July 2024 Added: … A Google Satellite View Shows => At Top A Red Pinpoint, Which Marks The “Poe Saddle” (Waypoint 281b, GPS 45.825390, -116.238183.)
…And The Landscape Topology Of The “Poe Saddle”, Made It Relatively Easy To Create A Turn-Off FROM The Newer US-95, ONTO Where You Can Drive Onto The Older US-95.
…And Then, Continue Down (Where, On The /\Above/\ Satellite View, Your See Wprds > “White Bird Grade”.) Where After About 15 Switchbacks, You Will Eventually Reach The Small Town Of White Bird, ID.
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Saturday, July 20, 2024: … When David & I, Henry Gurr, Were Here, We Looked Very Closely, AND Entirely Missed, the turn-ooff that would lead to the road of The Narrator’s 1968 “… I see our road will go down and down through what must be a hundred hairpin turns …. “
Poe Saddle, Along The Newer US-95, About 10.2 Miles SouthWest of Grangeville, ID.
SINCE IT IS EASY TO MISS =>
…AN INTERLUDE TO EXPLAIN => WHEN TRAVELING DOWN THE NEWER US-95 => WHERE & HOW TO TURN ONTO THE OLDER US-95.
…FIRST:: In the /\Above/\ Satellite View, you see at top the Red Pinpoint at “Poe Saddle, Which Shows EXACTLY Where Along The Newer US-95, You Can Drive Onto A Portion Of The Older US-95, And Continue Down Along “White Bird Grade. After About 15 Switchbacks, you will eventually reach the Small Town of White Bird, ID.
…SECOND:. Click Here To See The Above Satellite View, And Be Able To Zoom In For Closer Look,-. . OR
…THIRD: To see BOTH the Narrator’s old twisty hairpin curved Road and The Newer Highway, US-95, on a Topographic (Topo) Map, Click Here => RIGHT CLICK AND SELECT “NEW TAB” => AFTER Map View Comes Up, You Will See Adverts That Can’t Be Eliminated => YOU BEST SHOULD => ..
….Use Scroll Bar At Far Right => Adjust Green Topo Map Until You See JUST BELOW The Plus&Minus At Upper Left => A ClickOn For “Full Screen”. Click On It. => >
….Then use Plus&Minus To Zoom. You can “Click&Drag” Map In Any Direction, To See More Off Your Screen Edges.
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…THIRD CONTINUED: Once The Next Above Blue Link Is Up, And Clicked For Full Screen, You Should Be Able To See =>
…A) At Far Left the Blue “Salmon River” along which further South, The ZMM Route, on US-95 will follow.
…B) At center, The Nez Perce National Historical Park, surrounded by a Bold Red-Brown Border.
…C) A bit left of the Bold Red-Brown Border, the Narrow Dark Line is the Newer Highway, US-95..
…D) Just Right of the Upper Part of the Border, you will see Narrow Double Line of the older US-95, which is the Narrator’s road => “… I see our road will go down and down through what must be a hundred hairpin turns …. “
…E) Close study of either end of the Narrow Double Line, should reveal how to find, the “connecting road(s”, needed to actually access & travel the Narrator’s old twisty hairpin curved road.
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…FOUTRH: Make a paper printed topo map, and with this map in hand, it should be easy for you to find, the needed road(s), to do this.
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…FIFTH: The Following Photo Of Googe Street View, You Can See At Left Blue Line Which Is Newer US-95, And Below “Poe Saddle”, You See Words “Old Highway 95” Which Is The Older US-95.
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…SIXTH: …The 2nd next photo will additionally discuss the Narrator’s Road to White Bird Hill using the old twisty hairpin curved road. File = ScrnCaptGoogSat PoeSaddleRedPinPoint45.825390 -116.238183HoToGoOnOldUS95.jpg
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…SEVENTH: ……For more discussion of how David Matos & Henry Gurr “missed the turn off” at Poe Saddle, please go 7 photos below and read after “A Panorama View Of Approximately Tier 9 Of The 21 Tiers“ ….
File = ScrnCaptGoogSat PoeSaddleRedPinPoint45.825390 -116.238183HoToGoOnOldUS95.jpg
