From The Hot, Dry, Barren Salmon River Canyon =>
….We Come Back Up To Cooler, Moist, Meadows, Surrounded By Green Forests.

….“ …. and afterward the road branches away from the canyon and follows a smaller stream. It seems to head upward into forest.
.... It does, and soon the road becomes shaded by tall, cool pines. ” (Cont. Next)

In The Valley of New Meadows, ID. Just as the Narrator described in the passage above, the road does indeed branch from the main river channel and follow a smaller stream ever upward.
….Here we follow the Little Salmon River in an ever narrower V shaped canyon, and eventually arrive into trees, which suddenly widens to this beautiful wide flat valley, shown in /\ Above /\ Photo.
To Read About How It Is That => “A Narrow V Valley Can Suddenly Widen Into A Beautiful Wide Flat Valley.” Right Click and Open In A New Tab.
NOTE: AFTER this Blue Link Comes Up => You will have to take into account, that moving “upstream” reverses a “downstream” explanation.
(Better photos of all this scenery, are needed.)
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The 45th Degree Parallel Building and Tourist Information Kiosk.

….“Resort signs appear. We wind higher and higher into unexpectedly pleasant, cool, green meadows surrounded by pine forests. ” (Cont. Next)

In the distance is the entrance to town New Meadows, ID. All the scenery after Riggings, ID, actually does well correspond to the Narrator’s descriptions. However, the only “Resort signs appear ” I remember seeing was this Travel Information Kiosk.
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….This Kiosk Building, besides providing Tourist Information, also celebrates US-95’s crossing of the 45th Parallel, as we travel South, along the ZMM Route. The “45” here signifies that you are exactly halfway between the Earth’s Equator (Zero Degrees) and the North Pole (90 Degrees).
…In the /\ Above /\ Photo, just right of the Kiosk, is a brown sign post, which also announces this same Message for South going traffic, as you will see in Next Photo.
…. The crossing of the 45th Parallel is UN-mentioned by the Narrator.
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…. Naturally, as done many times previously, here I wanted to check the accuracy of my GPS. Two successive “Save Way Points” on my handheld GPS receiver unit, read acceptable results as below:
…WayPt 291 = 45.0063622 Degrees North & 116.280445 Degrees West.
…WayPt 292 = 45.0059545 Degrees North & 116.2804128Degrees West
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To See A Satellite View Of This Location, Click Here. And AFTER this Satellite View Comes Up, look closely to see where “45th Parallel Dr” crosses US-95, at which point the Tiny, Roundish Kiosk will be seen. It’s a puzzle why the Google Satellite coordinates for this point are not exactly 45 degrees, but at 45.006428, -116.280366.
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In the Center of This Fresh, Green “New Meadow” Valley, the Left Sign Says, “45th Parallel. Halfway Between the Equator and the North Pole. [Please] Pass With Care!!”
….The Right Sign Advertises Property For Sale.

….“ At a town called New Meadows we fill up again and buy two cans of oil, still surprised at the change.” (Cont. Next)

In the distance, you can discern the entrance to New Meadows, ID.
….All the scenery after Riggings accurately fits the Narrator’s description.
(Better photos of all this scenery are needed.)
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After We Pass This Green Field and Two Bushes of Blooming Wild Rose At Center & Right, We Will Head Down to Dry, Sandy Country.
….At Left, The Clouds Are Pink From The Sunset, With Corresponding End Of Day Down Feelings For The Narrator.

….“But as we leave New Meadows I note the long slant of the sun and a late afternoon depression begins to set in. At another time of day these mountain meadows would refresh me more, but we’ve gone too long. We pass Tamarack and the road drops down again from green meadows into dry sandy country.
.... I guess that’s all I want to say for the Chautauqua today. It’s been a long session and perhaps the most important one.
….Tomorrow I want to talk about things that seem to turn one toward Quality and turn one away from Quality, some of the traps and problems that come up.
.... Strange feelings from the orange sunlight on this sandy dry country so far from home. I wonder if Chris feels it too. Just a sort of unexplained sadness that comes each afternoon when the new day is gone forever and there’s nothing ahead but increasing darkness. ” ( Bolded text, at left, is ZMM Book’s emphasis.) (Cont. Next)

