Having Passed Through The Really Tall Pines At The Highest Altitude Of Blue Mountain Pass, We Are On Our Way Down.

….“After a while you may find that the nibbles you get are more interesting than your original purpose of fixing the machine. When that happens you’ve reached a kind of point of arrival. Then you’re no longer strictly a motorcycle mechanic, you’re also a motorcycle scientist, and you’ve completely conquered the gumption trap of value rigidity. .. The road has come up into the pines again, but I see by the map that it won’t be for long.
… There are some resort billboards along the road and some kids beneath them, almost as if part of the advertisement, gathering pinecones. They wave and in doing so the littlest boy drops all his cones. “(Cont.Next)

Dixie Pass, ~9 miles Northeast of Prairie City, OR. Did you pass your ZMM readers awareness test here? … Here you should have seen for yourself that the Narrator has offered us a "scenery break" at the higher altitude, of yet another refreshing green tree, shady, and cool mountain pass.
….This of course, refreshes us and relieves our stress from the long Gumptionology. Just as the ZMM Narrator and Chris found a break in the travel, so also did Author Robert Pirsig as he was writing ZMM! These scenery breaks, can also help him refresh and relieves his stress from the long writing on boring Gumptionology!
….AND … Of course this is one of the major message of Gumptionology: Take quick breaks, no matter where your Quality track is taking you, especially after tired from long effort!!

The Below Repeats The Explanation From Photo Back At Dooley Mountain Summit.
….In this the above case (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 example of this idea of "Metaphoric-Bridge-Connections"!
…. Here is the Same Link, that was given with Previous 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 = 112-1229c ...... ZMM Page = 281 ...... WayPt = 320w 5197ft)