An Internet Sites for Montana Fishing says this is called “Myers Bridge Fishing Access Site”..
..3) Faintly Upper Right See => Hysham, MT, the small town much discussed previous photos:… Look close => As you can see, this small town is about 6 miles (somewhat NE) from Myers Bridge (Red Pinpoint), following Rt-311 = Myers Road,
..4) NW Of Myers' Bridge, see Myers Road = Rt-311. Zoom & ClickDrag, So You Can See Myers Road, go North, then West, Then South and then keep following it, trending SW somewhat parallel to the Yellowstone River, some 15 miles, to then cross back over the Yellowstone River, and Intersection with I-94 at Custer, MT.


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Yellowstone River at Myers Bridge, View Downstream

…. [“The valley is narrowing as we move toward the river’s source.
.... We’re also at a kind of beginning point in the things I’m discussing at which one can at last start to talk about Phædrus’ break from the mainstream of rational thought in pursuit of the ghost of rationality itself.
.... There was a passage he had read and repeated to himself so many times it survives intact. It begins:
.... In the temple of science are many mansions—and various indeed are they that dwell therein and the motives that have led them there. Many take to science out of a joyful sense of superior intellectual power; science is their own special sport to which they look for vivid experience and the satisfaction of ambition; … “ ]
…. many others are to be found in the temple who have offered the products of their brains on this altar for purely utilitarian purposes. Were an angel of the Lord to come and drive all the people belonging to these two categories out of the temple, it would be noticeably emptier but there would still be some men of both present and past times left inside . . . “ (Continued next.)
….Myers, MT. Note the low (rather shallow) river banks, and how relatively wide the river is. Contrary to what the Narrator says, the river has not noticeably gotten narrower, but this will be shown in the next and a later forth coming photo. Also note how the river’s smooth water here can be readily navigated here by a small boat. Then contrast with next picture downstream, showing more turbulence.

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Yellowstone River at Myers Bridge, View Upstream

….[ “… many others are to be found in the temple who have offered the products of their brains on this altar for purely utilitarian purposes. Were an angel of the Lord to come and drive all the people belonging to these two categories out of the temple, it would be noticeably emptier but there would still be some men of both present and past times left inside -- “.]
….“If the types we have just expelled were the only types there were, the temple would never have existed any more than one can have a wood consisting of nothing but creepers—those who have found favor with the angel—are somewhat odd, uncommunicative, solitary fellows, really less like each other than the hosts of the rejected. “ (Continued next.)
Meyers, MT. Notice that the river upstream is narrower, with much higher river banks, than in the previous view downstream.
….Just as the Narrator says “the valley narrows“ as we “move toward the river’s source “.
….Also note in the distance, the appearance of rocks, shoals, and rapids. We can suppose that => Here is probably the end of continuous boat accessibility from either the ocean at New Orleans and/or the Appalachian mountains at Pittsburg.

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My First View Of Actual "Yellow Stone”

