A REPEAT OF PREVIOUS SATELLITE VIEW FOR SUMMARY OVERVIEW =>

The /\ABOVE/\ SATELLITE VIEW SHOWS, THE LOCATIONS OF MANY SUBJECTS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS PHOTOS, SUCH AS =>
…A) Upper Right, The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center & Surrounding Roads, Which Is At The Top Of Historic Flagstaff Hill.
…B) At Red PinPoint, Is Location Of => The Previous Photos, “Oregon Trail Display Information Signs”, Along Rt-86, Just West Of The Entrance Road To The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, 3 mi East of Baker City, Oregon.
…C) About Half Inch Northeast Of Red PinPoint, Is Location Of => Previous Photo “Wooden Rails, With A Sign, Which Tells Where To See The “Ruts”.
…D) Above C), Minus 40 Feet, Is Approximately The Camera Location Of Previous Panoraga Photo.
…E) Going NorthWest From The Red PinPoint, Is A Somewhat White Straight Line. This Is A Walking Trail, That Leads To Where People Can Continue On The “Ruts” Of The Historic Oregon Trail, Which Is A Much Longer, Somewhat White Straight Line.
…F) At Top Left Of Center, In Addition To The “Somewhat White Straight Line”, You See A Partly Parallel Deep Groove, Which Is Evidently An Even Deeper “Rut”
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… Click Here, To Go To The /\Above/\ Satellite View, And Conduct Your OWN ClickDrag Exploration (Plus Zoom In For More Detail),

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …Henry’s Camera Catches These Flowers And Sage At The Turn-stile Gate Entrance Way. …In The Distance Is Flagstaff Hill.

At Oregon Trail Display Sign, Along Rt-86, Just West Of The Entrance Road To The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, 3 mi East of Baker City, OR.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …A Panorama Opens Looking West, With A View Of The Oregon Trail Monument Erected 1943, By Baker, Oregon, Kiwanis Club.
…Scrolling Right, In The Hard To See Distance, You See Baker, Oregon’s Valley, And Beyond Are The Elkhorn Mountains.
…Mid Panorama, Atop Flagstaff Hill, You See The Building Of The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.

…This memorial, located along Rt-96, commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first pioneer wagon trains to come through this area along the Oregon Trail.

Along Rt-86, 2.5 mi East of Baker City, OR.

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A Closer View Of The Oregon Trail Centennial Monument Erected 1943 By Baker City, ,Oregon, Kiwanis Club.

Along Rt-86, 2.5 mi East of Baker City, OR.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …Along Rt-96, About A Mile West Of The Oregon Trail Centennial Monument, The Traveler Finds This Sign Explaining “The Lone Tree Ot The Oregon Trail” Saying =>
… Early Oregon Trail emigrants crested the south flank of Flagstaff Hill and, with the Blue Mountains looming to the west, saw a solitary tree in the valley below. Called l’arbre seul (the lone tree) by French-Canadian fur trappers, this large tree, possibly ponderosa pine or Douglas-fir, towered majestically above the floor of Baker Valley about three miles northwest of this marker.
…For many years–perhaps centuries–the Lone Tree served as a landmark for Indians, trappers, missionaries, and Oregon Trail emigrants, until felled in 1843 by what explorer John Fremont called, “some inconsiderate emigrant axe.”
…A) Click Here, For A Larger Area Photo Of This Sign. .
…B) To Read About The History Of This Area, And About “The Lone Pine Ot The Oregon Trail”, Click Here.

You Can See A Map Location Of The Above-Mentioned Sign By =>
… .Click Here, And AFTER This Satellite View Comes Up, You Will See The Location Of “The Lone Tree Of The Oregon Trail” Histiical Marker, At The The Red PinPoint, At Leff.

About A Mile West Of The Oregon Trail Monument, Along Rt-86, 1.5 mi East of Baker City, OR.

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Discussing the Virtues of Gumption Traps in a Grassy Valley of Northeastern Oregon.

….“In nondualistic maintenance gumption isn’t a fixed commodity. It’s variable, a reservoir of good spirits that can be added to or subtracted from. Since it’s a result of the perception of Quality, a gumption trap, consequently, can be defined as anything that causes one to lose sight of Quality, and thus lose one’s enthusiasm for what one is doing. As one might guess from a definition as broad as this, the field is enormous and only a beginning sketch can be attempted here.
.... As far as I can see there are two main types of gumption traps. The first type is those in which you’re thrown off the Quality track by conditions that arise from external circumstances, and I call these "setbacks." The second type is traps in which you’re thrown off the Quality track by conditions that are primarily within yourself. These I don’t have any generic name for—"hang-ups" I suppose. I’ll take up the externally caused setbacks first.“

Valley 5 mi South of Baker City, OR.

