Twi-Hards....

One of my to-do while in Washington was to go to Forks. In the Twilight series, both books and movies, they make it seem like Forks is so close to Seattle and Port Angeles, however, it's perty far! Seattle is about 3 hours away from Forks and Port Angeles is about another hour as well. Anyway, Kim and her sister Kathy were nice enough to drive while I dozed off in the back. With my motion sickness, its probably best that I fall asleep right away. Anyway, after three hours, we finally reached our destination: Forks, WA. Before you look at the pictures and think that I just made random stops, know first that these are INSPIRED places from the BOOKS, not the movies. The movies were filmed in Vancouver and hardly in Forks. The guide map that is given out at the visitor's center has stops that Stephenie Meyer was inspired by and included in her books. First stop: the sign and trucks and the Visitor's Center/City Hall.

Welcome Sign

The "inspired" truck from the books

This is the actual truck from the movies

Next, we followed the guide map around Forks and the first stop was the home of the Swans. It was actually very awkward because when we pulled up, we actually were expecting the one from the movies. Also, the owner or resident of the home was working in his garage. I tried to take a picture that did not show him. I'm sure he's used to people driving by his home, but still...kinda weird.

Home of the Swans

We almost missed this one because it's so random and in the middle of well...nothing.  But thought we'd at least park in his spot and take the picture. LOL

Dr. Cullen's Parking Spot

Once again, not the actual location where the movies were filmed, but this was the inspiration. The school is actually quite small, well, I guess no need for a big school for a small town. But anyway, it was only a couple of buildings and they were all single level like this one.

Forks High School

Next, we decided to head downtown and take a look to see what Forks had to offer. Saw this in one of the gift shops. I dont' know if it's just a replica or if it's the bike from the movie, but thought this was pretty cool.

Bella and Jacob's Bike

The street(s?) of Forks had some of these plant bin thingys. I loved these. Notice how Bella and Edward's names are carved in? I thought it was cool at least. :D

Just along the sidewalk in Forks

 This is actually the sign for the store we went into. The name of it is actually this, which I thought was cute.

Biggest Twilight Store in Forks

After walking around and getting a couple of gifts for friends, we decided to head to La Push. La Push baby, La Push...this was the inspiration for Jacob's house. Looks pretty similar right? It's just on the side of the road and we actually passed it on the way to La Push. This picture was taken on our way to Port Angeles actually. Kathy had to pull over so I could get out of the car and snap a picture quick enough without capturing a car speeding on by. I swear, I was expecting to see Jacob in werewolf form peek out from those trees at any moment.

Billy and Jacob's House

Actually, there is a sign that says "Treaty Line" and signs for no vampires beyond it which was cute, but I didn't get my camera out in time :( Anyhoo, we finally made it to La Push. Not the beach because it was actually quite packed, but this was sooo gorgeous! The weather was UH-MAZE-ZING!!!!

La Push

So we didn't get to stay very long in La Push, we had reservations to go eat at the restaurant in Port Angeles. You know, the one where Edward tells Bella he's a vampire? (In the book, not the movie, READ THE BOOKS! We had to rush because if we didn't make our reservations, we would have to find another place and we all really wanted to go there. :D Anyway, it was quite a drive and according to Kim and Kathy, there were cars that were really slow, I mean, going 35 MPH on a back country road, which in California, the speed limit is 55 MPH, but Washington may have different laws. Anyway, the road was super curvy, which if you remember, I'm not that great at, so I fell asleep. However, I kept waking up, you know when you're sleeping and your eyes keep opening for just a millisecond? Well, I kept doing that and I kept seeing this view, however, I kept thinking, by the time, I grab my camera, the view will be gone. Well, I was wrong because after the umpteenth time I slightly opened my eyes, I decided, I'm just going to take the picture. GORGEOUS!!!! I really wanted to get a picture of the road driving to Port Angeles from Forks, but there were lots of cars in front of us so it wasn't really going to be a pretty one. :( But this was gorgeous.

En Route to Port Angeles from Forks

Finally, we reach the restaurant, Bella Italia. Yes, looks nothing like the movies, but it's okay. It was very, very delicious.

Yummm....food!!!

Mine: Chicken Scallopini with Linguini

Kim's: Chicken Parmesan with Fettucini

Kathy got the chicken carbonara, and I did take a picture, but it was blurry so I didn't add it on here, but it looked super duper good!!! Now...check out the desserts that we all shared:

Nectarine Cheesecake - My Favorite

Lemon Cake Pudding - Kathy's Favorite

Blackberry Cobbler with Vanilla Ice Cream - Kim's Favorite

After dessert, we took off back to Kathy's place. We were all so tired from the trip. Overall, it was a great experience. Not what I expected but I definitely don't regret it. It was so fun to just hang out with the girls and we had an excellent talk on the way back. No, I didn't fall asleep, but I think its because I slept throughout the day already and surprisingly, the roads weren't too curvy so my motion sickness didn't do anything. It might've also helped that I took a dramamine ;) My trip was super fun, but cut short :( Next time, definitely going to see more of Seattle other than the Space Needle and our next trip to see Twilight will be to Vancouver. I'm ready!!! :)