Eleven miles after Tamarack, ID. More depression and fatigue for the Narrator and, no doubt, Chris. But except for the Narrator’s wondering about what Chris notices, we never hear about Chris, unless Chris really voices it strongly.
…The ZMM. Narrator is mostly always reporting about own thoughts, feelings, and state of emotion.
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My ZMM Route research notes say “Smell of sage in the left over heat of the day. …. The new forming blossoms of wild rose smell of sweet raspberry”.
….It is interesting that a Google Earth View July 20, 2017 (also Google Satellite View), for this WayPt = 293, shows not only the open field, but also the Two Rose Bushes, the Electric Pole, plus the line of bushes on down the highway! It also shows a Distant Red Barn, but not the same one.
….In fact, I observed wild rose bushes like this, all the way from here to well into Oregon. Indeed, some 21 straight line miles West, at the Brownlee Campground, the Narrator quotes from a long Omar Khayyàm Poem about => “ “The First Summer Month That Brings The Rose.” ”
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End of Day .... Strange Country .... Empty Highway .... Isolation .... Loneleness.

….“The orange turns to dull bronze light and continues to show what it has shown all day long, but now it seems to show it without enthusiasm. Across those dry hills, within those little houses in the distance are people who’ve been there all day long, going about the business of the day, who now find nothing unusual or different in this strange darkening landscape, as we do. If we were to come upon them early in the day they might be curious about us and what we’re here for. But now in the evening they’d just resent our presence. The work day is over. It’s time for supper and family and relaxation and turning inward at home.
….We ride unnoticed down this empty highway through this strange country I’ve never seen before, and now a heavy feeling of isolation and loneliness becomes dominant and my spirits wane with the sun." (Cont. Next)

Two miles North of Indian Valley, ID.
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Sunset Illuminates the Dry Desert.

….“We stop at an abandoned school yard and under a huge cottonwood tree I change the oil in the cycle. Chris is irritable and wonders why we stop for so long, not knowing perhaps that it’s just the time of day that makes him irritable; but I give him the map to study while I change the oil, and when the oil is changed we look at the map together and decide to have supper at the next good restaurant we find and camp at the first good camping place. That cheers him up." (Cont. Next)

Fifteen miles to Cambridge, ID. After the town of Tamarack, I look carefully for an abandoned school, or even a school building converted to other purposes. I could not discern any likely possibilities.
….Does any one know where this school might have been? Photos needed.

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Darkness Conceals Main Street.

…“At a town called Cambridge we have supper and when we are finished, it’s dark out. We follow the headlight beam down a secondary road toward Oregon …. " (Cont. Next)

Cambridge, ID. After the 25 mph sign, the next white sign says JCT with the Rt71 partly obscured by tree leaves.
….This is the right turn to go northwest to the Notorious Snake River and Oregon border. Further North, the Snake River goes through the even more notorious Hell’s Canyon.

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Although Chris And The Narrator Arrive After Dark, This May 2017 Photo (Found On The Side Panel Of A Google Map/Satellite View) =>
….…Shows A Daylight View Of What Could Have Been Their Campsite.

…[.“ At a town called Cambridge we have supper and when we are finished, it’s dark out. We follow the headlight beam down a secondary road toward Oregon“ ] “ to a little sign saying "BROWNLEE CAMPGROUND," which appears to be in a draw of the mountains. In the dark it’s hard to tell what sort of country we’re in. We follow a dirt road under trees and past underbrush to some camper’s pull-ins. No one else seems to be here. When I shut the motor off and we unpack I can hear a small stream nearby. Except for that and the chirping of some little bird there’s no sound.”

