July 2024 Added: … STARTING HERE: A 25 PHOTO INTERLUDE SHOWING SCENES ALONG OLDER US-95, CALLED ‘WHITE BIRD GRADE’’:

As **IF** He Actually Saw It, ALL AT ONCE, The ZMM Narrator says =>
… “I see our road will go down and down through what must be a hundred hairpin turns into a desert of broken land and crags. I tap Chris’s knee and point and as we round a turn where we see it all I hear him holler, "Wow!"
At the brink I shift down to third, then close the throttle. The engine drags, backfiring a little, and down we go.
…By the time our cycle has reached the bottom of wherever it is we are, we have dropped thousands of feet. I look back over my shoulder and see antlike cars way back at the top. Now we must head forward across this baking desert to wherever the road leads.”
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Along The ZMM Route, When The ZMM Narrator Arrives At Top Of White Bird Hill, He Tells Us =>
… the road drops down into an enormous canyon…. I see our road will go down and down through what must be a hundred hairpin turns …. ”

…However, Henry Gurr has extensively used Google Earth, and Google Street View, in an attempt to find any ground level view, even close to the ZMM Narrator’s a hundred hairpin turns.” Or even more than three ”hairpin turns
… Moreover, as you will see in the Following Series Of 12 Panoramas , showing our findings of the highest number of .”hairpin turns”, our best results, which as you will see, at any one place, are at most three “hairpin turns” And/Or 4 Levels Of Roadway.
..So, until proven otherwise, Henry Gurr concludes that Robert Pirsig could NEVER actually have seen, what he says!! Or any way close!! Most especially since Older US-95 (White Bird Grade), has only 21 switch backs.
…….Rather, his words “must be a hundred hairpin turns”, has to be an imaginary projection from noticing the ~21 Sharpe Doubleback Turns seen on a map, such as can be counted on /\Above/\ Photo, OR this Google Satellite View. Click Here.
…Those who doubt the above, should send an Email, asking Henry to supply Google Earth Views, which supports the above conclusion.
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AN EXPLANATION FOR The FOLLOWING 25 PHOTO INTERLUDE: =>

On July 20, 2024, DAVID MATOS & HENRY GURR, AFTER TURNING ONTO OLDER US-95, AT POE SADDLE, DROVE DOWN THE WHITE BIRD GRADE (OLDER US-95), AND WORKED HARD TO & PHOTOGRAPH PLACES TO BEST ILLUSTRATE THE ZMM NARRATOR’S “must be a hundred hairpin turns” PASSAGE ABOVE MENTIONED.
... David Matos & Henry Gurr, carefully explored much the Older US-95 (Now called “White Bird Grade”.). Starting Down From The Above GoogleEarth’s “Poe Saddle”, all the way into the town of White Bird, ID. We made an extensive effort to => Find places to View & Photograph The ZMM Narrator’s Passage Above =>

…AND, WHAT WAS FOUND, IS SHOWN IN THE ***NEXT ~12*** PANORAMA VIEWS, With An Added 13 Photos, That Show Views Along The Older US-95, Continuing Thru To Where This ‘Older', ENDS With Arrival At The “Newer” US-95, Essentially Where It Reaches The Salmon River.


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NOTE: After Grangeville, Idaho, The ZMM Enthusiast Traveler, May Choose =>
…..A) Take some time & effort to locate Robert Pirsig’s 1968 road Southwest of Grangeville, Idaho. This is the “Older” US 95, which you Can pick out in Satellite View, mid screen, a faint line going straight South, and ClickOnOt will say “Mager Ln
Grangeville, ID 83530.45.887629, -116.176388” Click Here. OR
….B) Take the “Newer” US 95 nearly straight, down to near the town of White Bird, ID. OR
….C) You can turn onto the older US-95, near the Poe Saddle, and do part of the ZMM Narrator’s “down through what must be a hundred hairpin turns.” As described in=>
…1) The SIXTEENTH previous Photo of Satellite View. OR
…2) The TWENTY NINTH previous Photo of Google Earth,


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You Also Should See This Google Map => Where, With A Click, You Can Get WayPoint Descriptions & All Henry Gurr’s ZMM Book WayPoints. Of Interesting ZMM Route Locations => Henry Gurr’s ZMM Route WayPoints On Google Map. Click Here.
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