… “‘What has brought them to the temple—no single answer will cover—escape from everyday life, with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one’s own shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from his noisy cramped surroundings into the silence of the high mountains where the eye ranges freely through the still pure air and fondly traces out the restful contours apparently built for eternity.’ … The state of mind which enables a man to do work of this kind is akin to that of the religious worshipper or lover. .. The passage is from a 1918 speech by a young German scientist named Albert Einstein. “ (Continued fm previous)
….(( I was not able to find a photo to show this above ZMM passage. Can anyone help? ))
Myers Road = Rt-311, From Myers Bridge, About Half Way Back To I-94 at Custer, MT.
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As Mentioned In The Third Photo Previous, My Story How I Got Here
….To Take The /\ Above /\ Photo
…..Back in July 2002, after I finished my ZMM Route Research in Hysham, MT, I wanted to find & continue toward Laurel, MT, on road(s) likely used by Robert Pirsig in 1968. .…
….At the time, I thought I was following the Old Rt 10: But somehow a wrong turn took me away from the any hint of Old Rt 10, and unfortunately followed Rt-311 = Myers Road, which went over the Yellowstone River, onto a maze of back country dirt roads”
….These formed a labyrinth of scattered road forks, in every which-a-way- nonsense. In sum, this turned into a long and anxious detour, and away from any recognizable road on my map! Even my GPS, was limited help!!”
…On a Satellite Map), the trace of Myers Road, is clear & easy to follow. However, back in July 2002, driving on the dirt road was anything but clear. I just kept going and following the largest most traveled track, and finally last gasp, tired, hot, and about out of gas, got back over the Yellowstone River, at the Intersection with I-94 at Custer, MT.”
….And now (July 28, 2021) as I type up this paragraph, I clearly remember => I My frantic, near panic, attempts to get back to “civilization”, and find a gas station, before car ran out of gas!!.
….But In Retrospect, For The Adventurous ZMM Traveler, Myers Road, Qualifies As A ZMM Quality Road!

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Looking Over the Yellowstone River Valley (Sept 9, 2006)
…When Viewed From I-94 On A South River Bluff, You Can See At Right, The North River Bluff, And Thus Discern That The Valley Is Getting Narrower.
…The Irrigation Ditch Has Water From The Yellowstone River =>
….But The River Itself Is Hidden In the Trees Along The North River Bluff, In The Distance.

….. “The formation of hypotheses is the most mysterious of all the categories of scientific method. Where they come from, no one knows. A person is sitting somewhere, minding his own business, and suddenly—flash!—he understands something he didn’t understand before. Until it’s tested the hypothesis isn’t truth. For the tests aren’t its source. Its source is somewhere else. ….. "
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“ Einstein had said “ :
…. “ Man tries to make for himself in the fashion that suits him best a simplified and intelligible picture of the world. He then tries to some extent to substitute this cosmos of his for the world of experience, and thus to overcome it.
…..He makes this cosmos and its construction the pivot of his emotional life in order to find in this way the peace and serenity which he cannot find in the narrow whirlpool of personal experience . . . .The supreme task . . . is to arrive at those universal elementary laws from which the cosmos can be built up by pure deduction. There is no logical path to these laws; only intuition, resting on sympathetic understanding of experience, can reach them . . . .
Intuition? Sympathy? Strange words for the origin of scientific knowledge. "
…. “ A lesser scientist than Einstein might have said, "But scientific knowledge comes from nature. Nature provides the hypotheses." But Einstein understood that nature does not. Nature provides only experimental data.
….A lesser mind might then have said, "Well then, man provides the hypotheses." But Einstein denied this too. "Nobody," he said, "who has really gone into the matter will deny that in practice the world of phenomena uniquely determines the theoretical system, in spite of the fact that there is no theoretical bridge between phenomena and their theoretical principles." (Continued next.) "
SIDE NOTE:
…. In the above TOP ZMM PASSAGE, the Narrator is telling of the important mental happening called “The Flash Of Insight.” This same mental process (and event), is discussed 19 times in ZMM with words => Seed Crystal (3), Crystallization (6), Waves of Crystallization (10).
…Other Instructive Examples of' “Crystallizations” May Be Called “Mental Arrivals” Such As =>
..1) A Flash of Insight,
..2) It Dawned On Me !
..3) Light Bulb (As in a cartoon),
..4) OH !! Now I see it !!
..5) Epiphany
../6) Sudden laughter when hit by the punch-line, In Jokes or Humor, where we instantly see what is funny, with laughter & pleasure!
Please Notice The Following =>
..A) The above 1) thru 6), are in response to our brain’s solving life’s problems coming at us (over ~95 percent of the time), our brain very quickly, yields (into our conscious mind) valid problem solutions (answers), that amazingly are the Best Or Near Best Answers, for the situation at hand.
B) These solutions are effectively 1) Perceptions of “What Is There”, and then 2) Answers, to guide “Real World Action”.
C) These solutions spontaneously “Come To Mind”, with absolutely no conscious awareness of their origin!!
D) These solutions suddenly, Just Appear (or Arrive) in our Consciousness Mind,
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For Your Continued Reading =>
….You Can See This Above Narrator’s “Importance”. By Reading Carefully And Fully Understanding, My Extensive Webpages. Start Here =>
…. A New & Vial & Unified Panorama View Into “How Our Mind Works, In The Creation of Conscious Awareness. Click Here.
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I-94, 3 miles West of Custer, MT.
As you will learn The Yellowstone River Valley has little drop in elevation it’s length, in Montana. This makes for a wide, deep, and calm river, which is of course great for river navigation! But it also means the traveler often cannot find a high enough vantage place, from which to see the river, or even guess where it is!
….As a consequence, In this area of the West, the traveler must learn to notice a line of trees, and imagine that that's where a river or a stream is.

