A View Of The Newer Road, US-95, Going South =>
….The ZMM Route Now Heads Uphill South, And At The Top Will Descend Down And Into The Deep Salmon River Gorge.

….“ Now we must head forward across this baking desert to wherever the road leads.” (End Chapter 24.)

One mile South of White Bird, ID. The ZMM Narrator’s “wherever the road leads“ implies (and mirrors) the burden he feels that he must now, in a NEW Chapter, take-up the NEW AND TOUGH SLOG, through the topic of “technological ugliness “ wherever it takes him, as he takes-up the “dry” (corresponding to the dry land, trapped in a Narrow Canyon) discussion of his proposed solutions to these problems.
….At this point, it is implied that there is no way to escape this upcoming difficult Chautauqua Task, just as surely as it is inevitable that the road South will enter a deep, nearly inescapable, barren, hot, river gorge.
….He will use down to earth, ordinary, everyday examples, corresponding to their lower altitude and barren circumstances.
….Along this stretch of road South of White Bird town, the deep gorge mentioned by the Narrator, runs parallel to, and about a mile West of US-95.
…By contrast, the Narrator’s above passage is situated approximately one mile prior to White Bird, and farther from the river.
…. Since I came through almost a month earlier than the Narrator, the land retains a bit of green, contrary to the Narrator’s above passage.
Based on the Narrator’s poetic usage of town names, I am sure he likes the poetic ring of the words “White Bird”.
….The above photo shows the road one mile South of White Bird. A Better Photo to fit this ZMM Passage is needed.

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(Photo = 111-1135c ...... ZMM Page = 259 ...... WayPt = 283x 1732ft)