Unwinding in the water and the forest on the Oregon coast

FLORENCE, Ore. — My mind drifts back to Ken Kesey's 1964 novel, "Sometimes a Great Notion," as my friend Rob and I drive west from Eugene to the Oregon coast along scenic Highway 126. The curling two-lane road sweeps through views of the Cascade Range cloaked in Douglas fir, a landscape that easily recalls Kesey's saga of man against nature.

By Camille Cusumano

August 26, 2012