Brownlee Campground, ~18 miles Northwest of Cambridge, ID.
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PART I: GIVING ATTENTION TO “MASTER MOTIFS” IN ZMM =>
….A Continuation Of Motif Ideas From The Previous ZMM Part 2 Photo Captions, Since These Ideas Also Apply To The Above =>” CHIRPING OF SOME LITTLE BIRD … THERE’S NO SOUND.”
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FATHER & SON RELATIONSHIP:
….In the above passage, The ZMM Narrator says, “I can hear a small stream nearby. Except for that and the chirping of some little bird there’s no sound.“
…A) Here the perceptive ZMM Reader should REMEMBER the Previous Album Photo Caption (At DeWeese Home, Blue Link Above) => And pop to attention when reading at => “the chirping of some little bird there’s no sound...“
AND
…B) Apply this REMEMBER when reading the Narrator’s Seeming Useless, Out of Place Seeming Pointless Phrase, such as, “ chirping of some little bird … there’s no sound.“
…. MUST KEEP IN MIND => In ZMM, There Are NO Useless, Wasted Words! …
… In This Case (& Others Similar), The Reader Should “Pause And Think Beyond The “Ordinary”! … And then realize this passage, is like OTHER ZMM Phrases such as => “In the distance a single bird cries plaintively.”
…. ….In Other Words => OK! YES!! This Fits The Master Motif Situation!!!
…..And, at such occurrences, we should immediately think of “MASTER MOTIF IDEAS”, as explained in => “The Guidebook To ZMM.”
….THEN, as discussed in Previous Album Photo Captions, we are supposed to wonder what major “new arrival” ” is being thusly pre-announced: … What’s coming? …What is being foretold?
….As is discussed the NEXT 2 Photos, here is a place in ZMM where Chris is trying to ”reach out” to his Dad. But The Narrator only replies with ~”Non-Answers”, and after Chris is asleep, tells us he knows he is not communicating with Chris..
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….As explained (Blue Link Above), these ZMM Phrases, since they are repeated with emphasis, are called “‘Master Motifs’’ by “The Guidebook To Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”. (Continued Next Photo)
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In /\ Above /\ Photo, Just Right Of Center, Note Picnic Table, Which Likely Is Similar to The ZMM Narrator’s =>
…. …I spread out the sleeping bags, and put his on top of the picnic table. The novelty of this appeals to him. This night there’ll be no trouble sleeping. Soon I hear deep breathing that tells me he’s already asleep.“
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Although Chris And The Narrator Arrive After Dark, This May 2017 Photo (Found On The Side Panel Of A Google Map/Satellite View) =>
….Shows A Daylight View Of What “A Small Stream Nearby,” Might Have Looked Like.
…However, There Would Have Been Far Less Water Flow, For Chris And The Narrator In Their July Summer Heat Than This Photo, Which For May 2017 Late Spring, Shows A Large Flow.

….[“ "BROWNLEE CAMPGROUND," which appears to be in a draw of the mountains. In the dark it’s hard to tell what sort of country we’re in. We follow a dirt road under trees and past underbrush to some camper’s pull-ins. No one else seems to be here. When I shut the motor off and we unpack I can hear a small stream nearby. Except for that and the chirping of some little bird there’s no sound.” “
…."I like it here," Chris says.
…"It’s very quiet," I say.
…"Where will we be going tomorrow?"
…"Into Oregon." I give him the flashlight and have him shine it where I’m unpacking.
…"Have I been there before?"
…"Maybe, I’m not sure."
…I spread out the sleeping bags, and put his on top of the picnic table. The novelty of this appeals to him. This night there’ll be no trouble sleeping. Soon I hear deep breathing that tells me he’s already asleep.“ ]

Brownlee Campground, ~18 miles Northwest of Cambridge, ID. As you will see in the EIGHTHTH and following Photos, this area of Idaho, is a treeless extremely baked dry region, so it is a total surprise that => Here. there is a running stream here, and so many large trees, in a dense forest!
… The ZMM Narrator is extremely accurate in his descriptions here => I saw everything in the above ZMM Passage, such as =>: The Brownlee Campground sign, the draw, the country road under trees & underbrush, to the picnic tables, and draw with small stream, and you can hear it! .
….(Better photos needed.)
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FATHER & SON RELATIONSHIP: “The Chirping Of Some Little Bird … There’s No Sound.”
…. … Metaphorically this is to be understood as => Chris is trying to communicate ,,.. but there is practically no communication from the Father.
...In the above ZMM Passage, we see how again and again Chris tries to “reach out” to his Dad by asking a series of questions. AND we see how at best, the Narrator’s answers to Chris are Vague Non-Answers.
…. In Previous Photos, we have discussed, how repeatedly the Narrator does not do what Chris wants. For example, in a previous photo at Colgate Lick Rest Area, Lochsha River Canyon ID, the Narrator does not go with Chris to look at the Mineral Salt Lick. They might have both together shared in discovering the old mineral springs, and salt lick mentioned, and all kinds of interesting animal tracks around it.
…Now add to this, in the above ZMM Passage, we see the Narrator’s failure to really constructively respond to Chris saying => ”I Like It Here.” , followed by a series of questions about being at this campground and plans for the next day.
Thus, At Best, The Narrator’s Answers To Chris Are Vague Non-Answers! .
…. At this point we should suddenly realize **AHA**, the significance of the Narrator’s => The Chirping Of Some Little Bird … Again, as mentioned previously => This is Author Robert Pirsig’s way of telling us Metaphorically The Narrator’s communication with Chris, is failing => ….Continued: Next Photo.
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Learn More About The Father & Son Relationship, And Literary Revelations Of The ZMM Book’s '' “Bird” '' Master Motif.
…. Click Here To Read => ZMM Research: The ZMM Narrator’s Treatment Of Chris, Both Good & Bad.

