The Whole Restaurant Interior Is Furnished In Wonderful Natural Finished Pine, a Local Timber.
“ …. "Am I hungry!" he says. .. "It was a cold night," I say. "We burned up a lot of food just staying alive." .. The eggs are good. The ham too. Chris talks about the dream and how it frightened him and then that’s done with. He looks as though he’s about to ask a question, …. “(Cont.Next)
South Main Street, La Pine, OR. Although the buildings of the gas station and restaurant are definitely vintage era 1968, the wonderful finished wooden surfaces, upholstery, etc look more recent.
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Scenery 200 Feet North of ZMM Restaurant. View Towards the Northwest. Firewood Is a Local Industry.

…Note Bulldozer Tractor on Top Of Wood Pile Right.

…“[He looks as though he’s about to ask a question,] then doesn’t, then stares out the window into the pines for a while, then comes back with it. .. "Dad?" .. "What?" .. "Why are we doing this?" .. "What?" .. "Just riding all the time." .. "Just to see the country. . . vacation." .. The answer doesn’t seem to satisfy him. But he can’t seem to say what’s wrong with it. .. A sudden despair wave hits, like that at dawn. I lie to him. That’s what’s wrong. .. "We just keep going and going," he says. .. "Sure. What would you rather do?" .. He has no answer. .. I don’t either.” (Cont. Next)

South Main Street, La Pine, OR.
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Despite the Arid Conditions, There Are Flowers In the Middle of Nowhere.

…“On the road an answer comes that we’re doing the highest Quality thing I can think of right now, but that wouldn’t satisfy him any more than what I told him.” (Cont. Next)

Where R-t97 South intersects R-t38, two miles South of La Pine, OR. The previous campground photographs were taken between this photo and the next - hence the big change in Photo #’s and WayPt #’s.
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It’s Amazing! After Thirteen Miles, We Still Have Beautiful Flowers!
“I don’t know what else I could have said. Sooner or later, before we say goodbye, if that’s how it goes, we’ll have to do some talking. Shielding him like this from the past may be doing him more harm than good. He’ll have to hear about Phædrus, although there’s much he can never know. Particularly the end.“(Cont.Next)
Fifteen mi South of La Pine, OR.
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Entrance to Foster Hall Viewed From the Central Campus Quadrangle of The University of Chicago.

…On the Road, the Narrator’s Thoughts Turn To Phaedrus’s Graduate School Experiences Here.

…“Phædrus arrived at the University of Chicago already in a world of thought so different from the one you or I understand, it would be difficult to relate, even if I fully remembered everything. I know that the acting chairman admitted him during the Chairman’s absence on the basis of his teaching experience and apparent ability to converse intelligently. What he actually said is lost. Afterward he waited for a number of weeks for the Chairman to return in hopes of obtaining a scholarship, but when the Chairman did appear an interview took place which consisted essentially of one question and no answer. .. The Chairman said, "What is your substantive field?" .. Phædrus said, "English composition." .. The Chairman bellowed, "That is a methodological field!" And for all practical purposes that was the end of the interview.” (U. Chicago Cont. Next)
…The ZMM Narrator also reports what he was able to find out about the history of “The Committee on Analysis of Ideas and Study of Methods“

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Social Science Research, Lobby Just Inside Side Door. This Is My Best Photo of a “Stone Corridor.”

…[The Narrator here explains, in 2.5 pages, how he spent the summer “ near the timberline …. and thought about Quality and substantive and methodological fields.““ He then continues:] “ I have one tiny fragment of Phædrus standing in the stone corridor of a building, evidently within the University of Chicago, addressing the assistant chairman of the committee, like a detective at the end of a movie, saying: "In your description of the committee, you have omitted one important name." .. "Yes?" says the assistant chairman. .. "Yes," says Phædrus omnisciently, " . . Aristotle. . . . " .. The assistant chairman is shocked for a moment, then, almost like a culprit who has been discovered but feels no guilt, laughs loud and long. .. "Oh, I see," he says. "You didn’t know . . . anything about. . . . ". Then he thinks better of what he is going to say and decides not to say anything more.” (Cont. Next)

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
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Just After The Turn South Onto The Road To Crater Lake, We See A Beautiful Snow Covered Volcanic Mountain and More Flowers!

