We were woken in the morning by a crow on the roof of the
RV. Tap, Tap, Tap, Craaaaaark. We got on the road around the Olympic Peninsula
and headed to Forks (yes, MORE Twilight. Fans should stop reading now as we are
about to burst the bubble…). The road wound past some really pretty lakes and
through this amazing forest – tall evergreens with moss making green fairy
floss on the branches.
It is very wet here, around 10 feet of rain per year
(about 2 metres). They have a very active logging industry, the forest was
dotted with felled areas and replanted trees. According to the signs, they harvest
each area every 50 years. The sun was shining (very unusually) so no vampires
out today J.
Forks was a sleepy logging town (not much around) and
milking the Twilight series for every single drop! The brochure we picked up on
the ferry outlined the attractions, but some of them were total duds. Bella’s
house and the Cullen’s house were not anything like the movie sets, just the
owners had stuck up signs saying “Swan Residence” and “Cullens” on the letter
box. We did however get a photo of the RV parked in a spot at the hospital “reserved
for Dr Cullen”, a pic of the police station and a pic of the Forks High School
sign. That was about it from the movie.
Everything else was tacky gift shops with
signs like “Alice’s favourite store”. The local cafes were advertising “Bellasagne
with Swan salad and EdBread” and “Jacob Java”. We saw deer in someone’s garden.
Undeterred, we went on to La Push beach and it was like the
movie (finally). Very spectacular scenery and Steve spotted a bald eagle on a
cliff. The beach obviously gets some wild storms, there was masses of driftwood
piled up – huge trees – above the high tide line. There were some optimistic
surfers paddling about in the 6 inch waves. LOL.
The rest of the peninsular was very pretty. The road
followed the coastline round, til we peeled off and headed inland. We are on
the leg back to Seattle, and pulled in at Elma for the night. The lovely lady
on reception gave us a bag of home baked cookies when we checked in. Sweet.
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