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A Satellite View Of The Idaho Landscape => Showing Green Mountains At Right, Shading To Slight Greenish, Baked, Dry, Nearly Lifeless Desert, Which Are West & North of =>
…. The Brownlee Campground, At Red Pinpoint Shown At Lower Right Corner.
……Where Chris Says => ”I Like It Here.”
…….. And, In the Quiet Evening, Chris and the Narrator ” Can Hear A Small Stream Nearby.”

…If your look closely, the Satellite View shows some of the exact landscape features reported in the first part of the following ZMM Passage =>
“ …. a little sign saying "Brownlee Campground," which appears to be in a draw of the mountains. In the dark it’s hard to tell what sort of country we’re in. We follow a dirt road under trees and past underbrush to some camper’s pull-ins. No one else seems to be here. When I shut the motor off and we unpack I can hear a small stream nearby. Except for that and the chirping of some little bird there’s no sound.
"I like it here," Chris says.
"It’s very quiet," I say.
"Where will we be going tomorrow?"
"Into Oregon." I give him the flashlight and have him shine it where I’m unpacking.
"Have I been there before?"
"Maybe, I’m not sure."
I spread out the sleeping bags, and put his on top of the picnic table. The novelty of this appeals to him. This night there’ll be no trouble sleeping. Soon I hear deep breathing that tells me he’s already asleep.
I wish I knew what to say to him. Or what to ask. He seems so close at times, and yet the closeness has nothing to do with what is asked or said. Then at other times he seems very far away ... “ ] (Cont. next).

Satellite Shows The Landscape Area From Brownlee Dam Reservoir (Upper Right), To Brownlee Campground (At Lower Right), Respectively ~30 & ~18 miles Northwest of Cambridge, ID.
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FIRST Click On Photo To Get Largest View, Then Please Notice In The /\ Above /\ Satellite View Photo:
…A) The dramatic effect of Landscape Elevation =>
…..1) The higher elevation Mountainous Regions (Right side of photo) are cool enough to have more rain, making somewhat green from Grass, and in various rain run-off-channels, hold moisture for trees. (This includes The Brownlee Campground, at Lower Right.)
…..2) The lower elevation Mountainous Regions (Left side of photo) are a whole lot lower and thus hotter, and thus lifeless-barren tan color: This is because any rain quickly runs to the gullies & temporary streams, making them green, but leaving the hillsides & tops, extreme dry & lifeless.
…B) In addition => Take time to study the Green Tree-lined Stream Valleys, mostly running from The Green Mountains (at the right), flowing West toward the Snake River & The Brownlee Dam Reservoir. These green lines of life nicely fit The Rubàiyat Quatrain. =>

…. “With me along the strip of Herbage strown
….That just divides the desert from the sown, .. “

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….The Next Four Photos show a treeless, extremely baked dry landscape, region of Idaho. In such areas, it is a surprise to see a running stream here at The Brownlee Campground.
….Ditto for the Subsequent 11 Photos, which are in Eastern Oregon, which also shows running water!
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Continued From ZMM Passage Above => If Your Look Closely, The Satellite View Shows Some Of The Exact Landscape Features Reported By The ZMM Narrator, Such As Towns, Highways, The Sign At Entrance To Brownlee Campground, And The Dirt Road Into Brownlee Campground.
… AFTER This Satellite View Comes Up, You Can Additionally =>
…A) Zoom out, and watch upper right till, you see town of New Meadows. It is interesting to see the wide, flat, New Meadows Valley!... THERE, you will see US-95 (ZMM Route), all the way South to Cambridge, ID. THEN, you can pick out Rt-71, and follow it to a Tight-U-Turn-In-the Rt-71 Roadway, where is exactly located the dirt road to Brownlee Campground. NOTE: At max zoom, even the SIGN at the Tight-U-Turn is visible!
…B) PLUS, You Can See 5 Good Photos of Brownlee Campground => After This Link Comes Up, You Should See The Left Panel With A Photo At Upper Left. => Click On the Photo, and a Photo Viewer Will Come Up. Click On the Arrows On the Photo Bottom Center, To Move To The Next Photo.
…C) The LAST 2 Photos Show & Discuss What Remains of a Silver & Copper Ore Smelter Facility that operated here perhaps the late 1800’s, judging from The Style Of The Wooden Construction.
…NOTE: The Blue Link above is where the 6th & 7th Photos Previous were found.
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After The Very Last Tiny Bit Of Red Has Faded From the Sky,
… In The Total Dark, The Narrator Ponders What to Do With Chris:
…..But There Is No Illumination!

