It’s Amazing! After Thirteen Miles, We Still Have Beautiful Flowers!
“I don’t know what else I could have said. Sooner or later, before we say goodbye, if that’s how it goes, we’ll have to do some talking. Shielding him like this from the past may be doing him more harm than good. He’ll have to hear about Phædrus, although there’s much he can never know. Particularly the end.“(Cont.Next)
Fifteen mi South of La Pine, OR.
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Entrance to Foster Hall Viewed From the Central Campus Quadrangle of The University of Chicago.

…On the Road, the Narrator’s Thoughts Turn To Phaedrus’s Graduate School Experiences Here.

…“Phædrus arrived at the University of Chicago already in a world of thought so different from the one you or I understand, it would be difficult to relate, even if I fully remembered everything. I know that the acting chairman admitted him during the Chairman’s absence on the basis of his teaching experience and apparent ability to converse intelligently. What he actually said is lost. Afterward he waited for a number of weeks for the Chairman to return in hopes of obtaining a scholarship, but when the Chairman did appear an interview took place which consisted essentially of one question and no answer. .. The Chairman said, "What is your substantive field?" .. Phædrus said, "English composition." .. The Chairman bellowed, "That is a methodological field!" And for all practical purposes that was the end of the interview.” (U. Chicago Cont. Next)
…The ZMM Narrator also reports what he was able to find out about the history of “The Committee on Analysis of Ideas and Study of Methods“

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Social Science Research, Lobby Just Inside Side Door. This Is My Best Photo of a “Stone Corridor.”

…[The Narrator here explains, in 2.5 pages, how he spent the summer “ near the timberline …. and thought about Quality and substantive and methodological fields.““ He then continues:] “ I have one tiny fragment of Phædrus standing in the stone corridor of a building, evidently within the University of Chicago, addressing the assistant chairman of the committee, like a detective at the end of a movie, saying: "In your description of the committee, you have omitted one important name." .. "Yes?" says the assistant chairman. .. "Yes," says Phædrus omnisciently, " . . Aristotle. . . . " .. The assistant chairman is shocked for a moment, then, almost like a culprit who has been discovered but feels no guilt, laughs loud and long. .. "Oh, I see," he says. "You didn’t know . . . anything about. . . . ". Then he thinks better of what he is going to say and decides not to say anything more.” (Cont. Next)

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
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Just After The Turn South Onto The Road To Crater Lake, We See A Beautiful Snow Covered Volcanic Mountain and More Flowers!

…This Time There Is One Blue Flower and the Rest Are Pink Or Turning Brown

…“We arrive at the turnoff to Crater Lake …. ” (Cont. Next)

Intersection of Rt-138 and North Entrance Road, Crater Lake National Park, OR. Below the Mountain, you can see a segment of the Highway pointing at the snow. Judging from the highway direction shown on my RandMcNally, this must be the Mountain of Crater Lake, but I am uncertain. Here, we should recall the Narrator’s “shorter route” decision back in Prineville Junction OR. … AND possibly related to this, he seems to attempt to cheer up Chris by going to more touristy places like Crater Lake, or later, the “Drive Thru Giant Redwood Tree” in California.
…However, even at these places, the Narrator, respectively 1) has negative emotions about the “touristy park attitude” or 2) completely fails to mention the tourist aspects of popular tourist attractions that they evidently visited.
…Such is the case at the ‘duck pond” at the Drive Thru Giant Redwood Tree in Leggett, CA and also at Simpson Reed Grove, a Giant Redwood Forest,12 miles East of Crescent, CA.
…See my further discussions with upcoming photos, concerning The Pink Flowers above, which are a color I failed to find at Beartooth Pass. The next photo was taken from the crest of the highway segment, you see in the /\ Above /\ Photo
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A Cathedral of Trees Line the Road South Into Crater Lake National Park.