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From the Fence, a Gumption Filled Redwing Blackbird Darts Away From My Camera.
….The Discussion of the Virtues of Gumption Continue.

….[The Narrator then covers many gumption traps, and illustrates ways to avoid them or find ways around them. After 1.5 pages he concludes with:=> ]
….“But if you’ve made just a plain old dumb mistake in reassembly, some gumption can still be salvaged by the knowledge that the second disassembly and reassembly is likely to go much faster than the first one. You’ve unconsciously memorized all sorts of things you won’t have to relearn.“(Cont.Next)

Green Valley 5 mi South of Baker City, OR.

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When Passing Through the Cooler Air of Dooley Mountain Summit, We See Pleasant, Relaxing Forests! =>
….Here ZMM Author Robert Pirsig, The Narrator, and The Reader Can Take a Break From The Difficult “Dry” Gumptionology Lecture, To Mention & Enjoy The Scenery!

….“From Baker the cycle has taken us up through forests. The forest road takes us through a pass …. “(Cont.Next)

Fourteen miles South of Baker City, OR. After a long, difficult, detailed, “dry” lecture during travel in hot, dry, low altitude Semi-Desert Sage Brush territory => This is difficult for people, animals, & growing plant life Thus it is a relief for => ZMM Author Robert Pirsig, and The Narrator, and The Reader => To “come up to” these quiet cooler forests, for a well-earned, relaxing, “scenery break”.
….In this case (and 13th Forthcoming Photo, as well as implied several more times ahead), the “Scenery breaks” coincide with travel, from lower hot dry semi-desert, and climb the road up onto a higher mountain pass, and into the more enjoyable cool forests.
….Sometimes these “scenery breaks” are for gasoline or lunch in a town. The ZMM Reader will see that => Typically two and one half pages of Chautauqua between abrupt switch between The Chautauqua Discussion’s Main Topic and the Travel Narrative Scenery Breaks.

…SIDE NOTE: Here, As Is True For Practically Every Abrupt Switch Between The Chautauqua Discussion’s Main Topic And The Travel Narrative, We See An Especially Good Example Of =>The "Metaphoric Bridge Connections" (MBC) between The Chautauqua Lecture Passages and the Travel Narrative Descriptions!!
… Of course these “Connections”, are nearly always there (Between the Chautauqua Discussion’s Main Topic and the Travel Narrative), but this is an especially good illustration of this idea of "Metaphoric-Bridge-Connections"!
…. Here is a Link, that will also be given with Forthcoming Photo of Unity, OR, where you can learn more about MBA, “Metaphoric Bridge Connection” Click Here. AFTER this page comes up, Do > Top > Edit > Find > … Metaphoric .

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …A Panorama That Opens With A View Of The Burned Off Forested Hills, And Above This, The Smoke & Haze Of Current Forest Fires.
…Then Scrolling Right => The Smoke Intensifies, Becoming Almost Black, Fringed With Lower Brown Fring, As Also Unburned Forest Is Seen.
…Then Is Seen, The Highway That Got Us Up Here … Then A Yellow Sign Warning Of SEEP DOWN! … Then A Dirt Parking Area … Then Signs Re Dirt Side Road Access … Then Partial Views Of The Dirt Side Road Itself.

Dooley Mountain Pass, Fourteen Miles South of Baker City, OR.

…Without Forest Fires Around, And When Normally Passing Through the Cooler Air of Dooley Mountain Pass, We Would See Pleasant, Relaxing Forests!!

…About This, The ZMM Narrator Says =>
….“From Baker the cycle has taken us up through forests. The forest road takes us through a pass …. “

Under Normal Conditions Here, ZMM Author Robert Pirsig, The Narrator, and The Reader Can Take a Break From The Difficult “Dry” Gumptionology Lecture, To Mention & Enjoy The Scenery!
… Author Robert Pirsig writes the above ZMM Passage, after a long, difficult, detailed & “dry” lecture, during travel in hot, dry, low altitude Semi-Desert Sage Brush territory =>
…All of which are difficult for people, animals, & growing plant life Thus, it is a relief for => ZMM Author Robert Pirsig, and The Narrator, and The Reader => To “come up to” these quiet cooler forests, for a well-earned, relaxing, “scenery break”.
….In this case, as well as implied several more times ahead, the “Scenery breaks” coincide with travel, from lower hot dry semi-desert, and climb the road up onto a higher mountain pass, and into the more enjoyable cool forests.
….Sometimes these “scenery breaks” are for gasoline or lunch in a town. The ZMM Reader will see that => There are typically two and one half pages of Chautauqua between abrupt switch between The Chautauqua Discussion’s Main Topic and the Travel Narrative Scenery Breaks.

