Part III: The Illustrated "Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" Chapters 16 thru 26.  

At the Brownlee Campground, The ZMM Narrator’s High Bluff Is Seen Between the Trees, Illuminated By Morning Light.
….The Sun Is Up, And The Narrator’s => Feeling Manic And Jumpy From The Brisk Morning Air, Hollers "WAKE! =>
….And Continues With The Opening Quatrain Of The Rubàiyat Of Omar Khayyàm.


The ZMM Narrator Says =>
….“ …. 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 at top center, you can see 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, that are 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“ Which is very long, but includes these lines. =>
… “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.
“, .

Spontaneous Reciting Lines Of Poetry, Are What Happens When You Are Filled With Gumption!
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(Photo = DSC_0249 RotResize400x602 ZMM NarratorsHighBluffAboveTheDrawWeAreIn.jpg ...... ZMM Page = 270...... WayPt = 296i5 4382ft)


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