“ …. [We arrive at the turnoff to Crater Lake] and go up a neat road into the National Park — clean, tidy and preserved. It really shouldn’t be any other way, but this doesn’t win any prizes for Quality either. It turns it into a museum.” (Cont. Next)

Several miles North of Intersection of Rt-138 and North Entrance Road, Crater Lake National Park, OR. Why is the ZMM Narrator so critical & negative about this National Park and other similar places? It seemed to me so wrong at the outset. It took me a great deal of time plus thoughtful consideration of the Narrator’s total life experiences to begin to accept what he says. I had to consider the Narrator’s sum total experiences in the High Country where he was in direct contact with the awesome processes of Nature, head-on. Such areas are totally Nature and uncontaminated by the impact of humans. Any park national or otherwise, becomes a pale substitute for the open expanses that were once there. But as the Narrator says, “It really shouldn’t be any other way …. “.
…Moreover, it really can’t be any other way! Given a flood of people who want to experience a bit of the grandeur, there must be some way to control the inevitable destruction of so many tromping feet, not to mention the trash that inconsiderate people leave behind.
…Once you begin to see what the Narrator is talking about, then you as a Pilgrim, can begin to seek out those more pristine areas and mindfully work to protect them. As the Narrator says, one person at a time.
…If concerned people (you and I) all do this, then even the un-natural face of these parks can be changed by the very choices we all actually make. The unnatural (cultural) imports can be gradually removed and the parks can be change by the people who come, rather than the reverse! *************************
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In An Alpine Meadow, Beside A Ditch Filled With Show-Melt, These White Blossoms Pop-Up Everywhere!
…. “Only Grass Everywhere Filled With Little Pink And Blue And White Dots Of Intense Color.“

….[ “Soon we are between banks of old snow, the way snow looks in early spring after a thaw. “ ] “ Little streams of water run everywhere into mossy mud, and then below this into week-old grass and then small wildflowers, the tiny pink and blue and yellow and white ones which seem to pop out, sun-brilliant, from black shadows. Everywhere it’s like this! Little pins of colored light shoot forth to me from a background of somber dark green and black. Dark sky now and cold. Except where the sun hits. On the sun side my arm and leg and jacket are hot, but the dark side, in deep shadows now, is very cold.“ [There’s not a tree anywhere,] “only grass everywhere filled with little pink and blue and white dots of intense color.“

~1.5 Straight Line Miles SouthSouthEast Of Rock Creek Vista Point First Roadside Rest Area, Beartooth Highway, MT. Even these beautifully phrased flower descriptions of ZMM page 110, are poetically getting us ready, by analogy, for the ZMM Narrator’s “ High Country of the Mind“, where there are “ Little pins of colored [philosophical] light shoot forth to me from a background of somber [every day normal thinking] ...little pink and blue and white dots of intense [philosophical thinking] “ !!
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….During My 2002 ZMM Route Research Trip, I Captured In Photographs An Example Of Practically Every Flower I Saw.
…. However, as you can see in this Photo Album you are looking at in my “Flowers” Album Photographs, In The Highest Elevations Of Beartooth Plateau, I Did Not Find The ZMM Narrator’s Colors. such as the area of the /\ Above /\ Photo at this WayPt =136 at 9554 feet.
…Here, and higher elevations, are where I looked for but did not see “pink and blue flowers“. In fact, such flowers I did not see until well after the snow fields and return to elevations below 9500 feet. What could be the reasons for this absence? Reasons could be =>
..1) My travel thru here was almost a month earlier in the season than the Narrator’s.
..2) The Narrator must compress into a few short paragraphs a vast travel experience, many different times and elevations.
..3) OK, so it is. Each ZMM Traveler can expect to see the high country “differently”, whether philosophic or real.
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….Certainly, In These Quick Sketches, We Catch The Narrator’s Thrill Of The High Country =>
…. The Real Physical Landscape Scene,
……..And By Analogy => The Mental & Philosophic Landscape Scene!

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Just Like Tourist Anywhere. The People At the Top of the Climb Are Viewing the Lake, Next Photo.

…“At the lake we stop and stretch and mingle affably with the small crowd of tourists holding cameras and children yelling, "Don’t go too close!" and see cars and campers with all different license plates, …. ” (Cont. Next)
Crater Lake National Park, OR.
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It’s Fantastic! What a View!! The Island At Right, Is a Small Cinder Cone That Pushed Up After the Monster Explosion that Created This Huge Crater.

