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Uncle Mike's Guide to the Real Oregon Coast
Uncle Mike's Guide to the Real Oregon Coast Author:Michael Burgess There are many pretty guides to the Oregon Coast. This isn't one of them. The author is a native Oregonian who assumes you want the truth. An overly zealous travel industry, and the shameless lies of tourists too proud to admit their mistakes, have created a myth of the Oregon Coast as a holiday destination for the normal to silly, if not dan... more »gerous, proprtions. The author refuses to be part of this. He has no axes to grind, no rain gear or sedatives to sell. He doesn't care if you visit the Oregon Coast or not. He only wants the pain and sadness to end. His heart goes out to the gullible who flock here each year expecting things they'll never find; warmth, sunlight, some token of civilization. He sees them as victims of a cruel joke. It's one thing to live in a fool's paradise, another to travel great distances getting to it.« less