The Little Pine Cafe' (Back in Mitchel, OR) Is an Example of an Oregon Roadhouse. Clearly It Is Much Better Than What the Narrator May Have Experienced At Klamath Lake.
“We pull in for lunch at a roadhouse which belongs to this era too. Wooden frame badly in need of paint, neon beer signs in the window, gravel and engine drippings for a front lawn. .. Inside, the toilet seat is cracked and the washbowl is covered with grease streaks, …. “(Cont.Next)
Somewhere along the Eastern shore of Klamath Lake, OR. My imagination failed me in my search for the Narrator’s Klamath Lake Road House!! My 1964 RMcN map shows, the towns along the waters edge of Upper Klamath Lake. These are Modoc Point, Algoma, Wocus, Pelican City, and Klamath Falls. (Pelican City is now a Northern Suburb of Klamath Falls.) I was expecting all these towns to be along the lake waterfront, and at one time they probably were. (I vaguely remember beach type homes along the lake when I came thru here in 1989.) I hypothesize that originally these towns were situated by the lake edge marshes. And the main N-S road curved along the lake edge to go through them. The Topozone maps (previous photo) shows extensive dikes and pumping stations. To make dry farm land, these dykes apparently t, have moved both the water’s edge and the highway!! Consequently the new & straightened Rt97 is some 3/4 mile East of Algoma and Wocus. Moreover, on the approach to Klamath Falls, Rt57 travels on a huge dike (at lake’s edge) for a considerable distance. The next photo explains why I failed to find the Narrator's Road House and why I now request help for getting photos to fit the above ZMM passage.
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(Photo = 113-1305 Restaurant Outside Mitchel, OR. ..... ZMM Page = 313 ..... WayPt = 348w 2821ft)