…This Explosion Was In the Exact Middle of What Was Once A Much, Much Higher Mountain Called Mount Mazama.

“ …. and see the Crater Lake with a feeling of "Well, there it is," just as the pictures show. I watch the other tourists, all of whom seem to have out-of-place looks too. I have no resentment at all this, just a feeling that it’s all unreal and that the quality of the lake is smothered by the fact that it’s so pointed to. You point to something as having Quality and the Quality tends to go away.“ (Cont.Next Photo)

Crater Lake National Park, OR. (Click picture to get a largest view, and use Click&Drag Bars Bottom & Right to see parts off screen.)

In ZMM Author Robert Pirsig Decides The Scenery Mentioned:
…. The ZMM Narrator mentions many sights along the road, even mentioning minor details!! By contrast, usually when the Narrator (Robert Pirsig) encounters a park or a town that he doesn't approve of, he mostly just "passes-on-by" with no mention of it…. So why does the Narrator give a big mention of Crater Lake, despite his disapproval of it?
I Think This Is The Reason =>
….The Narrator wants to use this example to make =>An Important Point => That Despite The Beauty, Too Much Pointing To It, Destroys it! Indeed, he goes on to say this is also true of Quality. Do you have other answers? Send Email.


See My Discussions Of "Narrator Pass-On-By With No Mention" In These Photos, Especially
..A) The "Drive Thru California Redwood Tree” In Leggett, CA.
..B) The Town of Kooskia, ID..
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Looking Down, Way, Way Down, We See Tiny Trees by the Water’s Edge. What a View!!

…“Quality is what you see out of the corner of your eye, and so I look at the lake below but feel the peculiar quality from the chill, almost frigid sunlight behind me, and the almost motionless wind.“ (Cont. Next)

Crater Lake National Park, OR. Also, for me, there was no noticeable wind. Although it was hot in the direct sun, the cool air made a very pleasant day. *************************

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Another View of the Fantastic Pure Blue at Crater Lake! What a View!!
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….[“You point to something as having Quality and the Quality tends to go away.”] “Quality is what you see out of the corner of your eye, and so I look at the lake below but feel the peculiar quality from the chill, almost frigid sunlight behind me, and the almost motionless wind.” (Cont. Next Photo)

Crater Lake National Park, OR. (Click picture to get a largest view, and use Click&Drag Bars Bottom & Right to see parts off scree.)
…. The Narrator continues to Metaphorically use the real physical "fakey" feeling of Crater Lake, stillness & chilled almost motionless wind, to amplify what more he tells us about Quality in experience. …. “You point to something as having Quality and the Quality tends to go away. “

For A Great Aerial View Of Crater Lake, Looking In Same Direction As /\ Above /\ View, Click Here.
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In the Parking Lot, Fellow Tourists Can Hear Everything You Say.

… “"Why did we come here?" Chris says. .. "To see the lake." .. He doesn’t like this. He senses falseness and frowns deep, trying to find the right question to expose it. "I just hate this," he says. .. A tourist lady looks at him with surprise, then resentment. .. "Well, what can we do, Chris?" I ask. "We just have to keep going until we find out what’s wrong or find out why we don’t know what’s wrong. Do you see that?" .. He doesn’t answer. The lady pretends not to be listening, but her motionlessness reveals that she is. We walk toward the motorcycle, and I try to think of something, but nothing comes. I see he’s crying a little and now looks away to prevent me from seeing it.“ (Cont. Next)

Crater Lake National Park, OR.

This Google Satellite View Centered At /\ Above /\ Photo Location, Shows Interesting Places You May Want To “Zoom-In” And Look Closer At => RIGHT CLICK AND SELECT “NEW TAB” Will Come-Up Showing These:
..1) At right is seen the “High Traffic” US-97, ZMM Route going South From La Pine, OR,.
..2) Top center, is ZMM Route road going South towards Crater Lake National Park, seen in this satellite view at center.
..3) Bottom center, you can see ZMM Route Rt-62, which trends Southeast, then South, eventually reaching Eastern Shore of Klamath Lake.