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Looking Over The Yellowstone River Valley (June 20, 2002)
…When Viewed From I-94 Rest Area On The South River Bluff, You Can See The North River Bluff, In The Distance.
….But The River Is Hidden In the Trees, Just This Side of The North River Bluffs.
…… The Yellowstone River Valley Is Relatively Level. This Makes For a Wide, Deep, and Calm River, Which Is Great For River Navigation! But It Also Means The Traveler Can Not Often See The River, or Even Guess Where It Is.

….“Einstein had said, "Evolution [of science] has shown that at any given moment out of all conceivable [theory] constructions a single one has always proved itself absolutely superior to the rest," and let it go at that. But to Phædrus that was an incredibly weak answer. The phrase "at any given moment" really shook him. Did Einstein really mean to state that truth was a function of time? To state that would annihilate the most basic presumption of all science!
.... But there it was, the whole history of science, a clear story of continuously new and changing explanations of old facts. " (Continued next.)

I-94 Rest Area, 5 Mi West of Custer, MT. I experienced rest, diminishing hunger pangs, and needed relief at this Rest Area, as I contemplated this peaceful early evening scene! I was now back-on “known territory” after getting lost, farther and farther into back-country, for which I had no map, and no other source of information.
….This was just over an hour ago => While researching possible ZMM “back-country roads”, after Hysham, MT, surprise, I was unknowingly diverted over the bridge near Myers MT. Not knowing where I was going on the twisty, circuitous, roads, I had a long and anxious detour!
… My companion had been an ever increasing anxiety over an empty gas tank!

