I have to go home now :(

Well I'm about to get in the rental car and drive back to Seattle so I can go home to Texas. This has been by far probably the best vacation I have ever been on. I totally recommend visiting the Olympic Peninsula whenever you can. Besides the hotel, flight and rental car, it really is a pretty affordable vacation. Just be prepared to invest in a lot of gas if you want to drive around like I did. I definitely know I will be back up here sooner rather than later. Heck, I've got to use my free whale watching pass don't I? Next time, I'm scuba diving up here for sure.

Goodbye Washington! Now I'll just have to blog about normal boring ole life in Grapevine, Texas. I'm starting some photography courses in January so maybe I'll learn cool new photography techniques to post on here.

La Push and surround woods

The woods here were pretty cool in that creepy foggy type of way. I tried to get some good pictures, but my lens kept on fogging up or getting wet. Plus, it was so dark in there that a bunch of them just ended up being blurry. I might have to invest in a tripod sometime.

Clallam Bay and my new friend

My new friend who I played fetch with for what seemed like an eternity. Either this dog is really photogenic, or maybe I need to become a dog photographer.

Forks - TWILIGHT

Fork Forum - there are a least 3 Twilight related stories on the front page

Down town Forks One of many restaurants that cater to Twilight

The Swan residence

Bella's Truck

Forks High

Forks Hospital

Police Station
Mike's Family's Outfitter store

Other random Forks pics

Look they have a Mexican food restaurant!

I liked this signWhen in Forks, do as they do (I don't like coffee by the way)!
Vitamin "R" (movie reference)

So to sum up Twilight related things, I did go and eat at Bella Italia, and I did manage to get the Mushroom Ravioli (those who read Twilight will know the significance). I intended to go to the movies, but it was too much of a hassle in this small town (I miss you AMC). So I just hit the hay pretty early.

WARNING: This post is going to be cheesy!

If anyone doesn't want to read about me acting like a 12 year old today, I suggest that you just don't read this post. Today is Twilight Day! Saved the best for last (of course). On the agenda for today will be exploring Forks (I've already been through Forks and there isn't much to explore), then I'll head out to La Push to visit First Beach, then back to Port Angeles for dinner at Bella Italia and I'll try to end the day with seeing Twilight at the theater here (it will be my 2nd time). Before I continue on with everything Twilight related, a quick note about yesterday.


Yesterday: Day 4


I went whale watching and it was a bust. No whales all day. All I saw where some seals and sea lions. Oh well, they did give me a life time guarantee pass to come back until I see some whales (like I need an excuse to come back here). I intended to go to Canada to whale watch but they never emailed me back so I just stuck with a company here in Washington. They were very nice and I managed to stay on a boat for 6 hours without feeling queasy. Here are 2 of the 3 photos I took yesterday.


Ok so back to Twilight. For this day, I had to have to proper equipment. That is equipment is as follows:


Attire: Official Hot Topic Twilight Tee




The Guide Book:



And last but not least the music selection of today. I could have gone in 3 different directions on this one. I figured I could go with the Twilight soundtrack (which I don't own by the way, not really my type of music for the most part), a Stephenie Meyer playlist (lots of Muse I suspect), or a book reference. I went with the book reference and chose to download the best of DeBussy on my Ipod for my listening enjoyment today. So I'm all ready to go, I'll post pics later.

Update

So I've made it back to my hotel without becoming a vampire (darn it!). Just kidding. I had more fun than I thought I would in Forks. I was not the only fan of Twilight visiting, so I didn't look like a total retard taking pictures of random places. The residents of Forks were very nice so that was a bonus. I don't know if it's just the really nasty unhealthy food I've been eating, but I swear I had the best Subway sandwich I've ever had in Forks. Thank you Forks for giving me the 2nd best meal I've had while here. Oh and by the way, a great Pyrenees tried to attack my car (he was MASSIVE).

So after Forks, I headed off to La Push. I really tried to find First Beach but I couldn't find it for some reason. So I settled for second best and went to 2nd Beach (no pun intended). It was really stormy weather so I didn't really get to see much besides waves and rain. Oh, well.

Since 2nd Beach was a bit of a bust, I decided to head over to Clallam Bay. The weather was much nicer/calmer there, so I was able to search around on the beach, take some pictures, and make a new friend.

So now I'm off to eat after I finish posting my pictures. Hope it's better than the first restaurant I ate at in Port Angeles.

Day 3: Hoh Rainforest & Rialto Beach

Here's some pics from the Hoh Rainforest (and surrounding area) and Rialto Beach. This was literally one of the most awesome days I have ever had. Too bad life can't be like this everyday.

Hoh Rainforest (and surrounding area)

Rialto Beach & tide pools