On The Above Mentioned Satellite View, You Can Continue To See “The ZMM Route”, On The Satellite View, By ClickDrag, As Follows =>
..4) Continue along Rt-62 trending Southeast, until reaching again the “High Traffic” US-97, which then South, eventually going by East Shore of Klamath Lake, and then reaching the Northern edge of town of Klamath Falls, OR.
..5) At the next major intersection of US-97, ZOOM IN, so you can see “The Dalles-California Highway” split off going South.
..6) Follow this “Dallis Highway” road to the next major intersection, where you will see a grey colored road going West to lake-water and “Putnam’s Point”.
..7) Zig-Zag, follow this road and eventually you will see it is Rt-630 = Lakeshore Drive.
..8) Continue trending Northwest, until you can follow Rt-140 “Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway”.
..9) Follow Rt-140, eventually trending West 70 miles to White City OR.
..10) At White City OR, turn south on Rt-62 to. Medford, OR.
..11) At Medford, OR find way onto I-5 going Northwest then West, which travels in the valley of the Rogue River, to Grants Pass, OR.
..12) Find streets in Grants Pass, OR going South to Rt-99 = Rogue River Highway.
..13) Follow Rogue River Highway about 2 miles East, will take you to where recently has been found ZMM Welding Shop. This is shown & discussed in Photo 1 Through 5: What’s Left of The Welding, & Motorcycle Repair Machine Shop Of Mr. Sandy McGregor, Rogue River Highway, which is VERY Likely The Shop Where The ZMM Narrator Went To Have His Honda Cycle Chain Guard Welded.

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Another Cathedral of Trees On the Way Down To The South.

…“We wind down out of the park to the south. .. “ (Cont. Next)

Crater Lake National Park, OR. Because I have not, yet, completely adjusted myself to the quality/value standards of the Narrator, I really enjoyed my 6 hours within the park. As a measure of how thrilled I was, I ended up taking 50 photos in Crater Lake Park.

…On An Earlier Trip This Way =>
…I well remember my trip to Crater Lake in February of 1989. My son and I almost did not make it up there. On the road up, there was a considerable amount of hard packed snow, topped with a coating of new slippery snow. My van wheels slipped so badly on the hard packed snow & ice, I almost could not go forward!
…When we got to the crater, I remember the landscape was covered with deep snow and the visitor center was surrounded by huge mounds pushed off the parking lot pavement. While there, we experienced very dark, cloudy, stormy skies with cold blustery wind. Everything was white with the snow, including the frozen lake and the surrounding crater walls.
…Our windy cold winter scene was a real disappointment, and can’t possibly compare to the summertime beauty of the blue, blue lake, contrasting with surrounding mountains and green trees. Even the high altitude, pure deep black-blue sky is part of the Summer thrill.
…Although stormy high altitude,Winter at Crater Lake was bitterly cold, it was beastly hot as soon as we reached lower elevations and back into the bright desert sun - especially Klamath Lake in midafternoon.
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A View Looking West At the Medieval Towers of The University of Chicago’s Cobb Lecture Hall. This Is One of Main Classroom Buildings for the University.

…The Renaissance Center is On the Fifth and Top Floor Seen Here.

…The ZMM Narrator Now Returns to Phaedrus’s Story at the University of Chicago.
….“The leaders of the revolt were Robert Maynard Hutchins, who had become president of the University of Chicago; Mortimer Adler, whose work on the psychological background of the law of evidence was somewhat similar to work being done at Yale by Hutchins; Scott Buchanan, a philosopher and mathematician; and most important of all for Phædrus, the present chairman of the committee, who was then a Columbia University Spinozist and medievalist.“ (U. Chicago Cont. Next)

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Cobb Lecture Hall is on the West end of University of Chicago’s Central Quadrangle.
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The ZMM Narrator Continues Phaedrus’s Story At The University of Chicago.

