Central Oregon – Sometimes a Great Notion

The coast here is a lot like the Newport, Oregon restaurant Freddie and Mo’s all night diner. The place now goes by the name Mo’s. And Mo’s may no longer be a favorite to just the local logger or fishermen in need of spaghetti and steaks. But with its lack of deep water ports to bring in big ships and its requisite big industry, towns here still have a little grit, a little character. They still have an old dory fisherman meets Jack Kerouac feel, a beatnik in lumberjack country quality, that adds to the breakwaters and jetties in a way factory outlets and franchised eating establishments never will.

Perhaps even in golf there’s something to learn. In golf, you play it where it lies. You play it from there. You hit it there. Miss hits are your doing alone, not your clubs’, not your caddies’, not your boss’. Just because you didn’t count a penalty doesn’t mean you’re ball wasn’t out-of-bounds. Unless, of course, you’re playing scramble, which, if the case, pick your partners carefully.

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