When Passing Through the Cooler Air of Dooley Mountain Summit, We See Pleasant, Relaxing Forests! =>
….Here ZMM Author Robert Pirsig, The Narrator, and The Reader Can Take a Break From The Difficult “Dry” Gumptionology Lecture, To Mention & Enjoy The Scenery!

….“From Baker the cycle has taken us up through forests. The forest road takes us through a pass …. “(Cont.Next)

Fourteen miles South of Baker City, OR. After a long, difficult, detailed, “dry” lecture during travel in hot, dry, low altitude Semi-Desert Sage Brush territory => This is difficult for people, animals, & growing plant life Thus it is a relief for => ZMM Author Robert Pirsig, and The Narrator, and The Reader => To “come up to” these quiet cooler forests, for a well-earned, relaxing, “scenery break”.
….In this case (and 13th Forthcoming Photo, as well as implied several more times ahead), the “Scenery breaks” coincide with travel, from lower hot dry semi-desert, and climb the road up onto a higher mountain pass, and into the more enjoyable cool forests.
….Sometimes these “scenery breaks” are for gasoline or lunch in a town. The ZMM Reader will see that => Typically two and one half pages of Chautauqua between abrupt switch between The Chautauqua Discussion’s Main Topic and the Travel Narrative Scenery Breaks.

…SIDE NOTE: Here, As Is True For Practically Every Abrupt Switch Between The Chautauqua Discussion’s Main Topic And The Travel Narrative, We See An Especially Good Example Of =>The "Metaphoric Bridge Connections" (MBC) between The Chautauqua Lecture Passages and the Travel Narrative Descriptions!!
… Of course these “Connections”, are nearly always there (Between the Chautauqua Discussion’s Main Topic and the Travel Narrative), but this is an especially good illustration of this idea of "Metaphoric-Bridge-Connections"!
…. Here is a Link, that will also be given with Forthcoming Photo of Unity, OR, where you can learn more about MBA, “Metaphoric Bridge Connection” Click Here. AFTER this page comes up, Do > Top > Edit > Find > … Metaphoric .

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(Photo = 112-1214 ...... ZMM Page = 277 ...... WayPt = 310w 5408ft. RMcN Map = 5397ft)