The Narrator Takes Time to Notice His Surroundings.

….“Still puffing, I walk back down at a brisk pace, crunching more gently now, noticing small plants and shrubs where the pines have been logged.
.... At the cycle again I pack gently and quickly. By now I’m so familiar with how everything goes together it’s almost done without thought. Finally I need Chris’s sleeping bag. I roll him a little, and tell him, "Great day!"
.... He looks around, disoriented. He gets out of the sleeping bag and, while I pack it, gets dressed without really knowing what he does. .. "Put your sweater and jacket on," I say. "It’s going to be a chilly ride."
.... He does and gets on and in low gear we follow the logging road down to where it meets the blacktop again. Before we start on it I take one last look back up. Nice. A nice spot.” (Cont.Next)

Dirt Logging Road, Forested Mountains, Lochsa River Canyon, ID. We should notice the ZMM Narrator saying above => ”... noticing small plants and shrubs … not too rough, tell him, "Great day!" … Nice. A nice spot.” and realize this Travel Narrative is preparing the reader for the VERY good mood of next several pages of the Narrator’s => “ Long Chautauqua today. One that I’ve been looking forward to during the whole trip ” !!

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After Packing, Chris and the Narrator Start Down the Winding Road.
…“Beautiful Sunlight On These Forests..“

….“From here the blacktop winds down and down.
.... Long Chautauqua today. One that I’ve been looking forward to during the whole trip.
.... Second gear and then third. Not too fast on these curves. Beautiful sunlight on these forests. .. There has been a haze, a backup problem in this Chautauqua so far; I talked about caring the first day and then realized I couldn’t say anything meaningful about caring until its inverse side, Quality, is understood. I think it’s important now to tie care to Quality by pointing out that care and Quality are internal and external aspects of the same thing. A person who sees Quality and feels it as he works is a person who cares. A person who cares about what he sees and does is a person who’s bound to have some characteristics of Quality.“

Lochsa River Canyon, ID. We should notice The ZMM Narrator saying above “... Not too fast on these curves ” [because we must care in order to see the]. “ Beautiful sunlight on these forests. ”… And in this we realize that => The ZMM Narrator, as is case in the previous photo, is continuing to prepare the reader for the good mood of next several pages of the Narrator’s => “ Long Chautauqua today. One that I’ve been looking forward to during the whole trip. ”

…Moreover, we should additionally realize that => The ZMM Narrator here wants the reader to be in a good mood, because that by metaphorical transfer describes => “A person who sees Quality and feels it as he works is a person who cares. A person who cares about what he sees and does is a person who’s bound to have some characteristics of Quality.“
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Huge Douglas Fir Trees At DeVoto Memorial Grove Are Truly Amazing!
....AND The Fact That These Stupendous Trees Are SAVED From The Lumberjack & The Logging Industry, Is An Act Or Quality, By A Devoted Group Of Naturalists!!

….“But now we have with us some concepts that greatly alter the whole understanding of things. Quality is the Buddha. Quality is scientific reality. Quality is the goal of Art. It remains to work these concepts into a practical, down-to-earth context, and for this there is nothing more practical or down-to-earth than what I have been talking about all along — the repair of an old motorcycle.
.... This road keeps on winding down through this canyon. Early morning patches of sun are around us everywhere. The cycle hums through the cold air and mountain pines .... ” (Cont.Next)

US-12 Along Lochsa River Canyon, ID. And again, in the ZMM Passage above we realize that => The ZMM Narrator, as is case in the previous two photos, is in his last sentence above, continuing to prepare the reader for the good mood of next several pages of the Narrator’s => “ Long Chautauqua today. One that I’ve been looking forward to during the whole trip. ”


… Right Click & Select New Tab. AFTER This Google Satellite View Comes Up, You Can See Where The “DeVoto Memorial Grove” Is, In Relation To “Lochsa Lodge” and Other Points of Interest.
Also after this Satellite View comes up ->
…A) To find Lochsa Lodge, where Narrator & Chris had Breakfast, Mouse Hover Red PinPoint to the left of “White Sand Campground.
…B) To see the “Indian Post Office” at left, collapse the left photo panel. It may take some adjusting of the Satellite View to see what you want.
…C) In the Search Box, you may have to type the name of what you want to see.
…D) Expand the photo viewer, and you will be able to see ~100 photos of (or near to) this Grove. Although the Photos mention Cedar Trees, the really big trees with shaggy bark, must be Douglas Fir Trees.

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A Google Street View Of US-12, ~A Mile Before The Place Where Chris And The ZMM Narrator Stopped for Breakfast.
…You Will Have To Imagine That “Food” Is Announced On The Sign On Post.

….[ “ The cycle hums through the cold air and mountain pines and we pass a small sign that says a breakfast place is a mile ahead. .” ]
… “ "Are you hungry?" I shout. .. "Yes!" Chris shouts back.” (Cont.Next)

US-12, About A Mile Before Lochsa Lodge, Lochsa River Canyon, ID.
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A Present Day Entrance Sign For Lochsa Lodge.
….[ “ The cycle hums through the cold air and mountain pines and we pass a small sign that says a breakfast place is a mile ahead. .”
… “ "Are you hungry?" I shout. .. "Yes!" Chris shouts back.” ] (Cont.Next)

From US-12, Entrance To Lochsa Lodge, Lochsa River Canyon, ID.
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.. Satellite View: Red Pinpoint Marks the location of The Lochsa Lodge Buildings, on a relatively wide somewhat level area South of US-12, and North of the Lochsa River.
….Zoom in to see the lay-out of the Lochsa Lodge Buildings: Just to the right, also nearly as large. Is the lay-out of the buildings of the Powell Ranger Station, of The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests .
…NOTE1: The historic Lochsa Lodge burned to the ground Wednesday Mar 1, 2001, despite efforts to save the rustic log structure by lodge employees, guests and personnel from the nearby U.S. Forest Service and state highway department stations. You can see how close fire help was from the Powell Ranger Station.
…NOTE2: AFTER the Blue Link above comes up, you can ClickDrag to Expand the Left Panel. Then Click to get the Photo Viewer. You will see ~300 Photos Of Lochsa Lodge Resort Facility. Click the Arrows lower center of Photo, to see => Nearly all of their buildings such as => Lodge, Restaurant, Bar, Cabins, Etc.
…You will see, Inside & Out, both in Summer & Winter. Also, plenty of photos are shown of people just enjoying being at Lochsa Lodge.
….In fact, 300 photos is the largest I’ve seen, which means that persons who were at Lochsa Lodge are so pleased with their experience at the Lodge, that they are excited & motivated to put up many of their OWN photos.

…ATTENTION: The actions of persons who => “are excited & motivated to put up many of their OWN photos”, is an excellent way to see what Author Robert Pirsig means by “Quality” or “Being on the Track of Quality” !!
…NOTE3: The NEXT Photo is one of the 300 above-mentioned.
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