The Real Forks

While visiting Ben's parents in Seattle a few weeks ago, Becky (his mom) and I decided to visit Forks. I wanted to see what the town and area were really like as opposed to what my imagination had. Visiting Forks on purpose must officially make me an official crazed fan...and that's okay...I accept that. I must say that Forks, La Push, and even Port Angeles has embraced their new found fame. At the Forks Chamber of Commerce there was an employee there just for Twilight fans! And I was (pleasantly) surprised that we weren't the only "Twilight tourists" visiting Forks. There were some college students there for Spring Break, some teenage girls on spring break, some groups of moms, and even a few families (husbands, sons, and everything) there, too. We had a blast! Here are some highlights from Twilight

Here we are at the Forks Chamber of Commerce. They found a truck that looks like Bella's. And yes, we really were in Forks...it just happened to be a beautiful sunny day!

This bumper sticker made me laugh

Dr. Cullen's parking space at the Forks hospital.

The real Forks high school. At least for they got the sign right for the movie

This bed and breakfast was dubbed "the Cullen's house" on our tourist map.
This whiteboard was on the porch of the house...pretty cute.

In Forks we also saw and got pictures of the Police Station and "Bella's house."

We then made our way to La Push...apparently this is the boundary line. :)

There wasn't a whole lot in La Push to take pictures of, but when we got to 1st beach I took a ton of pictures! I love the ocean. It is so beautiful and the noise of the waves at high tide is amazing.

On our way back home we stopped in Port Angeles for dinner and we had to eat at Bella Italia. :) The food was pretty good...but I enjoyed Emma's pizza more than my own fancy salad.

And the bookstore was on the same block as the restaurant...and the movie theater, too.

What a busy day! We left the McKee's house at 8:30am and got back about 8:30pm. Pheww! What am awesome day!

Dance Dance EMMA-lution!

Tonight Emma was hilarious at dinner. The music was pretty loud at the restraurant and she just started dancing! Her favorite songs to dance to were "Jack and Diane", "Footloose", and ALL of the hip-hop songs. When that girl turns 3 she is taking dance lessons. She was pretty entertaining. She can shake those hips!