… “I said the assistant chairman for the Committee on Analysis of Ideas and Study of Methods was shocked. What he was so shocked about was that Phædrus didn’t know he was at the locus of what is probably the most famous academic controversy of the century, what a California university president described as the last attempt in history to change the course of an entire university. .. Phædrus’ reading turned up a brief history of that famous revolt against empirical education that had taken place in the early thirties. “[At U. Chicago] “The Committee on Analysis of Ideas and Study of Methods was a vestige of that attempt.” (U. Chicago Cont. Next)
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

..A) After You Click Blue Link Below => A Google Satellite View Will Come Up Showing U. Chicago, And The Surrounding City, Plus Showing The Adjacent “Museum of Science and Industry” This Science & Industry Museum happens to be located on part of The Old Grounds of the 1893 Chicago Worlds’ Fair, at the lakefront, along Lake Michigan, as is explained this => …
..NOW … This Satellite Map View Identifies Many Buildings Mentioned In My Photos => .For Example, You Will Be Able To See Locations of U. Chicago’s => a) Cobb Lecture Hall, b) Hospital, c) Bookstore, d) Main Quadrangle, e) Midway Plaisance, which is a Mile Long Mall, along the South Side of the U. C. Campus, and was part of the 1893 Chicago Exposition World’s Fair (Read More at Plaisance & Neighborhoods Below). …. RIGHT CLICK AND SELECT “NEW TAB” => After Satellite Map View Comes Up, ClickOn The Plus&Minus To Zoom. You Can “Click&Drag” Map In Any Direction, to See More Off Your Screen Edges.

..B) A University of Chicago Page Will Come Up Showing Map of U. Chicago Campus. . At Left of Map, You Can Click-On LIST, To IDENTIFY MANY U. CHICAGO BUILDINGS Mentioned In Photos In This Album. For Example: Cobb Hall, The University’s Hospital, and University Bookstore …. RIGHT CLICK AND SELECT NEW TAB => After UC Campus Map View Comes Up, ClickOn The Plus&Minus To Zoom. You Can Click&Drag Map In Any Direction, to See More Off Your Screen Edges.
…ALSO Notice SEARCH Box.

..C) .. When “The University of Chicago Was Originally Being Constructed”, Adjacent to The South & East Was “The 1893 World's Fair: Columbian Exposition”. This was also known as the “Chicago World's Fair”.
… Dedicated in October in 1892, this World's Fair held in Chicago, was to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World in 1492.
…The Exposition was located in Jackson Park and on The Midway Plaisance, on 630 acres (2.5 km2) in the neighborhoods of South Shore, Jackson Park Highlands, Hyde Park, and Woodlawn. (The Above Are Excerpts From Wikipedia.)
….More Wikipedia Historical Information, AND ~THIRTY REALLY GREAT PHOTOS of the 1892 Fair. => RIGHT CLICK AND SELECT “NEW TAB” => AFTER The Wikipedia Page Comes-Up, click on any of the Photos, to see Very Large Photos, in a Special Photo Viewer. In this Photo Viewer, you can click on the > at right, to Advance Next. .

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In Front of UC’s Cobb Lecture Hall Looking South to Bond Chapel (Left) and Wieboldt Hall (Right). Across the Central Quadrangle.

… Phaedrus Probably Passed This Ivy Covered Chapel Many Times.

… “Adler’s study of evidence, cross-fertilized by a reading of classics of the Western world, resulted in a conviction that human wisdom had advanced relatively little in recent times. He consistently harked back to St. Thomas Aquinas, who had taken Plato and Aristotle and made them part of his medieval synthesis of Greek philosophy and Christian faith. The work of Aquinas and of the Greeks, as interpreted by Aquinas, was to Adler the capstone of the Western intellectual heritage. Therefore they provided a measuring rod for anyone seeking the good books. “ (U. Chicago Cont. Next)

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
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A Google Street View Shows Very Likely, What the Narrator Experienced When Going By Klamath Lake.

…After Leaving The South Gate Of Crater Lake National Park, Then Turning Right (East) And Traveling Southeast On Rt-62 =>

…The ZMM Route Traveler Can Catch Glimpses of Upper Klamath Lake.

…And Beyond the Lake, Can Be Seen The Distant Mountains, That The ZMM Route Crosses on the way to Medford, OR and then to Grants Pass OR.

… “ We travel down the eastern shore of Klamath Lake …. “ (Cont. Next)

On Crater Lake Road, Rt-62, approximately 3 miles NW of intersection of road from Crater Lake, Rt-62, with US-97, Upper Klamath Lake, OR.