…SIDE NOTE: Here, As Is True For Practically Every Abrupt Switch Between The Chautauqua Discussion’s Main Topic And The Travel Narrative, In Above ZMM Passage, We See An Especially Good Example Of =>The "Metaphoric Bridge Connections" (MBC) between The Chautauqua Lecture Passages and the Travel Narrative Descriptions!!
… Of course these “Connections”, are nearly always there (Between 1) The Chautauqua Discussion’s Main Topic AND 2) The Travel Narrative), but this is an especially good illustration of this idea of "Metaphoric-Bridge-Connections".

You Can Read A Full Discussion Of => The Idea Of “Metaphoric Bridge Connections” =>
… Click Here For A ZMM Book Special Study WebPage. That Includes. “Metaphoric Bridge Connections” .. AFTER this page comes up, You Will See It Is HUGE! …. So, To Get Started > Do > Top > Edit > Find & Start Reading At => … FURTHER DISCUSSION: In His Book … Then Stop Reading When You Reach B) … .

Here Is A Link Where You Can Read At Length Henry Gurr’s Theory Re => 1) Analogy, 2) Metaphor, And 3) Simile.
… Click Here For A Study Of Analogy, Metaphors, And Metaphoric Bridge Connections (MBC), That Are Found In Robert Pirsig’s Book “Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance”. (ZMM) (1975).
AND, AFTER Above Blue Link Comes Up => At The Bottom Are Presented => Henry Gurr’s Explanation Of “How Out Mind Works” To Give Us Our Human Abilities Of => 1) Analogy, 2) Metaphor, And 3) Simile.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …At Top Of Dooley Mountain Pass, This Sign Explains Dirt Side Road Access, And Travel In The Dark Canyon Management Area.

Dooley Mountain Pass, Fourteen Miles South of Baker City, Oregon.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …The Smoke Of Current Forest Fires Intensifies!!

Soon After Dooley Mountain Pass, Fourteen Miles South of Baker City, Oregon.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …As We Drive Down From Dooley Mountain Pass, We See The Thru The Smoke Haze Of Current Forest Fires,
…And Even More Views Of The Burned-Off Forested Hills!

Soon After Dooley Mountain Pass, Fourteen Miles South of Baker City, Oregon.

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Looking East in the Late Afternoon Sun, We See Trees Are on the Northern Slopes, But the Southern Slopes Have None!

….“ … and down through more forests … “(Cont.Next)

Fourteen miles South of Baker City, OR.

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Forests Continue As We Start Down After Dooley Mountain Pass.

…. [“ … the road takes us [up and] through a pass and down through more forests ] “on the other side.“(Cont.Next)

Fourteen & a half miles South of Baker City, OR.

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I Believe The White Material is Volcanic Pumice.
….This is My First Encounter With This Fluffy Dust, Which Seems to Dominate Central Oregon Ahead.

….“As we move again down the side of the mountain we see the trees thin out even more … “(Cont.Next)

Sixteen & a half miles South of Baker City, OR.

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When We Are Back Down To Hot, Dry Desert, It Is So Hot & Dry, There Are Hardly Any Trees.
….The Gumptionology Continues.

….“ … until we are in desert again. .
…. The intermittent failure setback is next. In this the thing that is wrong becomes right all of a sudden just as you start to fix it. Electrical short circuits are often in this class. The short occurs only when the machine’s bouncing around. As soon as you stop everything’s okay. It’s almost impossible to fix it then. All you can do is try to get it to go wrong again and if it won’t, forget it.“ (Cont.Next)

Some place East of Herford, OR.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …One Of At Least 6 Fire Trucks We Saw, Speeding To Help With The More Than Obvious Forest Fires, Which Must Be Raging All Around Us!

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Sunday, July 21, 2024: …Abandoned Farm Buildings: Evidence That Life In This Arid Semidesert Land Of Eastern Oregon, Is Tough Indeed!

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