….“I wish I knew what to say to him. Or what to ask. He seems so close at times, and yet the closeness has nothing to do with what is asked or said. Then at other times he seems very far away and sort of watching me from some vantage point I don’t see. And then sometimes he’s just childish and there’s no relation at all.
.... Sometimes, when thinking about this, I thought that the idea that one person’s mind is accessible to another’s is just a conversational illusion, just a figure of speech, an assumption that makes some kind of exchange between basically alien creatures seem plausible, and that really the relationship of one person to another is ultimately unknowable. The effort of fathoming what is in another’s mind creates a distortion of what is seen. I’m trying, I suppose, for some situation in which whatever it is emerges undistorted. The way he asks all those questions, I don’t know.” (End Chapter 25.)

Brownlee Campground, 18 miles Northwest of Cambridge, ID.
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FATHER & SON RELATIONSHIP:
The Chirping Of Some Little Bird … There’s No Sound.…
…. In the previous photo’s ZMM Passage => We see, how at best, the Narrator’s answers to Chris are vague non-answers.
….We also see above that => the Narrator realizes Chris is trying to get communication & improved relationship. AND The Narrator KNOWS he is not adequately responding, but offers his own reasons for his failure => He just doesn’t know how to answer Chris.
… But there’s a serious disparity here => The Narrator can talk endlessly and deeply about Reality, & Quality, & Gumption Traps, but he can’t figure out how to relate to his own son!
…Moreover, in the passage above, when the Narrator does try to think about communicating with Chris, he comes up with Philosophical Conundrums, which completely cloud any constructive answers.
….This lack of any way to adequately answer, is solidly punctuated, by here abruptly ending Chapter 25!

PART II: GIVING ATTENTION TO “MASTER MOTIFS” IN ZMM =>
….Partly REPEATING PART I => A Continuation Of Motif Ideas From The Previous ZMM Part 2 Photo Captions, Since These Ideas Apply To The Above =>” Chirping Of Some Little Bird … There’s No Sound” …
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….In the above passage, The ZMM Narrator says, “I can hear a small stream nearby. Except for that and the chirping of some little bird there’s no sound.“
…A) Here again, the perceptive ZMM Reader should REMEMBER The Previous Album Photo Caption (Blue Link Above, At DeWeese Home) => And pop to attention at “ the chirping of some little bird there’s no sound. ..“
AND
…B) And Here again, apply this REMEMBER when reading the Narrator’s => Seeming Useless, Out of Place, Seeming Pointless Phrase such as => “ chirping of some little bird … there’s no sound.“
MUST KEEP IN MIND => In ZMM, There Are NO Useless, Wasted Words! …
… In This Case (& Others Similar), The Reader Should. “Pause And Think Beyond The “Ordinary!” … AND Then Realize This Passage, Is Like Other ZMM Book Phrases such as => “In The Distance A Single Bird Cries Plaintively.”
In Other Words => OK! YES!! This Fits The Master Motif Situation!!!
…..At such occurrences, we should immediately think of “MASTER MOTIF IDEAS”, as discussed in “The Guidebook To ZMM”!

NOW. From The Above Discussion, Our Wondering Is ANSWERED In The NEXT Photo =>
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The Narrator Awakes To A Cold Grey Predawn.

….(Start Chapter 26) “A sensation of cold wakes me up. I see out of the top of the sleeping bag that the sky is dark grey. I pull my head down and close my eyes again. .. Later I see the grey of the sky is lighter, and it’s still cold. I can see the vapor of my breath. An alarmed thought that the grey is from rain clouds overhead wakes me up, but after looking carefully I see that this is just grey dawn. It seems too cold and early to start riding yet, so I don’t get out of the bag. But sleep is gone.“(Cont.Next)

Brownlee Camp Ground ~18 miles Northwest of Cambridge, ID.
(More and better photos needed.)

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PHOTO =>
… NOW From The Above Discussion, OUR WONDER IS ANSWERED =>
…. The “ chirping of some little bird “ foretells => Of the New Arriva …Being Pre-Announced: … What Was coming? …What was being foretold => WAS =>
…. “Chris is trying to ~”Reach out” to his Dad, but The Narrator only replies with ~”Non-Answers”. And as a major point of The ZMM Novel => The Narrator’s inabilities to relate to his son, has no answer!”