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From Previous Photo, A Continuation Of = Flash Of Insight & Crystallization Topics, AND
…. How These Relate To Penetrated Narrowly Into His Own Personal Experience, By Jules Henri Poincaré ( 1854 to 1912), A Professor At The University of Paris.
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… Beginning of ZMM Chapter 22: After Saying Goodbye To The DeWeese’s, The ZMM Narrator Introduces Poincare’, and Why Important To Him =>
….“I want to talk today about a person whom Phædrus never heard of, but whose writings I’ve studied quite extensively in preparation for this Chautauqua. Unlike Phædrus, this man was an international celebrity at thirty-five, a living legend at fifty-eight, whom Bertrand Russell has described as "by general agreement, the most eminent scientific man of his generation." He was an astronomer, a physicist, a mathematician and philosopher all in one. His name was Jules Henri Poincaré”
*** And Later The Narrator Tells Us ***
…...“Phædrus follows a long and tortuous path into the highest abstractions, seems about to come down and then stops. Poincaré starts with the most basic scientific verities, works up to the same abstractions and then stops. Both trails stop right at each other’s end! There is perfect continuity between them. When you live in the shadow of insanity, the appearance of another mind that thinks and talks as yours does is something close to a blessed event. Like Robinson Crusoe’s discovery of footprints on the sand. ”
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BECAUSE IMPORTANT FOR UNDERSTANDING “THE CREATION OF SCIENCE”. ZMM CHAPTER 22, QUOTES EXTENSIVELY FROM =>
…. Poincare’s Own Chapter “Mathematical Creation ” From His 1908 Book “ The Foundations Of Science: Science And Hypothesis, The Value Of Science, Science And Method. ”,
……Wherein Poincare’ Gives Examples (Recognizable as Flashes of Insight), Of The Own Mathematical Creation Events In His Mind. For Example =>
…. He was about to enter a bus, and at the moment when he put his foot on the step, the idea came to him, without anything in his former thoughts having paved the way for it, ” ((The ZMM Narrator calls the above and 5 different similar Poincare’ examples, waves of crystallization, .
….What Poincare Described Above, Is Very Much As Author Robert Pirsig Described, Earlier In This Chapter 22 =>
…“The formation of hypotheses is the most mysterious of all the categories of scientific method. Where they come from, no one knows. A person is sitting somewhere, minding his own business, and suddenly—flash!—[mental crystallization] he understands something he didn’t understand before. Until it’s tested the hypothesis isn’t truth. For the tests aren’t its source. Its source is somewhere else. ….. "
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To Read & Understand More Poincare’s => “Mathematical Creation ”
,…..This WebPage will give you a compact, well focused understanding of ~5 different Poincare’ waves of crystallization.
….Click Here For => “ Inclining the Mind Toward ‘Sudden Illumination’: French Polymath Henri Poincaré on How Creativity Works..”
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The Yellowstone River Valley Looking Over the Yellowstone River. View From I-94 On A South Bluff. You Can Tell the Valley Is Getting Ever Narrower Yet.

((An earlier Narrator's description also applies here:]))
…. [ “Outside in the valley again the sky is still limited by the bluffs on either side of the river, but they are closer together and closer to us than they were this morning. The valley is narrowing as we move toward the river’s source. " ]

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I-94, ~4 miles West of Custer, MT. Here the river has been forced to cut deeper. as evidenced by the much higher bluffs. This correspondingly made the distance between the bluffs much closer.
….But this valley doesn't always get narrower. Ahead, after Billings, MT, the river evidently flows through a practically level stretch, with much wider distance between the bluffs, if any.
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NEW TOPIC Re Lewis and Clark’s “Pompey’s Pillar”, & Travel Route Going West Southwest After Casper, MT.
….Earlier this day, halfway between Custer, MT, & Billings, MT, I got off I-94 where a sign that directed me to see “Pompey’s Pillar”. After leaving “The Pillar”, I turned back onto close by old US 10/312 (which is a North Side I-94 marginal), on which I continued on to Huntley, MT, and. there I resumed West on I-94.
….HOWEVER: The ZMM Traveler might better => Find & follow those portions of Old US-10, delineated in Earlier Photo of “ Site Of Enormous High-Celling Old Pace.”
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….NOTE: This famous Pompey’s Pillar attraction, is curiously UN-mentioned in ZMM, despite the Narrator's stated interest in Lewis and Clark. AND apparently the Narrator & Chris, went on by, despite it's being clearly marked by signs, and is easily visible to the West from along the older Marginal Highway 312, West adjacent to I-94.
….Passed on by, just because it IS a “Tourist Attraction”?
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Excerpts From Wikipedia: …
…Pompeys Pillar National Monument is a rock formation located in south central Montana, United States. Designated a National Monument on January 17, 2001, and managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in conjunction with The Friends of Pompeys Pillar, it consists of only 51 acres (21 ha), making it one of the smallest National Monuments in the U.S. The community of Pompeys Pillar lies just east of the monument.
…William Clark named the outcropping after Jean Baptiste Charbonneau—the son of expedition member Sacagawea—whom he nicknamed "Pompey". His original name for it was "Pompey's Tower"; it was changed to the current title in 1814.
….Situated 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Billings, Montana, along Interstate 94, the pillar gets 50,000 visitors annually. Archeological evidence suggests that the outcropping has been witness to 11,000 years of human involvement in the area. Consequently, in addition to the pictographs and the signature of William Clark, hundreds of other people have carved their initials into the rock, including early pioneers to the area.
Wikipedia. Has More Information, and 3 Good Photos. Click Here.