…This Time There Is One Blue Flower and the Rest Are Pink Or Turning Brown

…“We arrive at the turnoff to Crater Lake …. ” (Cont. Next)

Intersection of Rt-138 and North Entrance Road, Crater Lake National Park, OR. Below the Mountain, you can see a segment of the Highway pointing at the snow. Judging from the highway direction shown on my RandMcNally, this must be the Mountain of Crater Lake, but I am uncertain. Here, we should recall the Narrator’s “shorter route” decision back in Prineville Junction OR. … AND possibly related to this, he seems to attempt to cheer up Chris by going to more touristy places like Crater Lake, or later, the “Drive Thru Giant Redwood Tree” in California.
…However, even at these places, the Narrator, respectively 1) has negative emotions about the “touristy park attitude” or 2) completely fails to mention the tourist aspects of popular tourist attractions that they evidently visited.
…Such is the case at the ‘duck pond” at the Drive Thru Giant Redwood Tree in Leggett, CA and also at Simpson Reed Grove, a Giant Redwood Forest,12 miles East of Crescent, CA.
…See my further discussions with upcoming photos, concerning The Pink Flowers above, which are a color I failed to find at Beartooth Pass. The next photo was taken from the crest of the highway segment, you see in the /\ Above /\ Photo
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Monday, July 22, 2024: …At The Turn, To Go South To Crater Lake National Park.
…By The Roadside, We See More Somewhat Green Grass Growing In Roadside Gravel, With Lots OF White Fluffy Seed Heads.

The ZMM Narrator Says =>
…”We arrive at the turnoff to Crater Lake and go up a neat road into the National Park.”

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Along The ZMM Route, South To Crater Lake National Park,
…We See Pine Tree Seedlings Surround A Greenish-Grey Plant, Growing In Roadside Gravel.
…The Next Photo Is A Closer View. Which Shows This Plant Has A Tiny Purple Flower.

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Pine Tree Seedlings Surround A Greenish-Grey Plant, Growing In Roadside Gravel.
…To See The Tiny Purple Flower Mentioned In Previous Phot , Look About 1.5 Inches Lower Left Of Screen Center,
…And Then Look Below The Curved Dead Grass Blade.

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Starting With The Previous Photo, Henry’s Camera Zooms In On This Interesting Plant.

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More Variety Of Flowers And Plants Growing In Roadside Gravel.
…Along The Lower Part Of The Photo, It Looks Like Brown Seed Pods Have Grown Up From The Grass.

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After Driving Several Miles South Toward Crater Lake, We See This Awesome Forest Fire Destruction.

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Continued Driving Toward Crater Lake, We See More Awesome Forest Fire Destruction.

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A Cathedral of Trees Line the Road South Into Crater Lake National Park.

“ …. [We arrive at the turnoff to Crater Lake] and go up a neat road into the National Park — clean, tidy and preserved. It really shouldn’t be any other way, but this doesn’t win any prizes for Quality either. It turns it into a museum.” (Cont. Next)

Several miles North of Intersection of Rt-138 and North Entrance Road, Crater Lake National Park, OR. Why is the ZMM Narrator so critical & negative about this National Park and other similar places? It seemed to me so wrong at the outset. It took me a great deal of time plus thoughtful consideration of the Narrator’s total life experiences to begin to accept what he says. I had to consider the Narrator’s sum total experiences in the High Country where he was in direct contact with the awesome processes of Nature, head-on. Such areas are totally Nature and uncontaminated by the impact of humans. Any park national or otherwise, becomes a pale substitute for the open expanses that were once there. But as the Narrator says, “It really shouldn’t be any other way …. “.
…Moreover, it really can’t be any other way! Given a flood of people who want to experience a bit of the grandeur, there must be some way to control the inevitable destruction of so many tromping feet, not to mention the trash that inconsiderate people leave behind.
…Once you begin to see what the Narrator is talking about, then you as a Pilgrim, can begin to seek out those more pristine areas and mindfully work to protect them. As the Narrator says, one person at a time.
…If concerned people (you and I) all do this, then even the un-natural face of these parks can be changed by the very choices we all actually make. The unnatural (cultural) imports can be gradually removed and the parks can be change by the people who come, rather than the reverse! *************************
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Following The ZMM Route, South To Crater Lake National Park,
…We Catch Our First Sight Of Its Mountain.

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Looking West, We See The Rising Smoke, Of Yet Another Major Forest Fire.

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Looking West, We See Another View Of The Rising Smoke Mentioned Previous Photo.

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