Here are just a portion of the thousands of pictures we took...
There were 3 of us from the Central Valley. Amber, Me, and Kirsten. The rest were from far and wide. Lots from Los Angeles, lots from Utah, a few from northern California and some as far away as Florida and Tennesee.
Waiting to board our plane at FYI Airport
Riding the Ferry from Seattle across the Sound to the Olympic Peninsula
*taken by a nice man*Some of the gals in our group were able to rent a silver Volvo. I love what they wrote on the back. One of my favorite memories is when 5 of us got in it one night and took turns driving 100 mph down the 101 (the highway from Forks to Port Angeles)with Muse blasting on the stereo. Now THAT was a rush! That beauty cornered on a dime too. It was sweet! If you haven't read Twilight, you will not know the awesome significance this has (so go read it *now*)
Shopping in Port Angeles. We even went to the Gottschalks there and bought some Halloween doormats that say "Bloodsuckers Welcome". Squee! This is Andie, Me, Kim, and Mary. I have to say the master photographer for this pic is my friend Georgia. This picture looks like it's an ad for purses or something. I LURVE it!
I'm thinking this is the alley Bella was walking down right before Edward saved her.
Kirsten and I in Port Angeles at Bella Italia
They don't normally serve mushroom ravioli like Bella eats in Twilight, but they made some especially for us!
Our cabin. When we woke up the first morning we were surrounded by fog. We thought Edward might come out to play. =)
Our cabin backed up to the Sol Duc River just like the Cullen's house
Our group at the entrance to the Hoh Rain-forest
Rhonda and I at the "gate" to the Hall of Mosses in the Hoh Rain-forest.
*taken by Kirsten*Edward totally frolics here!
There were huge patches of big clover all over the forest floor. I had to get a picture of my little Edward doll in the clover. After all, he's my good luck charm.
The trees are so old and haunting. They remind me of Ents.
Of course I had to get one of my little Edward lying in a meadow.
Then we headed over to La Push beach. I'm so proud of this photo I took of my Jacob bracelet I bought on Etsy.
Rhonda took a picture of me taking the picture.
We all had to have our own Bella moment of walking alone on First Beach
*taken by Rhonda or Jenny or Sarah (help me out here guys?)*
The view from my spot on the rocks
The Quileute Reservation. Could one of these be Jacob's house?
The Forks Coffee shop put apples in our lunches. How appropriate =)
The wolf pack was bored one day and decided to make a driftwood fort.
More bracelet shots. You can see that there really are stones of every color on First Beach.
We all thought it would be cool to have matching polka dot rain-boots in Forks because obviously it was going to rain, right? Well, it did for about 10 minutes Friday morning...and that's all. But we still look chic in our boots, no?
That night we had our Twilight Christmas and handed out gifts we had made/bought for each other and also scrapbook pages of ourselves so that we could have one for each of us. We also thought it would be hilarious to make Ya-Ya-ish headdresses to represent something about us and it was!
I look like I'm about to throw food at Georgia here. LOL! Yes, that is a man chained to my hat. It's a long story, but the short of it is that someone once made up a story about me torturing hotties chained up in my basement by pampering them to death. I thought I would go with it.
*taken by Donna*Mary Ann, Andie, Rachelle, and Amber in their Ya-Ya get-up
*taken by Donna*Lisa threw hers together but it is so Greek and cute! Laurie came a little unprepared and used the lampshade from the side table.
*taken by Donna*Yes, that is a bra on Kendra's head. That is soooo Kendra.
The next day was Stephenie Meyer Day in Forks (Bella's birthday). This was taken at the Forks Library.
They were giving out animal crackers and blood red punch.
Sarah taking part in the Stephenie Meyer Day festivities, like Pin-the-Tail-on-the-werewolf. Bwahahah!
The city had Bella's truck at the park, but our group picture covered it up.
This was just my group but in total there were about 160 TwilightMOMS that went on the trip!
We also took a tour of Forks High School.
Rhonda and I are whispering in Mr. Banner's class. That must be some cool secret!
*taken by Kirsten*Georgia and Lisa reenacting the biology scene
Kathy presents the Forks High Library's shrine to the Twilight Saga
This is the official Cullen table in the cafeteria. Why are Georgia and I the only ones acting like vampires?
They even had Bella's lunch sitting at the official Bella and Edward table.
*taken by Amy*Later that day, we had the Bella Burger special at Scully's, complete with Twilight Punch (Strawberry lemonade that looked like blood) and plastic fangs. No joke.
*taken by Amy*Some of us wanted to go to the tide pools on Rialto Beach just north of First Beach and I am so darn glad we did. Enchanting mists, sunsets and colors!
When forest meets beach I want to sing!
Along our walk to the tide pools, the mists started to lift
Georgia and I
*taken by Kim*Rock formations at the tide pools
Sea creatures
Whenever I'm at the beach I have to have a moment to myself, preferably on a rock out in the waves
*taken by Kirsten*Then the sun started to set
We even saw a mist rainbow. *Laaaaaaaaaaaaa*
And then the Twilight moon came out
The last day we were there, we took a little Twilight tour of the town.
*taken by Kirsten*Here is Forks Outfitters where Bella works. They had some cool Twilight apparel we purchased.
*taken by Kirsten*The whole town welcomed us with open arms.
*taken by Kirsten*The "Swan House". It is owned by a teacher, but he has a daughter who's blue bedroom is on the second story, the kitchen cabinets are yellow and they have wood floors. It works for me.
*taken by Kirsten*There is a very pretty meadow across the street from their house.
*taken by Kirsten*The "Cullen House". It's actually a bed and breakfast but hey, it's white, has a wrap around porch, is owned by a long-time doctor of Forks and he has an adopted son. Totally works for me!
*taken by Kirsten*They have a sign by the front door where the guests write down what they think the Cullens are doing today.
*taken by Kirsten*Alice must have decorated their front window for Bella's birthday!
*taken by Kirsten*Dr. Cullen's parking space at the hospital
All in all, it was one of the most magical trips I've ever taken. I will never forget it! Thank you to my Twilight friends for helping to make it so memorable!
I absolutely love these women. They are beautiful on the inside and outside and our friendship is a rare gift from God. The group 2 chicas.
Georgia and I
*taken by Kirsten*Amy, Kathy, and Kel
Kendra and Erica
*taken by Georgia*Rhonda and Donna
Kirsten and Melissa
Kendra and Lisa
Erica, Kendra,Kirsten, Me, Kel and Georgia
Carey and Aimee
Dana, Sarah, Jazz, and Jenny
Rachel, Meg and Amy
Jenny and Mary
Rachelle and Amy
*taken by Amy*Kirsten and Rhonda
Jenny and I
May the Forks be with us...always.
*to see some really masterful photos of our trip, head on over to Georgia's blog http://justdandily.blogspot.com/ Her pictures are stunning and capture the magic amazingly!
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