View of Canyon, Eagles Nest and River at Lower Elevations.
“To put it in more concrete terms: If you want to build a factory, or fix a motorcycle, or set a nation right without getting stuck, then classical, structured, dualistic subject-object knowledge, although necessary, isn’t enough. You have to have some feeling for the quality of the work. You have to have a sense of what’s good. That is what carries you forward. This sense isn’t just something you’re born with, although you are born with it. It’s also something you can develop. It’s not just "intuition," not just unexplainable "skill" or "talent." It’s the direct result of contact with basic reality, Quality, which dualistic reason has in the past tended to conceal.“(Cont.Next)
Lochsa River Canyon at bridge to cross over Lochsa River to Lowell, ID. The nest may be that of an Eagle or an Osprey. Does anyone know?.
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A Down To Earth View of Reality.
“It all sounds so far out and esoteric when it’s put like that it comes as a shock to discover that it is one of the most homespun, down-to-earth views of reality you can have. Harry Truman, of all people, comes to mind, when he said, concerning his administration’s programs, "We’ll just try them . . . and if they don’t work . . . why then we’ll just try something else." That may not be an exact quote, but it’s close. .. The reality of the American government isn’t static, he said, it’s dynamic. If we don’t like it we’ll get something better. The American government isn’t going to get stuck on any set of fancy doctrinaire ideas. .. The key word is "better".“
Lochsa River Canyon 1/3 Mi SW of bridge cross over Lochsa River to Lowell, ID.
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Institute Men Are Trained To Handle Everything Except a New Situation.
“But now consider the fact that no matter how hard you try to hang on to it, this stuckness is bound to disappear. Your mind will naturally and freely move toward a solution. Unless you are a real master at staying stuck you can’t prevent this. The fear of stuckness is needless because the longer you stay stuck the more you see the Quality—reality that gets you unstuck every time. What’s really been getting you stuck is the running from the stuckness through the cars of your train of knowledge looking for a solution that is out in front of the train. .. Stuckness shouldn’t be avoided. It’s the psychic predecessor of all real understanding. An egoless acceptance of stuckness is a key to an understanding of all Quality, in mechanical work as in other endeavors. It’s this understanding of Quality as revealed by stuckness which so often makes self-taught mechanics so superior to institute-trained men who have learned how to handle everything except a new situation.“(The Narrator then finishes, in one page, his Chautauqua with suggested Quality responses to “a stuck screw”.)
Lochsa River Canyon 1/3 Mi SW of bridge cross over Lochsa River to Lowell, ID.
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We Now Leave the Main Road. Correspondingly We Turn From the Lochsa River, and Follow a Side Branch Upstream.
“Highway 13 follows another branch of our river but now it goes upstream past old sawmill towns and sleepy scenery. Sometimes when you switch from a federal to a state highway it seems like you drop back like this in time. Pretty mountains, pretty river, bumpy but pleasant tar road . . . “(Cont.Next)
Three mile South of Kooskia, ID.
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Clearwater Battlefield Site with the Clearwater River in the Background. (See Below For Why No Town Photo)
“old buildings, old people on a front porch . . . strange how old, obsolete buildings and plants and mills, the technology of fifty and a hundred years ago, always seem to look so much better than the new stuff. Weeds and grass and wildflowers grow where the concrete has cracked and broken. Neat, squared, upright lines acquire a random sag. The uniform masses of the unbroken color of fresh paint modify to a mottled, weathered softness. Nature has a non-Euclidean geometry of her own that seems to soften the deliberate objectivity of these buildings with a kind of random spontaneity that architects would do well to study.“(Cont.Next)
Three mile South of Kooskia, ID. Having been there, I can confirm that the town of Kooskia exactly fits the Narrator’s description. While parked on the main street, I read and reread this passage, pondering which buildings to photograph. At that time, I was afraid that that any picture I would take would be too depressing and uncomplimentary, so no photos were taken. There were other reasons. Cont.Next
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According to TopoZone, This Dark Outcrop Is Called “Dirty Head”. It Is Probably Volcanic Rock and Likely Part of An Ancient Volcanic Flow Called the Columbia River Basalt Group. We Are Entering What Is Known as The Columbia River Plateau.
