Imagine That This Is The “Housing Development” With the “Ridiculous Small Lots.“

[ZMM Part IV. In opening of Chapter 27 the Narrator is in the middle of a very bad dream. Then Chris calls: ] “"Dad! Wake up!" .. "I’m awake." I can just barely make out his face in the dawn light. We’re in trees somewhere outside. There’s a motorcycle here. I think we’re in Oregon somewhere. .. "I’m all right, it was just a nightmare." .. He continues to cry and I sit quietly with him for a while. "It’s all right," I say, but he doesn’t stop. He’s badly frightened. .. So am I. .. …. It was just a bad dream." I tell him he’s shivering and should get back into the sleeping bag. .. He does this. "It’s so cold," he says. .. "Yes." By the dawn light I can see the vapor from our breaths. Then he crawls under the cover of the sleeping bag and I can see only my own. .. I don’t sleep. .. The dreamer isn’t me at all. .. It’s Phædrus. .. He’s waking up. .. A mind divided against itself. . . . me . . . I’m the evil figure in the shadows. I’m the loathsome one.. . . . .. I always knew he would come back.. . . . .. It’s a matter now of preparing for it.. . . . . The sky under the trees looks so grey and hopeless. .. Poor Chris.” (End Chapter 27)

5.8 Miles North of La Pine, OR.

Where Is The “Housing Development” With The “Ridiculous Tiny Lots”?
…As already stated, in my 2002 ZMM Route Research, I was unable to locate the Narrator’s Central Oregon Campsite. Thus My photos used to represent the Narrator’s and Chris’s campground were taken at the Corral Springs Campground 34 mi South of Lapine, OR. The camping experience and landscape there was quite similar to the Narrator’s descriptions.
…However, Further Study July 11, 2021, Using Satellite Views => Results in my (Henry Gurr’s) Best Finding =>…The ZMM Narrator’s overnight camp site was at an early construction of the . “Cascade Meadows RV Resort”.
…. Click Here For More Information And Link To Satellite View, For Location Of The “Cascade Meadows RV Resort”.
…AFTER this page of 18 small photos comes up, scroll down to (and read) the text below the 7tn & 8th small photos.
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Cold, Grey, Desolate Chicago. “That, for Chris, is where it started.“

…[In the opening of ZMM Chapter 28, because of the Narrator’s bad dream (Chapter 27), he is still badly shaken and extremely frightened. The Narrator, sensing the return of the Ghost of Phaedrus, grows more hopeless. The cold, gray, dawn of their Oregon campground reminds him of Phaedrus’s total failure in the cold, gray, & bleak streets of Chicago. The Narrator reconstructs for us the University of Chicago story leading up to his final mental breakdown and hospitalization. His thoughts continue captions next. (Cont. Next)]

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. To Show this university’s Church and Medieval Academic Origins, this building has ribbed and vaulted high-gothic arches in the darkened entrance way and three Roof Sheltered Recessed Platforms which are prepared places for Statues of the Saints. These features will be shown, in greater detail, in later photos of this building.
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Cold, Grey Sky Shrouds a Freezing Oregon Morning.
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The Narrator, thinking of what happened in Chicago, says:] “ .. It won’t happen again. . . . .. I think what I’ll do is head down for San Francisco, and put Chris on a bus for home, and then sell the cycle and check in at a hospital . . . or that last seems so pointless. . . . I don’t know what I’ll do. .. The trip won’t have been entirely wasted. At least he’ll have some good memories of me as he grows up. That takes away some of the anxiety a little. That’s a good thought to hold on to. I’ll hold on to that. .. Meanwhile, just continue on a normal trip and hope something improves. Don’t throw anything away. Never, never throw anything away.” (Cont. Next)
5.8 Miles North of La Pine, OR.
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In High Altitude Central Oregon, You May Expect Mid- Summer, Overnight Frost!

“Cold out! Feels like winter! Where are we, that it should get this cold? We must be at a high altitude. I look out of the sleeping bag and this time see frost on the motorcycle. On the chrome of the gas tank it’s sparkling in the early sunlight. On the black frame where the sunlight hits it it’s partly turned to beads of water that will soon run down to the wheel. It’s too cold to lie around.” (Cont. Next)

5.8 Miles North of La Pine, OR. Not only the dust, but as you see in my photos, I ALSO experienced FROST when I camped at the "Corral Springs National Forest Campground". This was 2 miles West of OR Rt. 97 about 50 miles South of La Pine. In a desert, the atmosphere is totally free of moisture, making it very transparent to infrared (radiant heat). Thus there is rapid transfer of any heat to outer space. This results in rapid cooling to the point of freezing! In desert regions, prior to refrigerators, this was a common way to make ice! You have to see it to believe it!
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Volcanic Dust Every Where!! This Layer of Dust, Several Feet Deep, Came From the Violent Explosion ~7700 Years Ago,
…That Created Crater Lake From the Previous Huge Volcanic Cone Called Mount Mazama!