…The name Pompey comes from a famous Ancient Roman General =>
… Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Latin; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey /ˈpɒmpiː/ or Pompey the Great, was a leading Roman general and statesman. He played a significant role in the transformation of Rome from republic to empire.

…The name Pompey should not be confused with Pompeii (/pɒmˈpeɪ(i)/, Latin: [pɔmˈpei̯.iː]), an ancient city located near Naples in Italy.


Click Here For => Henry Gurr’s Photos of Pompeys Pillar & More Information. ATTENTON => AFTER This Page Comes Up => Here Especially Read Photo Titled => “What Makes Pompys Pillar Lewis & Clark Spot Unique AND Below See 3 Blue Internet Links To Much Good General Tourist Information, Each With Many Good Photos.

THE INCREDIBLE LEWIS & CLARK’S SACAGAWEA STORY & HISTORY;
Is Continued At The 4th Photo NEXT.
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Thursday, July 11, 2024: … Although Not Mentioned In ZMM, Our Group Stopped To Tour Pompey’s Pillar And Visitor Center.
… More Pompey’s Pillar Information & Photos. Click Here.

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Thursday, July 11, 2024: … Carved Into The Stone Of Pompey’s Pillar, Clear Evidence That William Clark Existed, and Came By Here!!
…Also Shows That The Lewis & Clark Corps Of Discovery Expedition, Likely Was Also A Real Reality!!!
… More Pompey’s Pillar Information & Photos. Click Here.

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One Of Many Montana Local History Signs For The Traveler =>
….Explains History Of Area Where Big Horn River Flows Into The Yellowstone River. At End, Things Got To Be Brutal..

[[The ZMM Narrator has just finished explaining some of the conclusions of Phaedrus, and turns to some VERY important conclusions.as follows => ]]
…. “ As I’ve said, he did in the end offer a number of solutions, but the problem was so deep and so formidable and complex that no one really understood the gravity of what he was resolving, and so failed to understand or misunderstood what he said.
…..The cause of our current social crises, he would have said, is a genetic defect within the nature of reason itself. And until this genetic defect is cleared, the crises will continue. Our current modes of rationality are not moving society forward into a better world. They are taking it further and further from that better world. Since the Renaissance these modes have worked. As long as the need for food, clothing and shelter is dominant they will continue to work. But now that for huge masses of people these needs no longer overwhelm everything else, the whole structure of reason, handed down to us from ancient times, is no longer adequate. It begins to be seen for what it really is—emotionally hollow, esthetically meaningless and spiritually empty. That, today, is where it is at, and will continue to be at for a long time to come.
….I’ve a vision of an angry continuing social crisis that no one really understands the depth of, let alone has solutions to. I see people like John and Sylvia living lost and alienated from the whole rational structure of civilized life, looking for solutions outside that structure, but finding none that are really satisfactory for long. And then I’ve a vision of Phædrus and his lone isolated abstractions in the laboratory...actually concerned with the same crisis but starting from another point, moving in the opposite direction...and what I’m trying to do here is put it all together. It’s so big...that’s why I seem to wander sometimes. “
….(( The Narrator’s above “ a genetic defect within the nature of reason itself. And ….. Our current modes of rationality are not moving society forward into a better world. They are taking it further and further from that better world.. “.applies to the NEXT Photo”
…. AND will also serve to illustrate (as mentioned in 3rd sentence above). how => “ John and Sylvia living lost and alienated from the whole rational structure of civilized life …. “.)}