“Soon we leave the river and the old sleepy buildings …. “(Cont.Next)
Three mile South of Kooskia, ID. The volcanic rock seen here is probably related to additional volcanic formations you will see in my upcoming photos of White Bird Hill and the Salmon River Gorge some 50 miles SSW of here. (Continued fm previous concerning no photos of Kooskia.) Also I was aware that the Narrator didn’t actually mention this town by name, perhaps for these same depressing and uncomplimentary reasons. Or perhaps the name Kooskia had the wrong poetic “ring”? So I finally I decided stick to my policy not to photograph towns not mentioned in ZMM. Besides this policy, I had already many, many, times, chided my self for taking way too many photos! So my camera remained closed. Now I am not so sure I made the right decision not to photograph Kooskia. In fact, as I prepare these pictures for ZMMQG, I discover that I took way too few photos! What’s the moral? As soon as your hand reaches for the camera take gobs of photos. Don’t hesitate!! The sky is the limit!! And still you will not have enough!!
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As I Followed the Bumpy, Irregular Paved Road Up This Grassy Mountain Side, I Was Finally Able To Catch a Picture of this Fleeting Deer.
“[Soon we leave the river and the old sleepy buildings] and now climb to some sort of a dry, meadowy plateau.“(Cont.Next)
Half way up the climb to the plateau of Grangeville, ID. Note deer upper left. After I spotted this doe, I followed her as she moved amongst the trees. She moved parallel to the highway, so I kept pace in my car until I was finally able to get a photo thru the car window.
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In a Picture Perfect Grassy Plateau, Our View Is Marred With a Double Dose of Electric Power Poles!
“[Near the top …. of a dry, meadowy plateau.] The road rolls and bumps and rocks so much I have to keep the speed down to fifty. There are some bad chuckholes in the asphalt and I watch carefully for more. .. We’re really accustomed to making mileage. Stretches that would have seemed long back in the Dakotas now seem short and easy. Being on the machine seems more natural than being off it. We’re nowhere that I’m familiar with, in country that I’ve never seen before, yet I don’t feel a stranger in it.“(Cont.Next)
Three miles East of Grangeville, ID. This high plateau probably owes its existence to a “cap” of tough volcanic rock (ancient lava) that has relatively greater resistance to being worn down by some sixteen million years of weathering.
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On the Top of The Plateau, There’s Is the Next Town -- Just As Stated By the Narrator.
“ At the top of the plateau at Grangeville, Idaho, …. “(Cont.Next)
Grangeville, ID.
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This Is the Only 1970’s Era Restaurant I Could Find.
“ … we step from the blasting heat into an air-conditioned restaurant.“(Cont.Next)
Grangeville, ID.
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We Pass Unnoticed Through Other Peoples’ Lives.
“Deep cool inside. While we wait for chocolate malteds I notice a high-schooler sitting at the counter exchanging looks with the girl next to him. She’s gorgeous, and I’m not the only other one who notices it. The girl behind the counter waiting on them is also watching with an anger she thinks no one else sees. Some kind of triangle. We keep passing unseen through little moments of other people’s lives.“(Cont.Next)
Grangeville, ID. This is the summer of 1968. Does anyone have a guess who the three “high-schoolers“ might have been? It must have been Sunday when I was there, because I found the restaurant closed, despite the mid afternoon hour.
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The Narrator Provides Additional Description of the High Idaho Plateau They Had Traveled Over.
