Forks, WA
There were squeals of delight when my older girls learned we would be visiting Forks, WA this summer. Nestled between the Hoh Rain Forest and the Olympic Peninsula, they would get to visit the famed site of Stephenie Meyer’s phenomenal vampire novels, Twilight and New Moon..
The girls went camera happy, taking pictures of all the places from the books they loved. In between they were fighting over the latest Harry Potter novel in the back seat. I commented to my husband that so much of our trip was built around these amazing novels that have shaped so much of their growing up years. Samantha bought a hoodie that said “Got Rain? Forks, WA.” We were expecting that the stores in Forks might have capitalized on the popularity of the books that put them on the map, but there was no Edward and Bella merchandise to be found. That was disappointing to the girls.
They decided to take matters into their own hands. They set about collecting driftwood ands shells from Second Beach near La Push, WA, to take back to their friends. They would write “To so and so Love, Edward” on the driftwood. You could see the wheels turning in the minds of the budding entrepreneurs.
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