I-94 Rest Area 5 Miles West of Custer, MT. My navigation by “dead reckoning” and luck had returned me well enough to I-94, for food, and gas at Casper MT. Then driving here, I found a nice place to rest. While eating my “gas station burger,” I looked over the Yellowstone River Valley to the North, and read signs about local history.
….My map does not mark any reasonable non-interstate roads for the next 23 miles stretch between Custer, MT. and Nibbe, MT. Thus I was “forced to take the Interstate”.
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A NOTE RE The /\ Above Photo of Local History Sign, Relates To US Military Treatment Of Native Americans:
….The town of Custer, MT, was named for General George Armstrong Custer, who died at the Battle of Little Big Horn. The battle site is named after the Big Horn River, which runs from the Wyoming Mountains to the Yellowstone River, Just East of Custer, MT. The Custer Battlefield Nat’l Monument is about 40 miles South of here.
… Wikipedia Has Full Information & Many Contemporary Photos, Concerning The Battle of Little Big Horn. Click Here.
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Heavy Industries, Ugly-ness, and Desolation Greet the Traveler. Low Quality.
….This Photo Serves To Well Illustrate (Metaphoric Bridge Connection), The Previous Photo’s Narrator’s
…… “ A Genetic Defect Within The Nature Of Reason Itself. And
…..….. Our Current Modes Of Rationality Are Not Moving Society Forward Into A Better World. They Are Taking It Further And Further From That Better World. “

….((NOTE: Also The Previous Photo mentioned this sentences.as to how => “ John and Sylvia living lost and alienated from the whole rational structure of civilized life …. “: As stated in ZMM Chapter 1, this comes out in their lives as follows => .)}
….“ They [Sylvia & John Sutherland] talk once in a while in as few pained words as possible about "it" or "it all" as in the sentence, "There is just no escape from it." And if I asked, "From what?" the answer might be "The whole thing," or "The whole organized bit," or even "The system." Sylvia once said defensively, "Well, you know how to cope with it," which puffed me up so much at the time I was embarrassed to ask what "it" was and so remained somewhat puzzled. I thought it was something more mysterious than technology. But now I see that the "it" was mainly, if not entirely, technology. But, that doesn’t sound right either. The "it" is a kind of force that gives rise to technology, something undefined, but inhuman, mechanical, lifeless, a blind monster, a death force. Something hideous they are running from but know they can never escape. I’m putting it way too heavily here but in a less emphatic and less defined way this is what it is. “ ….((NOTE: The passage above was part a ZMM Chapter 1 explanation of the Sutherlands feelings re Minneapolis. MN, and their modern society generally.
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I-94 entering Billings, MT. Typical for the Narrator, scenery or situations he does not approve of, such as the ugly city of Billings, MT, gets no mention in ZMM.
….Evidently the Narrator & Crew did not stop in Billings!

….Likewise this was twice the case for myself, I did not stop here, nor did I have any desire to do so.

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From My Truck Stop Camp Ground, I Can Just Barely Discern the Distant Mountains To The South.

…. “At Laurel, in sight of the mountains at last, we stop for the night. The evening breeze is cool now. It comes down off the snow. Although the sun must have disappeared behind the mountains an hour ago, there’s still good light in the sky from behind the range."