“Back in the heat again and not far from Grangeville we see that the dry plateau that looked almost like prairie when we were out on it …. “(Cont.Next)
Southwest of Grangeville, ID. Just west of town, Rt13 ends and the ZMM Route turns South on U.S. Rt95, a major highway for all of Western Idaho. It travels, always South (or North), from way North of Radium Springs in Canada to I-80N West of Boise, ID, with continuation practically to Blythe CA, at the Colorado River near the Mexican border!!
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Looking Back Toward Grangerville, We See the Cut To Lower the Road Prior To ….
“ [… the dry plateau …. ] suddenly breaks … .. “(Cont.Next)
Near top of hill where it will start down to White Bird, ID. This is nine miles SW of Grangeville, ID. The sky to left is somewhat “blue black“, but nevertheless, the sky is very clear and the sun is intensely bright. For this reason, as was mentioned by the Narrator at Beartooth Pass, this is a good place to see his “black shadows“. Look how black and sharp edged are the shadows of the big rocks. These rocks, although discolored, are likely of volcanic origin. My upcoming photos, will all show geologic evidence of an ancient and huge volcanic lava flow. To see these ancient volcanic formations, start here to study the exposed rocks in the next photos, especially photos 110-1131 thru 110-1147. The rocks you will see are parts of a huge and very ancient lava flows that are rightly famous for their fantastic size. These lava flows started some 17 million years ago, and for 10 million years, successively built up in layers over a large part of Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. These lava flows are known by various names such as: Columbia River Basalt Group, Columbia River Flood Basalts, Columbia Basalts, Columbia Plateau, Great Miocene Lava Flow, Miocene Basalt, Miocene Lava, A Great Miocene Lava Lake, or “Lake Idaho”. A 1973 U.S.G.S. report stated “The geology of the Columbia River Basin (which we have just entered) is a legacy of Miocene lava flows, volcanoes, glacial topography, and colossal [ice dam] floods”. For more information, search the web or consult the popular books called “Roadside Geology of Idaho”, “Roadside Geology of Washington”, & “Roadside Geology of Oregon”. I believe that Kooskia, ID and “ …. climb to some sort of a dry, meadowy plateau. is where we entered one of the Eastern lobes of this gigantic lava formation“. If you have additional information please contact me.
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At the Top of White Bird Hill, Looking Down, Down, Down, and South, Towards the Land East of the Salmon River Canyon.
“ [suddenly breaks] away into an enormous canyon.“(Cont.Next)
Three mi North of White Bird, ID. Nine miles SW of Grangeville, ID. On my 2002 trip here I was unable to find the old gravel road with all the hairpin curves that the Narator and Chris followed. Mapquest.com, zoom level 9, out of Grangeville ID, will show where to turn onto this old road soon after Grangeville.
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An Example of One of Many Hairpin Turns Traveled In 1968 By the Narrator.
“ … [into an enormous canyon.] I see our road will go down and down through what must be a hundred hairpin turns …. “(Cont.Next)
As you will see the highway has clearly been modernized since the Narrator was here in 1968. From the (newer) roadside pull-off at the top of the down grade, we can see a segment of the Narrator’s road with one of the first of their hairpin curves. Observe absences of Guard rail on what was probably a gravel road back in 1968. Three mi North of White Bird, ID. Nine miles SW of Grangeville, ID.
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The Narrator Indeed Describes the Landscape Accurately!
“[ …. a hundred hairpin turns] into a desert of broken land and crags.“(Cont.Next)
Starting down, down, to Three mi North of White Bird, ID. Nine miles SW of Grangeville, ID.
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Wow! Wow! Wow!!!
“I tap Chris’s knee and point and as we round a turn where we see it all I hear him holler, "Wow!"“(Cont.Next)
White Bird Hill, ID. Nine miles SW of Grangeville, ID.
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At Top of Hill, Starting Down, Down, to White Bird.
“At the brink I shift down to third, then close the throttle. The engine drags, backfiring a little, and down we go.“(Cont.Next)
Starting down, down White Bird Hill, ID. Nine miles SW of Grangeville, ID.
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