This Picture, With Camouflaged Deer, Is Perhaps a Bit Too Serene & Peaceful For the Narrator’s Depressed Mood and Difficult Chautauqua.
….Notice That The Landscape & Low Angle Of The Sun In The Photo Above, Matches The Narrator’s .“Low-Angled Shadows In The Dry Country … “


….“Low-angled shadows in the dry country we’ve been through have left a kind of blue depressed feeling. . . . .. Maybe it’s just the usual late afternoon letdown, but after all I’ve said about all these things today I just have a feeling that I’ve somehow talked around the point. Some could ask, "Well, if I get around all those gumption traps, then will I have the thing licked?" “ (Cont.Next)

Deer by Old Abandoned Tractor, US-26 A Bit West Of West Main Street, Mitchell, OR. The Narrator says ” late afternoon letdown” implying how tired he is. Well, he should be pretty tired, because they have covered 262 miles from this morning’s Brownlee Campground back in Idaho.
….When they do finally reach their camping spot just North of La Pine, OR, the Narrator says, “ I look at the map in the twilight, and then look at it some more with the flashlight. We’ve covered 325 miles today. That’s a lot. Chris seems as completely tired as I am, and as ready as I am to fall asleep.”
….This means they cover another 61 miles before dark: And. yes. they must be totally completely tired !

Another Metaphoric Bridge Connection.
….Notice how the landscape imagery of the hot, semi-barren hostile (for plant and animal) deserts contribute to both 1) The dry, boring, Gumptionology Lectures, and 2) The Narrator’s ever increasing fatigue and severe depression.
….Super fatigue and severe depression are the Narrator’s increasing battle all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

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(Photo = 113-1307c ...... ZMM Page = 292 ...... WayPt = 348w 2821ft)