Complete With Ducks, This Shows The Only Pond In This Area.
…And,Athough, This At One Time May Have Been The Town Park,
…These Days, Continues As a Picnic Area, With A Pay $ To Enter, Very Commercialized “Drive-Thru Redwood Tree”.
…This is clearly The TOP Local “Touristy Attraction”!

The ZMM Narrator Says =>
…“[Farther on at Leggett] we see a tourist duck pond and we buy Cracker Jacks and throw them to the ducks and he does this in the most unhappy way I have ever seen. ” (Cont Next)

Duck Pond at Drive Thru Tree Leggett, CA.

. As a remnant of the 1920’s, this “Drive-Thru Redwood Tree”, is a giant redwood tree, with a tunnel carved in it, for cars to drive through. I remember seeing old 20’s postcards showing trees like this.
…Based on his other statements about natural environment “tourist attractions”, we may deduce that the Narrator would be quite disgusted with the “Drive-Thru Redwood Tree”
…And thus, ZMM makes no mention of this tree in spite of (or perhaps because of) the fact that 1) The other tourists are obviously thrilled by this novelty and what I would call a “violation” of nature, and 2) This is an obvious local landmark.
…Like other tourist facilities (or things the Narrator doesn’t like), it is pointedly unmentioned in ZMM!!

…Originally, I had decided not to show my photos of this tree, in this series of ZMM Book Photos, and was even in a quandary whether to even to show any of my photos of this tree in My Personal Experiences Album, at Blue Link below.. Let me know your opinion.

…Just for the record, I had to pay the fee to enter the park, but I did not personally go thru the “tunnel” in the tree. I was interested to see the new wood growth around the cut edges of the tunnel. This new growth, now about 2.5 inches thick, is curving around the edge of the “hole”. The tree has worked for at least 70 years trying to close-up this opening, but otherwise seems to be able to survive!

…But as you can see, have partly changed my mind., and in this series of ZMM Book Photos, just show photos of the “Drive-Thru Redwood Tree”, found on Google Maps.
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DUPLICATE FROM 2ND PREVIOUS PHOTO.
To See FOUR Of Henry Gurr’s 2002 ZMM Trip Photos, Showing The "Drive-Through Redwood Tree” And The Narrator’s “ Tourist Duck Pond ”, Click Here. And, AFTER The FIRST Photo. Comes Up, Read & Study It. Then When Ready, Successively Click On [>>} Upper Right, To Go To The Remaining THREE Photos.
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A Second Photo Of.=> The Drive-Through Redwood Tree, At Legget, CA,
…This View Shows How Really, Absolutely Huge This Tree Actually Is!!
……And, This Is The Reason For Showing It Here. .

Photo Compliments Of Google Maps.
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File = Drive-Through Redwood Tree At PayToEnter Park, Legget, CA. FmGoogSatMap2

Going West And Higher Into The Mountains, We Catch A Glimpse Of What Must Be The Pacific Ocean Far In The Distance.

…“Then we pass …. ” (Cont Next)

High escarpment where the Pacific Ocean is seen, 18 miles West of Leggett, CA.
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Please Be Aware That Henry Gurr’s Following A) & C) Google Earth Projects Are Completed, And Ready To View As Follows =>
…INSTRUCTIONS: For best enjoyment of these below 3D Google Earth Views, AND for maximum understanding at each Blue Pinpoint, you should 1) Have the ZMM Route photos you are looking at, AND CONCURRENTLY 2) Have either of the Blue Links below => on a separate Computer, or Cell Phone screen.
…You will find additional specific instructions in each of the Google Earth Projects.

…A) GoogleEarth 3D Viewing Of A “Mountain Climbing Route of Chris and the Narrator, In The Gallatin National Forest (GNF) South of Bozeman, MT. This Route Fits Mountain Climb Narrative, In The Book Zen and the Art Or Motorcycle Maintenance (ZMM) by Robert Pirsig.”
…INSTRUCTIONS: AFTER This Page Comes Up => Please Scroll Down To And Read BOTH ABOVE and BELOW THE FOLLOWING WORDS =>

If You Don't Have The Resources Or Time To Climb The Trail, Or Even Drive There!
… FROM YOUR COMPUTER (WITH A FAIRLY FAST INTERNET), YOU CAN GOOGLE-EARTH, CLICKDRAG VIEW THE ENTIRE => "N+C Hypothetical Climbing Trail". (Also, you will see the needed Google Earth Link.)