AND We See A Possible Metaphor Here =>
…..The “ chirping of some little bird “ foretells Chris trying to “reach out”. …“ there’s no sound.“ is the non-answers from the Narrator Dad. …“ I can hear a small stream nearby,“ is the sound of nature in the flow of time.


AN EXPLANATION REPEATED FROM A ZMM PART II PHOTO => ….
….In such above-mentioned => Master Motif situations, Author Robert Pirsig is telling us, he in retrospect knows that => He, as author, recognizes that his writing into ZMM as a Novel, http://venturearete.org/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/Documents/ZmmNarratorChrisRelationship shows the Narrator’s “Unsympathetic, Bad Behavior To Chris”: And this very Master Motif Method, is his Author’s coded short hand way to tell us, he, as Author, very well knows this!

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As the Narrator More Fully Awakes, He Is Rested, Alert, Observant & Ready For This Day’s Chautauqua on Gumption.
….The Correlated Idea => “Everything With a Purpose“ Is Prompted by His Guardian Cycle.

….“Through the spokes of the motorcycle wheel I see Chris’s sleeping bag on the picnic table, twisted all around him. He isn’t stirring.
.... The cycle looms silently over me, ready to start, as if it has waited all night like some silent guardian.
.... Silver-grey and chrome and black—and dusty. Dirt from Idaho and Montana and the Dakotas and Minnesota. From the ground up it looks very impressive. No frills. Everything with a purpose.
.... I don’t think I’ll ever sell it. No reason to, really. They’re not like cars, with a body that rusts out in a few years. Keep them tuned and overhauled and they’ll last as long as you do. Probably longer. Quality. It’s carried us so far without trouble.“(Cont.Next)
Brownlee Camp Ground 18 miles Northwest of Cambridge, ID.

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The ZMM Narrator’s High Bluff Is Seen Between the Trees.
….In Morning’s Light, The Narrator’s => Feeling Manic And Jumpy From The Brisk Morning Air Holler, "WAKE! =>
….With The Opening Quatrain Of The Rubàiyat Of Omar Khayyàm.

….“ …. The sunlight just touches the top of the bluff high above the draw we’re in. A wisp of fog has appeared above the creek. That means it’ll warm up.
.... I get out of the sleeping bag, put shoes on, pack everything I can without waking Chris, and then go over to the picnic table and give him a shake to wake him up.
.... He doesn’t respond. I look around and see that there are no jobs left to do but wake him up, and hesitate, but feeling manic and jumpy from the brisk morning air holler, "WAKE!" and he sits up suddenly, eyes wide open.
.... I do my best to follow this with the opening Quatrain of The Rubàiyat of Omar Khayyàm.“(Cont.Next)

Brownlee Campground ~18 miles Northwest of Cambridge, ID. If you look between the tree leaves at right you can see what looks like fog. But, look closely, it is the relatively smooth light-green (with some brown) of the nearly barren “bluff high above the draw we’re in.“
….This reminds the Narrator of similar landscape of Persia where the “The Rubàiyat of Omar Khayyàm.“ takes place.
….Perhaps also the Blooming Wild Rose here at this campground, and all along the ZMM Route in this area of Idaho, was noticed by the Narrator, and might have stimulated his Spontaneous Recitation, of “ The Rubàiyat of Omar Khayyàm.“.

…..This Is What Happens When You Are Filled With Gumption.

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Was the Narrator’s “Opening Quatrain “ Poetry Recitation =>
….Prompted By Here In 1968, Seeing White Blossoms of the Wild Rose Like These at Right?

….[ “I do my best to follow this with the opening Quatrain of The Rubàiyat of Omar Khayyàm.“ ] “It looks like some desert cliff in Persia above us. But Chris doesn’t know what the hell I’m talking about. He looks up at the top of the bluff and then just sits there squinting at me. You have to be in a certain mood to accept bad recitations of poetry. Particularly that one.“ (Cont. Next)
Brownlee Campground ~18 miles Northwest of Cambridge, ID. I first noticed blooming wild rose bushes while taking my picture ~30 Miles prior to Cambridge, ID.
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….While The Narrator & Chris Are At The Brownlee Campground, We Are Not Given Any Of This Rubàiyat Poem’s Words. BUT as they travel further West, for no apparent reason, the Narrator continues his involvement => Those crazy Rubàiyat Quatrains keep rumbling through my head.. => The 4th, .5th, & 6th Next Photos, show what happens.
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….Wikipedia gives extensive history of “The Rubàiyat of Omar Khayyàm” , and snips of the poem to illustrate the problems of translation to English.
….The Entire Poem And Some Of Its History Are At => Right Click & Open In A New Browser Frame, For The Page => “The Rubàiyat of Omar Khayyàm” , posted by the Iranian Cultural Organization (ICO). At The University Of California San Francisco.
…. The ICO Home Page Explains => We are a non-religious and politically-unaffiliated organization at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Our aim is to introduce the wonderful Persian culture to our members, the UCSF campus, and the community.

