Around Twilight...

No trip to the peninsula would be complete without a stop in Forks! Forks was inundated with Twilight memorabilia. We stopped at the Visitor's Center, where Bella's truck was parked. Unfortunately we hit Forks pretty late, and a lot of things were closed, such as the 2 Twilight themed stores ( the town has a population of only 3000). However, the local grocery store still had an entire section devoted to Bella, Edward, and Jacob. The local newspaper even had an article about an Alice Cullen look-a-like that charges you to take a picture with her. Pretty hilarious. Alas, we did not spot any vampires or werewolves.

After Forks we drove through Port Angeles (where there was another Twilight store) trying to make it to Bremerton to catch a ferry back to Seattle. The Hood Canal Bridge is closed in May (the easiest way to go back and forth on the peninsula) and we had to drive all the way down and around the Hood Canal, over the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, and up through Tacoma. We did not get home until 2:30 in the morning, and drove for almost 11 hours yesterday. This trip obviously was pretty spontaneous, but we still had a great time, and I can check a tour of the ENTIRE Hood Canal off of my list of things to do.