The Forks Trip: Part Deux

The cabin we had was pretty awesome. It had HUGE rooms and a river in the back. I stupidly opted for sleeping on the floor in Washington with nothing but a pillow and a quilt, so I was freezing my ass off the night before. There was a deck in the back overlooking a river. It was beautiful. I had gotten a notebook so I had a few writing experiments I wanted to try out. I had lots of time to mess around with the Twilight Moms. They are absolutely beautiful, like Rosalie status. So they were never out of the bathroom before three in the afternoon and we broke electric circuits every single day we were there from all the people trying to blow dry their hair at once.

On the other hand, I'm a lot like Cammy. If my friends would let me I would run around town in my pajamas too. So we had a lot of time to meander, go into town and come back to check to see if they were ready yet, and then head out again.

Forks thrives on Twilight, and therefore loves Twilighters. Again, I was shocked because you'd think the people there would be sick of all the people looking for Edwards and Jacobs. But they were always very nice and asked us where we were from. Then again the population is probably desensitized to the attention by now. The place is CRAWLING with fans. Every single time we drove by the Forks sign there were multiple cars parked on the side of the road taking pictures. That's not to see we weren't one of them.



(That's me being silly and excited because we'd just gotten there. I know. You can hardly see anything, but you have to climb a little to get to it so Tiff was on the ground taking the pic.)

Every business there had something Twilight related, like the Bella Burger. Or a giant Twilight stand in the middle of the grocery store, or the motel sign that says "Edward didn't sleep here!" glowing in the night. Or a particularly hilarious one in La Push that said, "No vampires beyond this point!" Then of course there were stores that had nothing but Twilight paraphenalia inside.

So like I said the place is crawling with fellow Twilighters. So imagine my surprise when I look out the window and see Jasper, Alice, Edward, and Bella walking by.

...

No. Seriously. They were just walking by like nothing was out of place. I had to make sure I hadn't lost my mind so I was like, "Hey look." Donna and Tiff, who happened to be driving, were like "Oh my god!"

So we promptly pulled the car over and stalked them into drug store. Alice and Jasper were wearing the baseball uniforms and everything. Edward had his cool "shades" on and Bella was absolutely freaked out that we were following them.

So I got the whole Cammy experience.

I am incredibly shy and have this fear of talking to people who are famous or resemble famous people. I can't even talk to the characters at Disneyland, let alone hug them. But Donna, being Donna, tracked them down and asked to get a picture with them. They were so cool. They had the contacts to change their eye colors and everything. And they were surprised that we actually approached them. Seriously, I thought Forks had hired them to be impersonators or something. Even I couldn't pass up an opportunity like this. So I got a picture too.



See? I'm all flustered and they're just people dressed up. I'm such a dork. Ladies and fancy gentlemen, tell me the Jasper guy isn't cute. Then they told us that they had done a Twilight parody on youtube. I'm working on getting a sample to put up here so you guys can check them out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MKz0gkcgAo

So it is my recommendation that you pile your best friends in a car and visit Forks. It's definitely worth it.



(Above: Donna, me, and Tiff)

The Forks Trip: Part One

Well, its been a while since I've been back to Forks. I should have updated sooner, but the thing is that there are some things about Forks that is a lot different than the books and The Puppet Master. For one: it is incredibly hard to find cell phone service. And two: its even harder to find WiFi. If Cammy lived in the real Forks she would be out of luck when it came to calling for back up.

Speaking of the real Forks, I should probably tell you about it since many people don't get the opportunity to see it.



We got there about fivish after a few wrong turns and squabbling around directions and driving with the "check engine" light on. But we made it all the same. Forks is a very... er, linear town. Really, its practically all on one street which also happens to be the 101 freeway. There's about one of everything there. Bank, grocery store, burger stand, hardware store, and maybe a few hotels. There's probably more rivers than actual streets in the town.

We met up with some Twilight Moms I met through the fanfic and we shared an absolutely beautiful cabin. But the first thing we had to do was go to La Push. To get to La Push, all you need to do is turn on La Push Road (No. I'm not kidding.) and follow it all the way to the beach.



It's just a straight shot through the woods, which is actually really close to what I pictured. We hung out and bought a whole bunch of souvenirs in their visitors center. The Quileutes we ran into were very cool to us. It was sort of surprising because I half expected them to see us, roll their eyes and say, "Oh god. More Twilighters." But we actually hung out and talked for a while.



(Above: Donna representin' Forks in La Push)



(Above: Me and Donna trying to walk on driftwood in First Beach. Yes. She's wearing a skirt. Dork.)

We concluded the day by going to First Beach and having our own little bonfire, which was really nice.

At least until the drunk pervs showed up.

If there were ever a time for a shiny Volvo to come whipping around the corner that would have been it. But alas, even if there were vampires there would be nothing they could do about us being in peril in La Push. Which just adds to the proof that I've read these books way too many times. So we ran them off ourselves. Keep in mind these weren't Quileutes. They were guys from some town nearby, one of which looked a LOT like John Lennon, oddly enough. The important thing was that we escaped.

And that was just day one.