Day 18—Bandon, Oregon to Astoria, Washington

Today was a long, wet, ride. We started out in Bandon, at the campground. We were about halfway through packing when it started to pour. Everything got wet and we decided to get breakfast on the road. We headed out and wound our way along the coast. By the time we were done for the day, we were soaked through so decided to get a motel and dry ourselves out.

We got some help from a guy at McDonald’s when we stopped for coffee and to dry out. He told us to go up the east side of the Olympic Peninsula to avoid the rain. It was a beautiful drive and we are glad we took his advice. While we were at McDonald’s, they put up a Caution sign because we were dripping so much!

We would like to stay on the coast for another day, but the rain is making things awful. We are hoping to get to Victoria tomorrow to see family and friends

-Lauren