--11_07-08_2008_Welcome to Forks Washington--
Over the past 48 hours or so I have learned a lot about the town of Forks, and 'Twilight' the teenage love story between a vampire and human. Forks was chosen for the book because it is the darkest / most overcast place in the continental United States. While there, I did not see the sun and it rained the entire time except for maybe a total of 10-15 minutes.
During the two days in Forks I followed the Twilight tour twice. The first time I road along with three friends as they quickly toured as much of the area as possible to make sure that they could get back to Bremerton in time for the reason why they were in Washington, a friends reception for the upcoming wedding. This worked out pretty well since it was sort of the regular tour on a huge dose of caffeine. Plus it was a different way of seeing the tour instead of just the usual van ride along... which I did the following day with a group of 11 others, from a 13 year old celebrating her birthday, to a pair of women from California who made the trip just to see Forks for it's tie to Twilight.
The town has really embraced this strange influx of tourism with open arms. Talking with local shop and restaurant owners it seems that Twilight fans have pumped new life into the local economy. Forks depends on fishing tourism to fill the hotels, eat the food, and buy the merchandise during the peak fishing season. But with this new source of ever increasing tourism the times of the year when the fishing traffic dwindles down Twilight traffic keeps the town busy.
Thanks for looking
Brad
Yea, Forks is in a temperate rain forest... it rains a lot.
My camera had enough salt on it to cure a moose after shooting next to the ocean for 20 minutes in 40 mph wind gusts. Awesome time.
I had the bella burger, it was great. The burger consisted of pretty much everything on a normal burger and then a non fried pineapple on top. Sounds strange, tastes good.
Garden State?