….Note Frost On the Small Plants!

“[It’s too cold to lie around.] .. I remember the dust under the pine needles and put my boots on carefully to avoid stirring it up” (Cont. Next)

5.8 Miles North of La Pine, OR.

RIGHT CLICK AND SELECT “NEW TAB”: Will Come-Up Showing => More About Mount Mazama, It’s Series Of Explosive Eruptions About 7,700 Years Ago, Plus Links To Other USGS Volcanic Information.

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Plants Struggle for Survival in the Dry, Powdery Volcanic Dust.
…Exposed to the Intense Sunlight, Hill Tops & Slopes Are Deadly to Plant Life.
… This Is Because the Rare Rain Water Runs Down the Slopes, and the Remaining Moisture Quickly Evaporates. This Leaves only Parched Dust.

“At the motorcycle I unpack everything, get out the long underwear and put it on, then clothes, then sweater, then jacket. I’m still cold. .. I step through the spongy dust …. ” (Cont. Next)

5.8 Miles North of La Pine, OR. In addition to the frost, you can see the spongy dust in the photo. While camping there. I had to push my tent way under those pines.
…This was the only place where there was a thin mat of pine needles, so I could get away from the sticky dust! I am sure the rugs of my car still have the residuum of this dust from my shoes!
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There Is Even Frost in the Grass by the Tiny Brook.

“ … onto the dirt road that has brought us here and sprint down it through the pines for a hundred feet or so, then settle down to an even run and then finally stop. That feels better. Not a sound. The frost is in little patches on the road too, …. ” (Cont. Next)

5.8 Miles North of La Pine, OR. The “Cascade Meadows RV Resort”. Mentioned 7th Photos PREVIOUS, has a dirt road that fits the, ZMM Narrator’s “ I step through the spongy dust onto the dirt road that brought us here, …. ”
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Corresponding To The Narrator’s Experience, The Frost Starts To Melt In The Early Morning Sunny Patches.

“ ….[The frost is in little patches on the road too], but melting and dark wet tan between the patches where the early sun’s rays strike it. It’s so white and lacy and untouched. It’s on the trees too. I walk back softly down the road as if not to disturb the sunrise. Early autumn feeling.” (Cont. Next)

5.8 Miles North of La Pine, OR.
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This Scene of Frost, Dry Volcanic Dust, Struggling Plant Life, And An Old Weathered Stump, Is Almost Identical To Author Robert Pirsig’s Own Summer 1968 Photo.

…You May View This Original ZMM Scene At Blue Link Below.

…. “Chris is still asleep and we won’t be able to go anywhere until the air warms up. Good time to get the cycle tuned. I work loose the knob on the side cover over the air filter, and underneath the filter withdraw a worn and dirty roll of field tools. My hands are stiff with the cold and the backs of them are wrinkled. Those wrinkles aren’t from the cold though. At forty that’s old age coming on. I lay the roll on the seat and spread it open . . . there they are. . . . like seeing old friends again. .. I hear Chris, glance over the seat and see that he’s stirring but doesn’t get up. He’s evidently just rolling in his sleep. After a while the sun gets warmer and my hands aren’t as stiff as they were. .. I was going to talk about some of the lore of cycle repair, the hundreds of things you learn as you go along, which enrich what you’re doing not only practically but esthetically. But that seems too trivial now, though I shouldn’t say that. .. But now I want to shift into another direction, which completes his story. I never really completed it because I didn’t think it would be necessary. But now I think it would be a good time to do that in what time remains. .
…The metal of these wrenches is so cold it hurts the hands. But it’s a good hurt. It’s real, not imaginary, and it’s here, absolutely, in my hand.” (Cont. Next)

5.8 Miles North of La Pine, OR.

…. => RIGHT CLICK AND SELECT “NEW TAB”: Will Come-Up Showing => Full Size Picture, Author Pirsig’s Own Summer 1968 Photo, Almost Identical To /\ Above /\ Photo.:
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Metaphoric Bridge Connection
… Pay attention to the Narrator’s => “ a worn and dirty roll of field tools. My hands are stiff with the cold and the backs of them are wrinkled. Those wrinkles aren’t from the cold though. At forty that’s old age coming on. I lay the roll on the seat and spread it open . . . there they are. . . . like seeing old friends again. … ”. which precedes his " completes his [Phaedurs] story. I never really completed it because I didn’t think it would be necessary. But now I think it would be a good time to do that in what time remains. “.
…. EXPLANATION: The having good reliable” tools”, “like old friends” …”not imaginary” … ”absolutely real” ..., is what he will (Metaphoric Bridge Connection) need as he tells the VERY difficult story of Phaedrus’ (same as Author Pirsig’s) mental break down at the University of Chicago, even calling it insane.
…ALSO pay attention to the Narrator’s “juxtaposition of => I hear Chris, glance over the seat… ”. because (2nd Metaphoric Bridge Connection) this is what he will need as he tries to work out his current, and growing problem with Chris =>
…“ The answer doesn’t seem to satisfy him. But he can’t seem to say what’s wrong with it.
…A sudden despair wave hits, like that at dawn. I lie to him. That’s what’s wrong.
…"We[says Chris] just keep going and going," “ …..