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….From The Above Blue Link, The Poem’s Lines Eventually Given By The Narrator, Are Contained In The Following =>

Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say:
Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday?
And this first Summer month that brings the Rose
Shall take Jamshyd and Kaikobad away.

Well, let it take them! What have we to do
With Kaikobad the Great, or Kaikhosru?
Let Zal and Rustum bluster as they will,
Or Hatim call to Supper-heed not you.

With me along the strip of Herbage strown
That just divides the desert from the sown,
Where name of Slave and Sultan is forgot-
And Peace to Mahmud on his golden Throne!

A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread-and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness-
Oh, Wilderness were Paradise now!
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NOTE: After The Above Blue Link, With The Whole “The Rubàiyat of Omar Khayyàm” , Comes Up =>
…..You will find additional Interesting Poetic Allusions > By > Do > Top > Edit > Find > Rose .
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This Single Tree Is Human Planted and Irrigated. Otherwise, This Shows A Typical View of the Treeless, Dry Grassy Rounded Hills Seen From the Road.

…. “Soon we’re on the road again, which twists and turns. We stem down into an enormous canyon with high white bluffs on either side. The wind freezes. The road comes into some sunlight which seems to warm me right through the jacket and sweater, but soon we ride into the shade of the canyon wall again where again the wind freezes. This dry desert air doesn’t hold heat. My lips, with the wind blowing into them, feel dry and cracked.
.... Farther on we cross a dam and leave the canyon into some high semidesert country. …. “(Cont.Next)

Brownlee Dam Reservoir & Lake, Snake River Canyon, Border of ID & OR. ….The Narrator’s “We stem down “ is interesting usage of a term applied to a side stream going down to a major river.
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….Because of my previously mentioned, camera dead-battery problem (back at Brownlee Campground, and no place to re-charge within 20 miles), I Have No Photos showing the Narrator’s “twists and turns,“ nor any photos of the "enormous canyon with high white bluffs on either side.“, as mentioned next photo. Can You Help Supply Photos for this road and this area of Idaho? Please email => HenryG__USCA.edu.
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….My (Henry S Gurr), Story About Two Dead Camera Batteries & WHY I Have ONLY ONE Photo of the ZMM Narrator's West Idaho Brownlee Campground.
….AND thus Failed to Capture The 20 to 30 Beef Cattle Herd That Frequents This Public Campground.
….Completely unaware of the developing blockage, I arrived at Brownlee Campground, with both Camera Batteries, nearly dead and un able to take any photo. You May Read How I Was Able To Warm Up My Nearly Dead Batteries, Just Enough To Get One Photo: Right Click & Open In A New Tab.

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Overlooking Brownlee Dam Reservoir-Lake, Local History Signs Explain Prospecting & Mining In This Region. =>
….The Left Sign Says John Brownlee Operated A River Ferry For Miners 1862-64, And Merely From This Meager Beginning => His Name Brownlee Is Adopted For ALL The Major Institutions In This Region!
…. The Steep Canyon Walls Are Seen Above the Water Are Probably Volcanic Rocks, Also Part The Columbia River Basalt Group.

….[ “ …. My lips, with the wind blowing into them, feel dry and cracked.“ ]
….“Farther on we cross a dam ….“

The ZMM Narrator’s“ We Cross A Dam ” Was In 1968: AND By Happenstance Is Same Summer When The Dam Was Completed (See Discussion Below). Before This Year, There Was Likely NO Road Crossing Of The Snake River Hereabouts. (Cont.Next)