At A Truck Stop, One Exit Prior to Laurel, MT. If you look very closely in /\ Above /\ Photo, you can see the line of the darker grey-blue mountains just below the top of the larger trees in the distance.
….I must have arrived at about the same hour as the Narrator, and took this photo from my Truck Stop Campground prior to setting up my tent.
… But while at Laurel, and even after, I could not identify the ZMM Narrator’s => “cool breeze …down from the mountains ".
….This truck stop also had a coin operated laundry. An opportunity I did not miss. By this point, my travel-is now day later than scheduled to fit ZMM Narrative. Touristy Sight-Seeing & extra time for ZMM! Research, is my excuse.
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It’s Only ~80 miles from Miles City, MT, to Hysham, MT (~3 pm “ Late Lunch “), And Another ~75 Miles To Laurel, MT.
….Did Pirsig & Crew Stop Early At Laurel, MT, Because He Knew Of A Good Low Cost Hotel?
….Author Robert Pirsig, during the two years he was an English Professor at Montana State University Bozeman, must have traveled this highway several times, from his home town of Minneapolis, MN. And thus would have known the good places for overnight stop.
….Repeating discussion from previous photo =>
……Earlier this day, around noon Narrator said ." We head down the main street, find a restaurant and order steaks for lunch. “.And assuming steady road progress the Narrator & Crew would be doing“ Late Lunch “ in Hysham, MT around 3 pm. This suggests their arrival in Laurel, MT, before 5 pm.
….Except for “knowing a good place”, there are few other reasons for stopping so early, on a Summer Day, when the sun would up till 9 pm.
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Sunset on West Main. West view.

….“Sylvia and John and Chris and I walk up the long main street in the gathering dusk and feel the presence of the mountains even though we talk about other things. I feel happy to be here, and still a little sad to be here too. Sometimes it’s a little better to travel than to arrive.“
West Main Street, Laurel, MT. The Hotel where John, Sylvia, Chris and the narrator stayed is one block to the right of East Main Street, shortly after they entered town.
….. “To travel is better to travel than to arrive …. ”is one of the many often repeated phrases in ZMM. It is thus yet another ZMM “Master Motif”, as is much discussed in Guidebook to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
by Ronald L. DiSanto, Tomas J. Steele..
….According to the ZMM Narrator => Our ZMM Travelers arrived after sunset. This gave them enough time to check-in to their hotel, finish supper and be out walking at dusk. Our ZMM travelers apparently had much more enjoyable weather this day of their trip, than the previous several days.
…..As you can tell from my photos for both 2002 and 2006, I had mostly good weather from Plevna, MT to Laurel, MT, and continue to the East Gate of Yellowstone National Park.
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THE INCREDIBLE SACAGAWEA STORY & HISTORY;
... Sacagawea; (1788 –1812 or? 1884) was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, at age 16, met and helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory. Sacagawea traveled with the expedition thousands of miles from North Dakota to the Pacific Ocean, helping to establish cultural contacts with Native American populations and contributing to the expedition's knowledge of natural history in different regions.
…. At about age 13, she was sold into a non-consensual marriage to Toussaint Charbonneau, a Quebecois [French Canadian, who was a Fur] Trapper.
…. Wintering over in 1804–05 …[Lewis & Clark] interviewed several trappers who might be able to interpret or guide the expedition up the Missouri River in the springtime. Knowing they would need the help of Shoshone tribes who lived at the headwaters of the Missouri, they agreed to hire Toussaint Charbonneau after learning that his wife, Sacagawea, spoke Shoshone. She was pregnant with her first child at the time. Age 16.
…. Clark and other members of the Corps nicknamed the boy "Pomp" or "Pompy."

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The Hotel Hurzler Front Entrance Is Shaded In The Cool Early Morning Air.

….“ I wake up wondering if we’re near mountains because of memory or because of something in the air.“
Pennsylvania Avenue at First Street, Laurel MT My own early morning was spent at the Laurel Public Library researching for 1968 Laurel hotels that would have had a common wash room, and/or a back porch with trees.
….Ms. Mary Schrader and Ms. Peggy Arnold are very helpful with my quest, when I showed them the Laurel MT passages from ZMM. Ms. Arnold said one possibility could have been the “Yellowstone Hotel. However it “did not look to the East and did not have a second level porch”.
….A far better possibility was the “Hewetzer” [Her pronunciation.]. Also spelled “Hurzeler”. She supplied me with a Xeroxed page titled “History of the Hurzler Hotel” from book “Laurel City History”. As I was leaving, she directed me 4 blocks “straight down 1st Street to Pennsylvania Avenue”.