…B) GoogleEarth 3D Viewing Of ZMM Book Route Along Montana & Wyoming’s Beartooth Highway From => ZMM Town Of Laurel, MT To Highest Parts Of The Beartooth Plateau (~11,000 ft Elevation). And then To East Gate Of Yellowstone National Park, Go By YNP’s Mammoth Hot Springs Calcite Formations, And Then To ZMM Town Of Gardener, MT.
…ATTENTION: This Is A JUST STARTED NEW Google Earth Project, And As Yet Has NO CONTENT. If you want me to hurry up and get some content here, please send email to HenrySGurr@gmail.com
This Currently Has No Content, But Will Be Ready For Viewing ASAP.

…C) GoogleEarth 3D Viewing of “ZMM Route” => Starting this WayPt = 453w seen in The /\ Above /\ Photo. And then continuing
Along the Mountainous California Coast To > Mendocino, CA. Then Inland To Ukiah, CA. And Then Via US-101 > San Francisco. Click Here.
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As We Near The Pacific Ocean Coast, We See Trees Bent By Fierce Winds From The Ocean.

…“[Then we pass] into some of the twisting coastal range road and …. ” (Cont Next)

Rt-1, one half mile from the ocean, 1.5 miles North of Rockport, CA.
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We Go Around A Curve …… And There It Is!!

“ …. suddenly enter heavy fog. Then the temperature drops and I know we’re back at the ocean again. ” (Cont Next)

Rt-1 one half mile from the ocean, 1.5 miles North of Rockport, CA. The Narrator and Chris, have encountered thick fog, and thus could not see this view.
…Again, note all the dead and bent branches, close and far. More evidence of the fierce ocean winds.
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Looking South, We See Pacific Ocean, Beach, And Rocky Cliffs.

…Following The Highway At Left, The ZMM Route Will Follow The Ocean Side Cliffs

…And Cross Over The Peninsula At The Base Of The Distant Mountain Nearest The Ocean.

…“When the fog lifts we can see the ocean from a high cliff, far out and so blue and so distant. ” (Cont Next)

One mile North of Rockport, CA.
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View Of Rocks And Shore Birds From The Narrator’s High Rocky Cliff.

…“As we ride I become colder, deep cold. ” (Cont Next)

One mile North of Rockport, CA. The Narrator’s “deep cold“ is certainly due to the physical cold of the weather, but there is also (Metaphoric Bridge Connection) the “cold” from the extra strain of his developing emotional disintegration. He feels it deeply, and says it this way because he wants us, as readers, to also feel the depth of these emotions, with ever increasing tension.
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Looking North, We See Pacific Ocean, Beach, And Rocky Cliffs.

“We stop and I get out the jacket and put it on. I see Chris go very close to the edge of the cliff. ” (Cont Next)

One mile North of Rockport, CA.
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Looking Way, Way, Down, Down, Down, We See the Grey, Rock-Strewn Beach.

…Because it is So Very Far Down, the Surf Is Just a Tiny Fringe of White Upper Left! .

…Looking Nearer On the Steep Incline, You See Sage, Brown Grass, and My Shoe.

…“[I see Chris go very close to the edge of the cliff.] It’s at least one hundred feet to the rocks below. Way too close! .. "CHRIS!" I holler. He doesn’t answer. .. I go up, swiftly grab his shirt and pull him back. "Don’t do that," I say. .. He looks at me with a strange squint.“

One mile North of Rockport, CA.
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Windswept Shrubs, Trees, And Beautiful Vistas, But Chris And The Narrator Are Not Able To Enjoy It!

…[The Narrator and Chris have just arrived at the Pacific Ocean Coast, where the weather has suddenly turned very foggy and cold. It’s so cold, the Narrator has to put on a coat and he wants Chris to do likewise. The Narrator's one page discussion of their resulting contest of wills ends with:]
…“He looks down at the ground bitterly, and puts his warm clothes on. Then we’re back on the machine and moving down the coast again.
…I can imitate the father he’s supposed to have, but subconsciously, at the Quality level, he sees through it and knows his real father isn’t here. In all this Chautauqua talk there’s been more than a touch of hypocrisy. Advice is given again and again to eliminate subject-object duality, when the biggest duality of all, the duality between me and him, remains unfaced. A mind divided against itself. ” (Cont Next)

One mile North of Rockport, CA. In the ZMM passage above, the chilled, wet, foggy, cold of the weather, corresponds (Metaphoric Bridge Connection), to the continuing chilling of the relationship between the Narrator & Chris.
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I Stopped Here To Photograph The Scenery, And Discovered A Surveillance Camera (Under The Lights) Looking Back At Me! Why?

…Consider The Bent & Broken Winery Sign, Plus Red Warning Notes.

…We Pass Through Other People’s Lives …..

…“[A mind divided against itself.] But who did it? I didn’t do it. And there’s no way now of undoing it. . . . I keep wondering how far it is to the bottom of that ocean out there. . . . ” (Cont Next)

Two miles South of Westport, CA.
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The Wonders Of The Beautiful California Coast Continue!