EXPLANATION:
… After leaving the South Gate Of Crater Lake National Park, Then Turning Right (East) And Traveling Southeast On Rt-62, the first opportunity for a meal would be Fort Klamath, OR. But this is only 11 miles and too early for midday lunch. The next practical opportunity is ~12 more miles, upon the return to “civilization” at the “Intense High Traffic” US-97.

The NEXT FOUR Photos Illustrate & Explain =>
…How ZMM Route Researcher Lee Glover, Successfully Found The “Rapids Café”: This was the ZMM Narrator’s Restaurant Where =>
… “We pull in for lunch at a roadhouse which belongs to this era too. Wooden frame badly in need of paint, neon beer signs in the window, gravel and engine drippings for a front lawn. .. Inside, the toilet seat is cracked and the washbowl is covered with grease streaks, …. “
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Lee Glover’s Photo From An Old Google Street View, Shows The “Rapids Cafe'”.

…This Is Very Likely The Oregon “Roadhouse” Restaurant, That The ZMM Narrator Describes Along The Eastern Side Of Klamath Lake, OR.

… “We pull in for lunch at a roadhouse which belongs to this era too. Wooden frame badly in need of paint, neon beer signs in the window, gravel and engine drippings for a front lawn. .. Inside, the toilet seat is cracked and the washbowl is covered with grease streaks, …. “ (Cont. Next)

At intersection of road from Crater Lake, Rt-62, with US-97, along the Eastern shore of Klamath Lake, OR. My imagination failed me in my 2002 search for the Narrator’s Klamath Lake Road House!! My 1964 Rand McNally Map shows, the towns along the water’s edge of Upper Klamath Lake. These are Modoc Point, Algoma, Wocus, Pelican City, and Klamath Falls. (Pelican City is now a Northern Suburb of Klamath Falls.) I was expecting all these towns to be along the lake waterfront, and at one time they probably were. I remember beach type homes along the lakefront when I came through here in 1989.
…It never occurred to me that I was on a new highway a considerable distance away from the towns the Narrator may have gone through. I now realize I was misled by my memory of my 1989 trip, becase I had the quite reasonable memory expectation that the towns were at the water’s edge. Since I was traveling at the water’s edge, I kept going under the belief that I would find these towns per my memory. But were these were merely ghosts in my mind?
…A likely reason. I failed to see the water’s edge (and the towns) because the water had been moved and I did not realize this! Since my1989 trip, a new dyke system may have been built far from the original shore. This allowed the water to be pumped out, and thus the creation of new agriculture land. See Topozone maps 2nd photo previous. Also see the other links on the previous photo, for considerable discussion of how a largest percentage of the original Upper Klamath Lake has been claimed for agriculture!!
…I hypothesize that originally these towns were situated by the lake edge marshes. And originally the main N-S road curved along the lake edge to go through them. The Topozone maps (previous photo) shows extensive dikes and pumping stations. To make dry farm land, these dykes apparently, have moved both the water’s edge and the highway!! Consequently the new & straightened US-97 is some 3/4 mile East of Algoma and Wocus. Moreover, on the approach to Klamath Falls, Rt-57 travels on a huge dike (at lake’s edge) for a considerable distance.

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Click Here. To See A Google Street View, Showing A Casino & Truckstop Refueling Station, Where Was Formerly The “Rapids Cafe'”
ATTENTION: AFTER This Google Street View comes up => At lower left, click on Box to expand the Strip Map. Then ClickDrag the Strip Map, to the Right, until you can see Klamath Lake at Left.


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The NEXT Photo Explains How I Request Help For Getting Photos To Fit The Above ZMM Passage.
…As you will learn ZMM Route Researcher Lee Glover, Successfully Found The “Rapids Café” Shown In The /\ Above /\, And Next Two Photos.
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The “Rapids Cafe'”, An Oregon Roadhouse.

…Lee Glover's Photo From A 1980 Klamath County Yearbook.
…This Is Very Likely What the Narrator Experienced At Klamath Lake.

