Forks, WA
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OK, so you have to be up on the latest trends to know why Forks, WA is famous. It's the central location of a series of novels that were encapsulated in the movie Twilight. Similar to the phenomenon after the movie Sideways turned people on to Pinot Noir, the Santa Maria/Santa Ynez valleys in California, or (hopefully for them) both, a cottage industry has grown up in this area around themes drawn from the movie. There are maps and tours, none of which really intrigued us as DIY folks. It's fun, though, to see the various manifestations, most kitschy.
After we arrived, we took a ride out to Rialto Beach because it was a sunny, cloudless day. As we're staying about 10 miles from the Pacific, we headed west on WA-110. As we were driving, I noticed a headwind growing in strength and we soon realized that we were in for some sea air. As we got closer to the coast, we could see the low clouds billowing up and, sure enough, it was cloudy and breezy on the beach. We walked a bit and took a few photos before heading to the small town of La Push, where the weather was pretty much the same. No worries; we still got some interesting shots even though the rock formation just offshore weren't completely in view.
Even though yesterday was nice, this is the Washington coast so today dawned cloudy with showers. No worries; let's just chill out today! We made reservations for the remainder of our trip, that portion from Napa (end of the caravan) back to AZ. We'll stay a week each in Paso Robles, Pismo Beach, Buellton (all on the California central coast) and Las Vegas. I booked our tickets for Cirque du Soleil's Kà show (dinner at Craftsteak in advance), and may book another if we have time (OK, if we have time and money).
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Welcome to what used to be our part of the world. Beautiful, ain't it.
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