TWILIGHT CRAZIES!!!!!!!!! yes... i mean us

So this is the part when we really shouldn’t admit how insane we are. It would be smarter not to even write this down, that way there is no documentation of our insanity. Alas, I will throw reason to the wind and embrace the crazy that I am. A movie quote comes to mind… “Honey, you need to be smarter about showing your crazy side.”

On our way to the San Juan’s, C said “We should go to Forks!!!” So the seed was sown and the decision pretty much made to take the scenic route home. The really scenic route. I finished reading Eclipse again a few days ago, so Twilight was on the brain. After leaving Seattle, we headed toward Port Angeles. If you have never been on the Olympic Penninsula – plan to do it. It is breathtaking. We kept pulling over to take pictures that don’t do justice to what our eyes beheld. The Olympic National Park is HUGE and beautiful.


We made it to Port Angeles around 2:30pm and planned dinner and a movie. We drove around trying to find an Italian place so we could have – what else? MUSHROOM RAVIOLI!!! We saw a place called Michael’s Divine Dining and decided to splurge. They had pasta on the menu and it looked great. We decided it was a yes and walked across the street to check movie times. As we got to the other side, what did we find??? BELLA ITALIA!!!


It was like a sign from heaven. Michael’s was out and Bella was in! They didn’t open until 4pm so we had some time to kill in town. The closest we found to a gory movie was The Incredible Hulk at 5:15pm. We had passed a bookstore on the way and headed there because we love bookstores. We got distracted a couple of times on the way… once at a bead store where the owner showed us how to wrap a sari.



We walked into the restaurant and what did we see but this cute table…



We knew we were in the right place. The only thing… no mushroom ravioli on the menu. BUT my smoked salmon ravioli was delish. And C had a mushroom tortellini in pesto sauce. A mushroom may have found its way into my ravioli…




I enjoyed the movie more than I thought I would. And I loved Mr. Stark at the end!!




We made our way into Forks pretty late, but we were able to find the high school.



We headed to La Push to find a camping site. Unfortunately we didn’t, but we camped at Mora Beach pretty close to La Push.




This brings us to Thursday the 26th of June. We slept in. I like sleeping… not sure if I would make a good vampire. Our neighbors were leaving to backpack through the Olympic Beaches and unloaded their perishables on us, including one organic green pepper, 5 bananas and 2 bricks of cheese. I made some Sunday Pasta for breakfast… YUM! I digress. I think I also like food too much to be a vampire. We found our way past




Until we got to First Beach – although there was no sign. It is a gorgeous rocky beach. C and I loaded our pockets with beautiful colored rocks. There were also about eleventy billion perfect skipping stones. We were there for a couple of hours before the rain forced us onward… TO FORKS!!!







It’s hard not to feel a it foolish stopping for these pics, but then you realize that there are others right behind you taking the same pics too. We didn’t stop at Subway for the Twilight Sandwich, or Sully’s Drive-In for the Bella Burger, but we couldn’t resist going by the hospital


The VERY enthusiastic woman at the Chamber was so helpful. She welcomed us each with our own “Twilight Package”, with maps and even a ziplock of sand from first beach. We got our pic taken for their website, and welcomed back for Stephenie Meyer Day in September.



So, we have made the trek to Forks and La Push. I even have an apple magnet to prove it.