Sunday, September 14, 2008

Stick a Fork in me, I'm done!

We are back from our fun filled weekend in Forks. The Twilight books have brought in a steady stream of tourists and most of the town's people are being really great sports about it.





The Mayor proclaimed Sept. 13th Stephenie Meyer day and celebrated "Bella's" birthday with a party in the park. They had hokey vampire music playing, birthday cake, endless photo ops and of course, plenty of vendors there to sell their Twilight inspired goods. Bella's truck was there (with a new paint job - red??) Chief Swan and Edward's Volvo.... umm, where's Edward?


















The local restaurants have updated their menus to represent Bella, Edward and Jacob. We enjoyed the "Bella Burger" from Sully's burger stand, where even the employees have gotten into the spirit of fangs.







The tour of the town and Forks High School was great! The actual students took the day to give tours of their school and did a car wash to raise money. They decorated various classes from the book to show where Bella and Edward would have sat, eaten and of course what the combo was for their shared locker. Edward's jacket smelled heavenly!


























After shopping for dinner at the Forks Outfitters, we all headed down to LaPush and took in a Quileute Indian "wolf dance" followeb by a bonfire down at the beach. It was really cool - literally, we froze! We ate Indian Fry bread with fresh huckleberry jam, drew in the sand and even said hi to the real Jacob (the kid the character was inspired by).
























All in all it was a great weekend and from what I understand the town will be celebrating for years to come!

6 comments:

  1. That looks like a total blast. Especially for the fans. Must have been thrilling.

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  2. I like that you took lots of pictures. The wolf dance sounds really cool to watch.

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  3. That is so cool! I had no idea the books were based there. Of course, I haven't read them at all, so no wonder I didn't know.

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  4. What a fun trip. Alicia went there in August but it looks like you ladies recieved the royal treatment!

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  5. What fun!!! OK, you have convinced me....I really need to read all these books and see what all the craze is about!

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  6. I'm so out of it. I haven't read the books yet, but everyone I know that has is intrigued with them. That looks like a fantastic trip. How fun for the girls.

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