Imagine a place, a secret place with contrasts, some more pronounced than others, some almost entirely imperceptible, some entirely conjured in the mind. Imagine a secret place that creates a state of mind without any perceptible effort and particularly without the assistance of the Chambers of Commerce.<\/p>\n
Here’s what might unfold in this secret place:<\/p>\n
Million dollar mansions within walking distance of Oregon Tavern Age country but the mansion owners never take the walk.<\/p>\n
Roadkill turkey for Thanksgiving and hot dogs on the river for Christmas.<\/p>\n
Cannabis shops and cranberry fields.<\/p>\n
A socialist golf course and loggers who golf.<\/p>\n
People living in vans down by the river catching wild salmon.<\/p>\n
A library, a mysterious throwback library that can’t possible be where it is, but there it is, under a large tree and open two days a week for patrons, some who ride up on horses.<\/p>\n
Drive-in movie theaters that show only the jetties and the ocean.<\/p>\n
A skate park next to a bar.<\/p>\n
Nary a hipster and where gentrifiers go to die.<\/p>\n
A graceful old bridge with obelisks that reminds architects and engineers how to build today.<\/p>\n
Newspapers with more advertising than the Oregonian<\/i>.<\/p>\n
A bobcat wearing a life jacket who floats down a river in a boat.<\/p>\n
Barry White and Jerry Jeff Walker on the same radio station, spun by some of the last DJs in America.<\/p>\n
A radio station playing \u201cThis is Radio Clash\u201d before broadcasting the high school football game.<\/p>\n
Sea stacks and old quarries.<\/p>\n
Slash burning above a hospital.<\/p>\n
Confirmed sightings of Barbra Streisand in sweats and a dog that fishes for salmon.<\/p>\n
A gleaming German coffee roaster and a tube amplifier in a cafe.<\/p>\n
The two most scenic sewage treatment plants in America.<\/p>\n
Curving old roads through trees and hills that transport you to 1958 before the straightening of American transportation.<\/p>\n
A liquor store dog that sells to Hollywood refugees.<\/p>\n
A Hallmark card store that doubles as a liquor store.<\/p>\n
A liquor store with three shelves.<\/p>\n
Clearcuts and driftwood forts.<\/p>\n
Conservative politics without chain stores.<\/p>\n
Canned deer and bear tacos.<\/p>\n
Panning for gold on the beach and carving messages of love into a sandy cliff.<\/p>\n
Paying for RV park space with gold flake.<\/p>\n
Dead shelter dogs resurrected after walks to the beach.<\/p>\n
Sea otters that wildlife biologists don’t think exist.<\/p>\n
River otters on first dates.<\/p>\n
Grange hall tango and absinthe-tinged porter.<\/p>\n
A book store with the most improbable books in Oregon and no online catalog to find them.<\/p>\n
Whale watching with binoculars from a bar were it rains inside.<\/p>\n
A Christian’s ocean view camera that surfers use to spy the waves.<\/p>\n
The last tavern in Oregon, 12 stools, open 365 days a year and not a single review on the internet because there is no signal.<\/p>\n
Jack London and Zane Grey and Heckletooth 3<\/i>, the latter a classic novel set in this secret place that has completely disappeared from this place.<\/p>\n
Shipwrecked RVs with chimney smoke sporting magnificent ocean views.<\/p>\n
Classic vinyl and homemade salsa for sale in a roadside market.<\/p>\n
Amazon drones will never deliver here.<\/p>\n
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