…Looking Back North, We See The Sloping Cliffs And the Highway We Have Just Traveled.

…However Neither Chros Or The Narrator Can Enjoy any of This!



…[ “A mind divided against itself.] But who did it? I didn’t do it. And there’s no way now of undoing it. . . . I keep wondering how far it is to the bottom of that ocean out there. . . . ]

…“What I am is a heretic who’s recanted, and thereby in everyone’s eyes saved his soul. Everyone’s eyes but one, who knows deep down inside that all he has saved is his skin. .. I survive mainly by pleasing others. You do that to get out. To get out you figure out what they want you to say and then you say it with as much skill and originality as possible and then, if they’re convinced, you get out. If I hadn’t turned on him I’d still be there, but he was true to what he believed right to the end. That’s the difference between us, and Chris knows it. And that’s the reason why sometimes I feel he [Phaedrus] is the reality and I’m the ghost ” (Cont Next)

Just South of Westport, CA. In the above ZMM passage, the Narrator recounts and analyses how he came be to this impossible impasse with Chris.
…Here we need to remember what the Narrator said back in Montana, on their mountain climb, as he & Chris were about to start down AND the Narrator to justify his reasons for doing so =>
…“ I don’t suppose that sounds like the old days to Chris either. I spook very easily these days, and am not ashamed to admit it. He [Phaedrus] never spooked at anything. Never. That’s the difference between us. That’s why I’m alive and he’s not.

…Thus, there has been all along, very good reasons for the Narrator to avoid being the Father (ie Phaedrus) that Chris really wants, but has no way to say this.
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It’s A Scenic Wonder-Filled Drive, But Only In Nice Weather!

“We’re on the Mendocino County coast now, and it’s all wild and beautiful and open here. The hills are mostly grass …. ” (Cont Next)

Just South of Westport, CA. Despite his emotional state, the Narrator can still gain support from the beauty around him. “Good old reality.“

. This Whole “Reality” Topic Is Important Enough To Have Its Own ZMMQ Page =>
… In the above “ italiced” words from ZMM, notice the Narrator’s emphasis on “ it’s all wild and beautiful and open here.” [in other words] “Reality”
…From this you should continue to see the importance of “Real, Reality, & Good Old Reality.”
… Click Here For A Special Study or => “Author Robert Pirsig’s Major Thread Topic “Quality, Reality, & “Good Old Reality.” “ as is written into Robert Pirsig’s book “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”.
…AND after the above Blue Link comes up => To be really sure you get full message, please > (37 each) > Do > Page Top > Edit > Find > real And read the surrounding text.
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More Wind Swept Shrubs And Beautiful Exotic Flowers!

… “[The hills are mostly grass] but in the lee of rocks and folds in the hills are strange flowing shrubs sculptured by the upsweep of winds from the ocean.” (Cont Next)

Two miles South of Westport, CA.

As Discussed In Previous Photo (And Important Blue Link) => Again “Good Old Reality.“

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Beautiful And Lonely.

…But A Hard Place To Eke Out An Existence!

“We pass some old wooden fences, weathered grey. In the distance is an old weathered and grey farmhouse. How could anyone farm here? The fence is broken in many places. Poor.“” (Cont Next)

Two miles South of Westport, CA.

Click Here For Mark Richardson’s Photo Of “An Old Abandoned Farm House”, In This Same Area Of California Coast.

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A Wonderful Cool Shady Tunnel Of Trees Leads Rt-1 Coast Highway Down To The Beach.

…“Where the road drops down from the high cliffs to the beach …. ” (Cont Next)

Approaching Beach access, one half mile South of Westport, CA. The Narrator’s above words “drops down from the high cliffs “ nicely fits my /\ Above /\ Photo, and the physical location where I took this photo.
…But these Narrator words might also refer to places where there is a steep incline to the ocean edge caused by erosion. For example, the place the Narrator pulled Chris back from the edge. Please remember this Narrator’s meaning. It will be needed ahead.
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A View From The Roadside Parking Pull-Off.
“ [ Where the road drops down from the high cliffs] to the beach we stop to rest. When I turn the engine off Chris says, "What are we stopping here for?" .. "I’m tired." .. "Well, I’m not. Let’s keep going." He’s angry still. I’m angry too.” (Cont Next)

Beach access, one half mile South of Westport, CA.
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This Wide, Smooth, Sandy Beach Gives Plenty Of Room For Running And Games.

…Notice Red Ball Photographed High & Exactly Halfway Between The Two Men.

…“ "Just go over on the beach there and run around in circles until I’m done resting," I say. .. “(Cont.Next)

Beach just west oceanside of parking access point, one half mile South of Westport, CA.
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