Ok, first off, this post has nothing to do with knives or spoons. It is all about Forks!
Forks Washington that is! Yep, the VAMPIRE capital of America!
It was great to be there with my sister
Jenetta and I went on a little sister's weekend while I am living in Oregon (she is in Washington) and decided to go out to the Olympic peninsula.
The ferry out of Seattle was a new, fun experience for me
The water was beautiful!
Cute little harbor
We stopped at a very amazing little restaurant in Port Angeles on the way, and had great seafood, Italian sodas, and creme brulee. YUM! It was raining as we drove which was a little scary, but we survived.
It was dark by the time we got to Forks, but our cabin was so adorable!
It was pretty small
and even a little kitchen
The next morning we went to breakfast, and it was then that I realized just how over run by Twilight this little town is. EVERYONE in the little diner was talking about something to do with Twilight!
Next we headed out to the coast and La Push from the books. We went to first beach and walked down the beach looking at all the amazing driftwood. It was very fun, even when the tide started coming in and we were running from the waves and water.
But the view was still wonderful
Just to get some perspective of how wide this trunk was
And my pictures don't do it justice!
After first beach we drove to the head of the trail going down to third beach. I wanted to be able to walk in the forest. I had recently dislocated my rib (and hadn't gotten it put back in yet) so I wasn't up for any real hiking. This hike was so beautiful!
My camera doesn't do it justice, it was magical.
We were very prepared for the rain.....we were the only ones on that whole trail with rain ponchos.
This was so much cooler in real life....click to enlarge and it might be better.
Jenetta and her poncho
After our hike we did the Twilight fan thing. The whole city is filled with Twilight shops, and we went to 3 of them. One was insane. I didn't get any pictures and I wish I had. There were things that no sane person would ever buy. The most insane thing in the store was a little piece of paper that detailed exactly what Kristen....whoever wore in one of the movies. It was FIVE DOLLARS!!! What normal person would pay that much money for a piece of paper?!
I bought a hoodie, and a water bottle, so nothing too crazy. The other two shops weren't too crazy, which was a relief.
That evening we went back to Port Angeles to eat dinner and see a movie.
We went to dinner at the restaurant that Bella and Edward go to in the books.
It was good food, but the waitresses were really snooty! It wasn't as good as Michael's where we ate the night before. We still had fun, and it was amusing to see how many women stopped to take pictures of the restaurant while we were there.
We went to a fun little book store and I wanted to buy SO many books that I had had as a child. I really want to get more books for Kaylee, but I never think about it, and when I do, I have forgotten to budget for them. Oh, well a little at a time I guess!
It was pretty late when we got back to forks so we went straight to bed. The next morning it was clear and sunny. Too bad it couldn't have been that way the day before. We got to stop and take a couple pictures of a lake on our way back to Seattle.
There was a beautiful little beach down from the parking lot for the ferry
And it was neat watching them steer that huge boat into the dock
Our ferry
The Seattle side
My VFFs (I love that I am using my toes to hang on to the mesh railing)
We got to have lunch with Jenetta's in-laws and my parents and I got to see little Evelyn! She is so adorable, and it almost walking! I can't wait until Christmas when both of them will be walking and able to have so much fun together. I tried to take a nap before I drove home but I only got about 15 minutes.
Driving home to Eugene