. Click Here For More Information & Explanation of Metaphoric Bridge Connection.
…And AFTER this page of 18 small photos comes up, (17 each) > Do > Page Top > Edit > Find > Metaphor And read the surrounding text.
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Plants Have a Hard Time Surviving Here.

….“The metal of these wrenches is so cold it hurts the hands. But it’s a good hurt. It’s real, not imaginary, and it’s here, absolutely, in my hand. …….. .. In his pursuit of a concept of Quality, Phædrus kept seeing again and again little paths all leading toward some point off to one side. He thought he already knew about the general area they led to, ancient Greece, but now he wondered if he had overlooked something there. ”…..[Here the Narrator relates (in two pages) 1) Discuss how “Sarah Vinke had put the idea of Quality in his head”. 2) What happened when he arrived at the University of Chicago and 3) How his PhD Thesis on Qualty can not have either Substantive or Objective about it, 4) Plus details about the U. Chicago’s “Committee on Analysis of Ideas and Study of Methods” ] “…. On the machine now everything is done except the oil change. I wake Chris and we pack and go. He’s still sleepy but the cold air on the road wakes him up.” (Cont. Next)

5.8 Miles North of La Pine, OR. In the Narrator’s passage above we note => “It’s real, not imaginary, and it’s here, absolutely, in my hand”. Here again we notice the Narrator’s dependence on “Good old reality.“ The same is absolutely true for all of us. However, like the air surrounding us, we seldom notice it!! This explains why the Narrator repeatedly reminds us of this fact which is an integral part of his Quality Philosophy.

…And As The ZMM Narrator, Repeatedly Reminds Us => “…The cutting edge of this instant right here and now is always nothing less than the totality of everything there is.
…Value, the leading edge of reality, is no longer an irrelevant offshoot of structure.
…Value, is the predecessor of structure. It’s the preintellectual awareness that gives rise to it. Our structured reality is preselected on the basis of value, and really to understand structured reality requires an understanding of the value source from which it’s derived. ”

. This Whole “Reality” Topic Is Important Enough To Have Its Own ZMMQ Page =>
… In the above “ italiced” words from ZMM, notice the Narrator’s emphasis on “ Reality,” Here, to be really sure you get full message, please > (10 each) > Do > Page Top > Edit > Find > real And read the surrounding text.
…From this you should see the importance of “Real, Reality, & Good Old Reality.”
… Click Here For A Special Study or => “Author Robert Pirsig’s Major Thread Topic “Quality, Reality, & “Good Old Reality.” “ as is written into Robert Pirsig’s book “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”.
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In Agreeme nt With The ZMM Narrator’s Dark Volcanic Rock, Is Seen In Distance Along US 97.

….“The piney road goes upward, and there’s not so much traffic this morning. The rocks among the pines are dark and volcanic. I wonder if that was volcanic dust we slept in. Is there such a thing as volcanic dust? “(Cont.Next)

The /\ Above /\ Photo Was Taken At The Parking Lot For Lava Butte Cinder Cone Visitor Center, Which Was Experienced On The Way To La Pine, OR.
….((NOTE: The /\ Above /\ Photo Location is ~20 miles prior to La Pine, OR. And the above ZMM Narrative is for Chris & The Narrator’s travel, could practically apply to anywhere along US-97.
…But, since their overnight campsite was 5.8 Miles North of La Pine, OR, the most likely the location for this Narrative is soon after they get back on the road, several miles prior to La Pine, OR for breakfast:
….In the /\ Above /\ Photo, you can see in the distance (by the highway), there was plenty of dark (nearly black) volcanic rock, which happens to be ~1000 feet East of Lava Butte Volcanic Cinder Cone. This was at Lava Butte National Monument located 20 miles prior to La Pine, OR. The Lava Butte Cinder Cone is part of the “Newberry National Volcanic Monument was designated on November 5, 1990, to protect the area around the Newberry Volcano in the U.S. state of Oregon. Address: Bend, OR 97702” From Wikipedia.
….Although volcanic mountains were evident all around at a distance, I did not notice any dark volcanic rock among the trees along the highway. My notes only record spotting volcanic rock at the edge of sidewalks as seen in photo second next.

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At the Next Town, I Am Greeted By a Curious Cloud Formation.

