May 14, 2013 - Northwestern Corner of Washington

Days 69 - 71 of The Big Trip When planning this trip, the plan was to avoid traveling on Sundays. Don't know how I missed this one. Since we had reservations up the road, we left Ocean City on Sunday. US101 took us all over the place. From Ocean City, we went to Humptulips to pick up 101. That name has piqued my curiosity and I had to look it up. It appears to be from a local native language and there were a couple of meanings given. Our route took us through rain forest and, appropriately, it was raining. After making a big loop through...

Sep 14, 2012 - Hoquiam to Forks

We had a nice drive from Hoquiam to Forks along highway 101, a distance of 104 miles. We are now 1823 miles into our journey. It appears that Forks has become famous for the Vampire Movie(s) "Twilight" and some other vampire TV series currently running on cable! We have never watched them, but they seem to be very popular, especially here where nothing else has ever happened! :-) :-) It has added some revenue to this town, and they even have "Twilight Tours" that take people around in a shuttle bus and show them the different houses and...

Aug 17, 2012 - Forks 101 RV Park, Forks

Friday-8/17- Forks 101 RV Park, Forks, WA We stayed here for 1 night and drove to the HOH rainforest in Olympic National Park. Unfortunately, this area is in a dry spell and there was no rain, but we saw very thick forest, lots of ferns and moss. The drive was OK, but probably not worth the 50 mile round trip.

Aug 8, 2012 - Forks, WA-west side of the Olympic Penninsula

Went around to the west side of the Olympic Penninsula Stayed 1 night at Lake Quinault, the rain forest area. They get 120-140" of rain each year! Spent 2 nights in Forks. Forks and the coast village of La Push are where the Twilight vampire book/movie series were based. We took pitures and sent to grandaughter Kayleigh. She is a fan of all that! We sent her a Forks Bites! sweatshirt.

Jul 25, 2012 - Northwest Washington

We had a short drive from Sequim to the Elks Lodge in Forks which we decided to use as our base to explore northwestern Washington. This small logging town has gained popularity in the last couple of years. The area is a key setting for the teenage book series and movies called Twilight. Although none of the movies were filmed here, fans began flocking to the town. The number of tourists has increased from 10,000 visitors before the Twilight series to 75,000 visitors in 2010. The city is cashing in on its new-found fame with Twilight tours...

Jul 21, 2012 - Rocky Beaches

When we woke this morning the sun was shining and we were ready for the coast. We turned west and north on our way to Olympic National Park and Forks, WA. The scenery was just magnificent. We even witnessed an Blue Heron fly across our path. It was very green and when we hit the coast, it was breathtaking. After stopping in at the Kalaloch Visitor Center and getting some advice on where to visit and what to see, we headed for our first beach stop. Wow!! If was so different from SoCal and the water was cold, as Karen found out when a wave...

Jul 4, 2012 - Forks 4th of July!

We had a "WOWSER" 4th of July celebration. We drove 70 miles to Forks, WA. The drive took us through parts of the Olympic National Park and Forest and around beautiful Lake Crescent. I took over 500 pictures again today. :-) Just the drive to the parade was awesome and then the parade itself was over the top incredible!! They really know how to go all out in Forks. The parade lasted almost two hours, it just kept coming and coming. Everything from antique cars, trucks, fire trucks to even logging trucks, not to mention all the incredible...

Sep 30, 2011 - Day 19 Forks WA

"movin' on up", we've about finished our west coast beach run... we are at forks WA (a vampire town) getting ready now to "movin' on over"... will be stopping in seattle WA and a visit with our daughter who is on a business trip there... glenda young has suggested we stop at "pikes market" which is also the birthplace of starbucks... of course weather/traffic and conditions could change all of that...anyway, enjoy some of our not so sharp pix of yesterday... https://picasaweb.google.com/106561095600031071594/Day19ForksWA# ron & bebe ipad...

Sep 15, 2011 - A Long, Long Day - but it was Fantastic

It started with us going to Rialto Beach. When we got there, it was kind of foggy and the wind was blowing so we put on sweatshirts, jackets and rain jackets and headed down the beach to Hole In The Wall. It is about a mile and a half to the hole and we have to hurry because the tide could come in and cut us off from the beach. There are places where the forest comes right down to the water and some cliffs that also butt up against the water so if we get on the other side and the tide comes back in, we have to wade or swim back to where we...

Sep 14, 2011 - Hoh Rain Forest

We woke to another morning of overcast skies with the high for today being 62. It was about a 15 mile drive to the turn off for Hoh Rain Forest. Then we had an 18 mile drive to the visitor center after turning off the highway. It was all through forest of trees. All different colors of green with a few trees here and there that were starting to turn yellow and red. We drove along the Hoh River for part of the way. It is a 50 mile long river that starts on snow capped Mount Olympus and descends 7000’ to the Pacific Ocean. We got there about...

Sep 13, 2011 - Foggy Day

It is a long 60 miles to Neah Bay. Half of the trip has us following the coast and the going is kind of slow due to the winding road. We finally arrive in Neah Bay and it is all fogged in. It is an Indian town on the Makah Indian Reservation. The town is not very big and is pretty run down. We drove through town and kept going for another 5 or 6 miles to reach Cape Flattery. There is a ¾ mile hike there that has recently had a $225,000 makeover. It is a very unique trail with round cedar slabs for steps and a whole lot of cedar log steps....

Sep 12, 2011 - Moving Day

We are leaving one of Carolyn’s most favorite campsites and heading west and south. We will end up on the west side of the Olympic Peninsula. It is only a 60 mile trip and we arrived about 11:20. We are right in town and the grocery store is just across the street. We have full hookups and plan to stay 3 nights. The population of Forks is 3500 people and when we go to get registered, we can hear gunfire. The manager says they are sighting their deer rifles getting ready for deer season. The gun range is just down the road from us. We have...