Part IV: The Illustrated "Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". Chapters 27 thru 32.  

Chris Asks His Dad If He Is Frightened By All the Curves and Hills.

…[ “"That’s a little dangerous," I say.
..."No, it isn’t. I can tell."
...He probably can. "Be careful anyway," I say."
” ]
After a while when we cut sharp into a hairpin under some overhanging trees he says, "Oh," and then later on, "Ah," and then, "Wow." Some of these branches over the road are hanging so low they’re going to conk him on the head if he isn’t careful
…."What’s the matter?" I ask.
..."It’s so different."
…."What?"
..."Everything. I never could see over your shoulders before."
….The sunlight makes strange and beautiful designs through the tree branches on the road. It flits light and dark into my eyes. We swing into a curve and then up into the open sunlight.
….That’s true. I never realized it. All this time he’s been staring into my back. "What do you see?" I ask.
…."It’s all different."
….We head into a grove again, and he says, "Don’t you get scared?"
…"No, you get used to it.."
” (Cont Next)

At ~8700 Orr Springs Backcountry Road, Traveling Towards The ZMM Route Town Of Ukiah, CA:
..A) ~36.3 Road Miles East of Mendocino, CA and.
..B) ~8.1 Road Miles West of Ukiah, CA.

…. RIGHT CLICK AND SELECT “NEW TAB” => After Satellite Map View Comes Up, You will See What Is Most Likely The ZMM Route => On Orr Springs Road, Which At Upper Left Twists & Sharp Turns, Among Hills of Dry, Brown Grass, Spotted With Clumps Of Dark Green Trees.
…ClickOn The Plus&Minus To Zoom. You Can “Click&Drag” The Map In Any Direction, To See More Off Your Screen Edges.

…In /\ Above /\ Photo, The Red Pinpoint Marks Henry Gurr’s Camera Vantage Point at WayPt 472. Just to left, you see a Lighter Tan Color, which marks the slight hill, which gives a Hill Top View For Photo.

A NOTE RE THE /\ ABOVE /\ PHOTO: :
….You will notice the peculiar coloring of the /\ ABOVE /\ photo: This photo originally had similar coloring like all the other photos in this album. But because it was rather dark, Henry Gurr used a Photo Editor, to make it “lighter”, which resulted in a color change.
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(Photo = 117-1740b ...... ZMM Page = 372 ...... 470i ~1000ft. Photo at 472x 1283ft)


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