Day 10 of Travel 8/24

Well, we had our first horrible day of travel!!! The morning started off great as Melissa was up at 6am and we packed up the campsite and were gone by 7:30am. A first for us to be on the road by. The ferry ride back towards the main land was very rough. We were able to see the water, the mountains and then the sky with each wave. The captain at one point told the motorcyclists to go hang out by their bikes for safe keeping. Once we were on the road it began to rain and rain and rain. We drove down the Oregon Coast Highway with few opportunities to see the Pacific Ocean because of the fog & rain. Through one of the State Parks, we believe a branch fell onto the windshield causing the driver's side windshield wiper to break off. Keep in mind we're on a cliff side road, traffic behind us, it's raining & we have no way to pull over to the side of the road. For the next 5 miles Shawn leaned to the passenger's side to see out the windshield as he was driving. We were finally able to pull over and put the passenger's wiper onto the driver's side - while still in the rain. After another hour we found an auto supplies store that was open at 5pm on a Sunday. He sold us the new wiper blade; however, we found that it was the wrong size--but it worked. Kinda. Thankfully, we had decided prior to leaving Washington to stay in a hotel that night. Upon our arrival, it was still raining. Here is a picture from the ferry.