The Olympic National Park...and Vampires!

Our first trip we took while we were here was to Forks, WA. Our daughter, Candy, lived there after graduating from college. Her first job was at the Forks Hospital. She moved back to the Wenatchee area many years ago and we haven't been back to Forks since. But then the Twilight series of books and movies came out. Since the story was set in Forks, the town has gone nuts with souvenir shops and Twilight tours and stuff. So we had to go check it out.

On the way to Forks, we entered the Olympic National Park. These forests out here are really thick. Really green and lush. Pretty awesome. We stopped at the Storm King Ranger Station along Lake Crescent. We picked up some maps, got our passport stamped, and toured the area.

This is the Olympic Peninsula.

Lake Crescent is the second deepest lake in Washington surrounded by lush green mountains.

As we got closer to Forks, we drove by lots of areas that were clear-cut and replanted. This area is famous for the logging industry. Now it is vampires and werewolves.

We arrived in Forks.

It is a small town of only 3,100 people or so.

This is Sully's Burgers, the best burgers around.

 

 

We went to three different 'Souvenir' shops that were filled with Team Edward, Team Jacob, and all the other Twilight paraphernalia. Here is a pic of Twilight Central.

 

They even offer Twilight tours where you can see Bella's house, the Cullen home, Dr. Cullen's parking spot at the hospital, and all the weird stuff like that.

Here is Bella's truck.

OK. Back home it is. We were there. We saw it. Read the books, and saw the movies.

At least it was a nice drive....