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Dark Wood And Cool Moist Mountain Air.

….“The sun is shining on the dark wood through the window shade, but even with the shade drawn I can sense that we’re near mountains. There’s mountain air in this room. It’s cool and moist and almost fragrant. One deep breath makes me ready for the next one and then the next one and with each deep breath I feel a little readier until I jump out of bed and pull up the shade and let all that sunlight in . . . brilliant, cool, bright, sharp and clear.
.... An urge grows to go over and push Chris up and down to bounce him awake to see all this, but out of kindness, or respect maybe, he is allowed to sleep a while longer, ….“

Hotel Hurzler, Pennsylvania Avenue at First Street, Laurel MT Librarian Ms. Arnold, when finished reading the above passage, explained that Laurel folks do not consider they breath “mountain air” when around their own town (3300 ft elevation).
….For any person living in Laurel, “Mountain air” doesn’t start until they really get up into the mountains over ~7000 feet elevation!

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Hotel Entrance Lobby and Stairway to Second Floor.
….Hurzler Owner, Mr. Howard Guenthner Wants You To See These Architectural Feature.

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Hotel Hurzler, Laurel MT Mr. Howard Guenthner, here pointing to the stairs, generously gave permission to photograph his interesting hotel.
….As Mr. Guenthner was showing me around this Historical Landmark Building, he at many places suggested (indeed subtly urged) that I photograph certain architectural features of his wonderful antique building.
….Clearly he was eager to show this old structure to the wider public. From this publicity, I truly hope some person will adopt this structure and put it to use so it will be preserve for future ZMM Enthusiasts.
Click Here To Read Henry Gurr’s July 2019 Report of The Dismal Condition of the Hotel Hurzler. After This Page Comes Up, Read the Report, and Then Please Click >> to Go To NEXT PHOTO, And Finish Reading At =>
…. .A Call Upon Laurel City Council, and Community Minded Citizens, and Community Welfare Agencies, To Join Forces, And Actively Seek To Find Ways For Economically Sustainable Uses, And Hence Achieve Long Term Preservation:.


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A Well Preserved Transom Above Door, as Seen From Standing Inside An Opposite Room.
….Hurzler Owner Mr. Howard Guenthner Wanted You To See This Architecture Feature.

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Hotel Hurzler, Laurel, MT. Each of the Hurzler’s rooms was provided with a transom over each hallway door. During a summer heat wave these ventilation features would provide cooling breeze, while maintaining suitable privacy, especially on the second floor which is in close contact with the summer heat coming thru the flat roof.
…. Indeed flowing breeze thru the transom to his room, may be the BIG reason the ZMM Narrator was aware of, and indeed emphasized, “cool and moist and almost fragrant …. mountain air” in his room.
….You don’t see transoms anymore because they have long since been banned. If a building fire ever gets started, the transom’s very effective ventilation contributes too much fresh air to stoke the blaze!! .
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….Although the /\ Above /\ Photo and the Previous Photo, are not really much related to ZMM Book, they are shown here to fill in the complete story.
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The Common Washroom At End Of The Corridor, To The Right.

….“ ….. and so with razor and soap I go to a common washroom …..“

Hotel Hurzler, Laurel, MT. This series of three wash-up bowl sinks gets the job done!
….These sinks and the surrounding rooms are simple, unadorned, and effective.
…….This description fits most other parts of the Hurzler. This “Spartan style”, no doubt, is because the Hurzler was originally constructed as a Rail Road Employee Dormitory.
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The Hurzler had most recently had been used for low cost housing for the elderly, which explains many of the furnishings seen in various of its rooms. This is also the reason you saw cooking and kitchen type equipment in the previous photo, showing the lobby and stairway.
….A small fire from a lightning strike several years ago (~1998?), and water used to extinguish it, together with rain getting in the damaged roof, caused sufficient overall structural and water damage, that the Hurzler was closed.

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