… “We pull in for lunch at a roadhouse which belongs to this era too. Wooden frame badly in need of paint, neon beer signs in the window, gravel and engine drippings for a front lawn. .. Inside, the toilet seat is cracked and the washbowl is covered with grease streaks, …. “ (Cont. Next)

At intersection of road from Crater Lake, Rt-62, with US-97, along the Eastern shore of Klamath Lake, OR.

Where Is The “Roadhouse” That Fits The Above ZMM Narrator’s Passage. …Back in May 27, 2013 I Henry Gurr. sent an email to my list of ZMM Enthusiasts, asking =>
“Do you know of any restaurant in Klamath Lake, OR area that fits this Narrator’s description?”
…Mr Lee Glover, immediately replied with 3 Email Attachments Of Photos showing the “Rapids Café”, with the following explanation =>

Henry,

I did some research a few years ago in the Klamath Falls area including talking to locals and reading the passage in the book to them.

They told me there were very few restaurants along highway 97 between the Crater Lake Junction and Klamath Falls serving alcohol in 1968. The state of Oregon has a long history with prohibition dating back to the Oregon Territory. The state enacted prohibition four years before it became the law of the nation.

One exception to restaurants selling alcohol was the Rapids Cafe located at the junction of highways 97 and 62. Robert and Chris left Crater Lake on highway 62 before reaching highway 97, the main north/south corridor in central Oregon.

When I was last there it was good fortune that a yard sale was going on next to the Rapids Motel. I purchased a 1980 yearbook for Klamath County at the sale and asked the people running the sale some questions. They lived in the area their entire lives.

Attached is a page from the yearbook and a crop of the Rapids Cafe and gas station.

While there is no mention of filling up there, this was the logical stop after the long ride through Crater Lake NP. The only other option was a stop for fuel in Fort Klamath but there is no mention of that either. They could eat and fill up at the same stop when they reached US-97.

While the cafe in the photo does not have the run down look described in the book, it certainly has a 1920's look. If this is the restaurant, the sequence is a bit off as Pirsig describes the 1920's feel of highway 97 before stopping but I do not see that as a contradiction in the context of the narrative.

I will spare you my analysis of the brilliant use of metaphor that demonstrates how great a writer Pirsig was.

I believe they stopped at the Rapids Cafe and that much of the colorful description was purely metaphorical.

I traveled between Eugene and Klamath Falls many times during the 1970's and don't recall any other places along highway 97 between Eugene and KF. If there was, we never stopped and since I worked with a construction crew, we usually stopped where alcohol was served.

Regarding the [ZMM Narrator’s] missed turn, I think the two most likely possibilities are a missed right turn onto highway 62 south of Crater Lake or the turn at Fort Klamath which would follow the western shore of Klamath Lake. There are several turns towards the coast at and beyond Redmond which they "missed" and given the distance traveled makes it unlikely he was referring to a missed turn as far back as Redmond.

I think the most likely candidate is turning left instead of right onto highway 62 but I am only guessing.

I hope this helps. Feel free to include the photographs on the website. There are no credits specifically for the photographs but the yearbook is Copyrighted 1981 by Carefree Living Productions, Inc.

Lee

SIDE NOTE:
…Mr Glover says this Roadhouse Restaurant was called the “Rapids Café” and later the “Bend Café”
…..As is seen on a Satellite View, 2000 feet East of the river side of the intersection of Rt-62 & US-97, are both, a River Bend & River Rapids, in the Sprague River.
…These facts concerning the river, help confirm that indeed correct for the location of this “Roadhouse”.

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For Deeper Understanding of how the ZMM Narrator would have gotten to Klamath Lake, and say “ “I see on the map we’ve taken a wrong turn way back and could have gotten to the ocean much quicker by another route.
… Please Read Our => ZMM Research Examination => Why ZMM Narrator’s Abrupt 90 Degree Turn South, At Prineville Junction, Oregon?
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So, Many Thanks to ZMM Route Researcher Lee Glover, For Successfully Finding The “Rapids Café” Shown In The /\ Above /\ Photo. The Previous Photo, And The Next Photo.
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(Photo = FmLeeGloverEml130527.WritingKlamath InKlamathCntyYearbook=1980 Rapids Café.jpg ..... ZMM Page = 313 ..... WayPt = 383i2 ~4200 ft)