You Need Gumption To Eke Out a Living From This Rough Country!

….“For detailed information of an objective sort, a separate shop manual for the specific make and model of machine must be used. In addition, a general shop manual such as Audel’s Automotive Guide fills in the gaps.
....But there’s another kind of detail that no shop manual goes into but that is common to all machines and can be given here. This is the detail of the Quality relationship, the gumption relationship, between the machine and the mechanic, which is just as intricate as the machine itself. Throughout the process of fixing the machine things always come up, low-quality things, from a dusted knuckle to an accidentally ruined "irreplaceable" assembly. These drain off gumption, destroy enthusiasm and leave you so discouraged you want to forget the whole business. I call these things "gumption traps. “(Cont.Next)

~Fourteen Miles East of Baker City, OR.
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NEW TOPIC: ~12 Miles AHEAD, Just Before Baker City, the ZMM Route crosses The Oregon National Historic Trail.
….The Oregon Trail is the route, ~ 1843 to ~1855, that ox powered covered wagons, starting from the Mississippi River area around St Lewis, Missouri, and forged their way to the rich lands of Western Oregon. From Missouri, the Trail went through Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming (South Pass), into Idaho and followed Snake River Plane, into Oregon.
…The Oregon Trail, from Central Idaho, to Oregon Pacific Coast, is now approximately followed by both US-30 and Interstate I-84 from Pocatello ID, passing Baker City OR, to the Columbia River, and on to Portland, OR.
Right Click & Open In New Tab, For A Map Of The Oregon Trail: AFTER This Map Comes Up, You Can ClickDrag To Desired Location, & Zoom-In For Detail. … But Since Very Few Modern Day Roads Are Shown, You Will Have To Use City Names Shown On Map, In Order To Find The Oregon Trail, Relative To Familiar Landmarks & Highways, On Say Your Rand McNally Road Atlas. .
Right Click & Open In New Tab, For Wikipedia Oregon Trail Page, With ~24 Photos & ~6 Maps.

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(Photo = 111-1188 ...... ZMM Page = 273 ...... WayPt = 301w 2970ft)