Olympic National Park

So...After taking Louis to the doctor, we packed up and headed out to Forks Thursday evening. I made sure to bring the "Twilight" book that I had been reading in preparation for our trip. "Twilight" is a saga that is set in Forks and the book has vampires in it. As we were driving through town I was shocked to see the ENTIRE town taken over by Twilight...Posters from the movie in every store window, signs advertising "Bella Shops Here" or "Get your Twilight Gear Here", Twilight Tour Buses, and 2 stores that sold only Twilight Gear!! Our Hotel backed up to the Forks High School and there was a string of tourists taking pictures by the sign the whole time! In fact, when were were checking, in a couple girls with "Twilight" shirts on were looking for a room and the front desk told them that there were no vacancies in the entire town!

Friday morning (after a rough night with Louis - he slept in my bed, while Mike got his own bed) we headed out to Cape Flattery which overlooks Neah Bay. This is the most Northwest Point of the US! We stopped at Slip Point for a view on the way. The hike out To the Point at Neah Bay is 3/4 of a mile with awesome views along the way. After the hike we drove to a beach for a picnic Lunch. We got back to the hotel in time for a swim with Louis and dinner at the only Pizza Place in Forks!

Saturday morning (Louis had a better night and slept in his pack-n-play) We drove to the Hoh Rain Forest and hiked a small (but beautiful) trail called the Hall of Mosses. We then drove to one of the most beautiful beaches in Washington - Ruby Beach for a picnic and beach time. We had to hike about 1/2 mile to get to the beach but we managed to bring our blanket and umbrella to shield Louis from the elements (the whole time he was trying to pull the blanket up to get to the sand!) Saturday night we ate at the diner across the road from the hotel (Denny's probably would have been better) and then we all played Scrabble!

Sunday, we got a early start out of town. But we had to make one last stop to take a picture of the "Forks" sign (there was a whole string of Twilight Fans stopped to take pictures). To our dismay our car wouldn't start back up! To make a LONG story short, our car was towed to the only repair shop in town (which wasn't open because it was Sunday) and we had to get a room at the Dew Drop Inn and hang out in Forks in 90 degree weather without a car!! Mike's mom started Twilight and I started the second book in the saga. We spent all afternoon laying out back in the grass behind the hotel and walking up and down the town! We couldn't stand anymore dinners out so we picked up some chicken from the deli in the grocery store across the street and hung out in the hotel!

Monday morning we found out we had to get our car towed to Port Angeles. Mike road with the tow truck driver and Nancy, Louis and I took the bus to Port Angeles. We ended up having to wait 4 HOURS for Mike to come get up with a loaner car from the dealership but at least we were on a shaded park bench overlooking the water!

Wednesday Morning we had to say good bye to Mike's mom, which was very sad because we had so much fun with her in town but hopefully she had a good time too - and she is coming back in November so we have that visit to look forward too!

Pictures!