…“Chris says he’s hungry and I am too. .. At La Pine …. ” (Cont. Next)

Entering La Pine, OR. Note small spikes surrounding the darker cloud at extreme right edge of this photo just above the tree tops. The next two photos will show the development of a very interesting “crown” formation.
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General View, Left to Right: Former ZMM Gas Station, the ZMM Restaurant and Associated Motel.

…Note Decorative, Dark Volcanic Rocks Along Sidewalk and Red Volcanic Gravel With Plants At Edge of Road.

…“[At La Pine] we stop. I tell Chris to order me ham and eggs for breakfast while I stay outside to change the oil. ” (Cont. Next)

South Main Street, La Pine, OR. Because this Restaurant and Gas Station are side by side (and because there are hardly any other restaurants here), I conclude that this most certainly must be the ZMM Restaurant in La Pine.
…Note: Due to my travel itinerary, my photos of La Pine, OR, were taken in the afternoon, and the sun was in the West. However, The Narrator and Chris were in La Pine in the morning, and the sun would have been in the opposite direction -- East.

…The /\ Above /\ Photo Was Taken 11 Minutes After The Previous, and shows the next stage of the development of the “crown”. I have a photographic record of how this system changed (360 degree panoramas) over a total of 25 minutes. Send an email if you want to see these panoramas.
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The ZMM Restaurant In La Pine. The White Building To the Left Is the Former ZMM Gas Station, Which Still Has the Raised Concrete For Where the Gas Pumps Were.

…“ At a filling station next to the restaurant I pick up a quart of oil, and in a gravelly lot back of the restaurant remove the drain plug, let the oil drain, replace the plug, add the new oil, and when I’m done the new oil on the dipstick shines in the sunlight almost as clear and colorless as water. Ahhhhh! .. I repack the wrench, …. ” (Cont. Next)

South Main Street, La Pine, OR. This photo taken July 3, 2002, one day prior to USA celebration of National Declaration of Independence Day, hence the Flag.

….In The /\ Above /\ Photo => Be Sure To Again Note The “Crown”, As Was Shown & Discussed, In The 2 Previous Photos.
…Especially Notice That The “Crown” Is Formed At The Precise Intersection Of A “Cross” Formed By Two Lines Of Clouds. At the time of the photograph, in the line of clouds to the South, there were also developing several dark concentrated areas. At this time, it looked like these “dark areas” were each developing their own “near crowns”.
….I have a lot more photos of this cloud formation, and subsequent development of the “crown”. Many of these can be stitched into a panorama, and may (eventually) be in my album called ‘HSG Personal Experiences’. Send email, if you want me to hurry up on this.

New Topic: Years ago, many people disposed of waste oil, onto the gravel, as does the Narrator here and other places in ZMM .We now understand why this is unacceptable and, in my opinion, should really never have been done … like smoking and alcoholic beverages.
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Interior ZMM Restaurant. Serving Counter and Booths.
“ …. enter the restaurant and see Chris and, on the table, my breakfast. I head into the washroom, clean up and return. …. “(Cont.Next)
South Main Street, La Pine, OR. The washroom is to the immediate left in this photo.
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The Whole Restaurant Interior Is Furnished In Wonderful Natural Finished Pine, a Local Timber.
“ …. "Am I hungry!" he says. .. "It was a cold night," I say. "We burned up a lot of food just staying alive." .. The eggs are good. The ham too. Chris talks about the dream and how it frightened him and then that’s done with. He looks as though he’s about to ask a question, …. “(Cont.Next)
South Main Street, La Pine, OR. Although the buildings of the gas station and restaurant are definitely vintage era 1968, the wonderful finished wooden surfaces, upholstery, etc look more recent.
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Scenery 200 Feet North of ZMM Restaurant. View Towards the Northwest. Firewood Is a Local Industry.

…Note Bulldozer Tractor on Top Of Wood Pile Right.

…“[He looks as though he’s about to ask a question,] then doesn’t, then stares out the window into the pines for a while, then comes back with it. .. "Dad?" .. "What?" .. "Why are we doing this?" .. "What?" .. "Just riding all the time." .. "Just to see the country. . . vacation." .. The answer doesn’t seem to satisfy him. But he can’t seem to say what’s wrong with it. .. A sudden despair wave hits, like that at dawn. I lie to him. That’s what’s wrong. .. "We just keep going and going," he says. .. "Sure. What would you rather do?" .. He has no answer. .. I don’t either.” (Cont. Next)

South Main Street, La Pine, OR.
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Despite the Arid Conditions, There Are Flowers In the Middle of Nowhere.

…“On the road an answer comes that we’re doing the highest Quality thing I can think of right now, but that wouldn’t satisfy him any more than what I told him.” (Cont. Next)

Where R-t97 South intersects R-t38, two miles South of La Pine, OR. The previous campground photographs were taken between this photo and the next - hence the big change in Photo #’s and WayPt #’s.
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