JasperFrank
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50 years ago, you could just jump on your motorcycle and go. Not helmet or any thing. 50 years ago you didn't have to pay for an annual infection species tax on your boat. Didn't have to wear seat belts in the car, You could drive to any Oregon Beach and it was free. Didn't even need an ORV permit to run the dunes or in the common Forest Woods. All changed now, as everyone wants a cut, and they want a beach access fee money and ORV money. You can't smoke a cigarette on an Oregon beach or have your dog off leash. Can't have a campfire, or stay over night in all the interesting areas that use to be free to over night with a camp fire. And Oregon State says, F-you, to the locals that depended on this, for tourists to enjoy a little freedom from their urban lives. I am so glad I got to see and experience this State, 20 years ago, before the bean counters got involved. It is a pale place to explore, now, then it use to be, with so many restrictions and fees for anything that use to be free. Driving on the beach now is just a tiny fraction of the areas one use to be able to drive on.
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