Seven Tenths mile upriver from Brownlee Dam, Snake River Canyon, Border of ID & OR.
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According To An Idaho Power Company Re-Licensing Document April 25 2003, The Dam For This Lake Was Completed By Summer 1968. Start PDF.
…. “A classic debate between the proponents of public and private power [started in 1930’s and ] then ensued and continued until 1955, when the Federal Power Commission (FPC) issued a license to Idaho Power Company for its three dam complex. Construction of the Hells Canyon Complex began in the late 1950s, with formal dedication of the entire complex occurring in May of 1968. The HCC is a 1,167 megawatt, 3-dam complex on the Snake River bordering Oregon and Idaho. The HCC Project is comprised of Brownlee,….Oxbow,….and Hells Canyon ….dams and their associated reservoirs, which inundated 12,000 acres and 94 miles of the Snake River.” End PDF.
….((NOTE: The above is/was from a WebPage no longer available, even at Archive.org. The Document was originally at => www.wrd.state.or.us/publication/pdfs/hydro/HCC_PUSP_4-25-03_PDF.pdf: ))
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….MORE INFORMATION ABOUT =>
…I) The Electrical Power Generation Dams On The Snake River, And
…II) Environmental Concerns, Including Associated Wildlife & Fish Reduction.
…A) Brownlee Dam is a hydroelectric earth fill embankment dam in the western United States, on the Snake River on the Idaho-Oregon border, Click Here.
This Wikipedia has a good photo of =>
….. a) Aerial View of Dam, Spillway, and Lake. ….
….. b) A Close Up (Fully Readable) Photo Of The LEFT Sign In /\ Above /\ Photo.
NOTE => Interestingly, we learn that => The Creek at Brownlee Campground, where Narrator & Chris stayed overnight => had “silver mines on Brownlee Creek.”.
…B) Hells Canyon Complex FERC No. 1971.. License Application. General Description and Location of the Hells Canyon Complex.... This huge document covers in great detail => Brownlee Dam, Oxbow Dam, and Hells Canyon Dam.
…C) Northwest Power and Conservation Council Document.
…. This Document Covers => At the center of this public debate were questions about how to develop the hydropower potential of the substantial annual volume of the Snake River in Hells Canyon; how to preserve the scenic canyon for public recreation; and how to protect salmon and steelhead that passed through or spawned in the canyon. These fish had economic importance in the region and, for Indian tribes, a cultural importance.

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This Is The Huge Lake That Forms Upstream From Brownlee Dam.

….[ “Farther on we cross a dam ..“] .“ and leave the canyon into some high semidesert country.“ (Cont.Next)

Idaho Power Company, Woodhead Recreation Area, Brownlee Reservoir & Dam, Border of ID & OR. The Narrator says they “cross a dam“ and the next sentence says they are in Oregon. This specifically implies they must have crossed the Snake River (and deep canyon), since this river is an unavoidable and major N-S barrier, that forms the Eastern border of Oregon. These words also imply that in 1968 their highway crossed on top of a dam.
….I traveled West from the “Brownlee Campground“ to the Oregon towns of Baker and Unity, which are the next mentioned ZMM towns. I used the only reasonable and available route to connect up these ZMM Route Landmarks and was surprised to find I crossed the Snake River (not on a dam), but on a bridge one mile North of Brownlee Dam This additional 1 mile distance is not shown on my 1964 RMcNally Map, which agrees with the Narrator’s statement.
….Well What Can We Conclude About Author Robert Pirsig’s 1968 Crossing Dams In The Area, As The ZMM Passage Says?
….The two obvious Snake River dams in this vicinity, were/are the Brownlee Dam and the Ox Bow Dam. Photos show that The Brownlee Dam has a roadway part way over it. But this abruptly ends at the edge of a huge and deep spillway. Perhaps there once was a bridge over the spillway? And then later someone decided the traffic over the dam was low Quality, and means were found to make a proper bridge a mile North.
…. I studied Topozone Maps for areas surrounding both dams, since they typically show all roads, new and old. According to these maps, the Idaho side of Brownlee Dam shows a connecting road, going to the Brownlee Dam, with a connecting road continuation on the Oregon side of the river. The maps show Ox Bow Dam has connecting roads, but these are not accessible from Idaho Rt 71, the road that goes by the Brownlee Camp Ground.
….From the roads shown on the Topozone Map => I provisionally conclude that the Narrator means he crossed over into Oregon (and thus over the Snake River) on the top of The Brownlee Dam, that continued over a spillway bridge (since removed. Click Here To Open In A New Browser Tab, Shoewing.Topozone.com/map of Brownlee Dam (At GPS 44.8389 .-16.9035 )
….AFTER this map comes up, you can ClickDrag ~6 times SE along Dukes Creek, and keep going you will find South Brownlee Creek, and along it Brownlee Campground and” Tight U” Curve Rt-71, which is shown as square dots.
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….((Photos needed showing several views of the Snake River Canyon, just North of the Brownlee Dam. The needed photos for this passage, would show where the road passes into the (freezing) shade from the early morning sun.))

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