Monday, June 7, 2010

Blogging is hard to do with no internet!

Ok guys-

We have had no internet at our hotel in Forks- because the management was very unhelpful with getting that issue solved- but I won't go into all of that crap that we went through.  (Forks is a really crappy town- most of the movie was shot in Portland, OR or British Columbia).

We left Yellowstone two days ago, and we are now in Port Angeles, WA ( Yes this is where the Twilight books are based, I am aware of that, and as I mentioned before we stayed in Forks, WA)  Yellowstone was going to be rainy for a while, so we decided to come to the rainiest place in the contiguous US, LOL.   But it's not raining here!!! It is actually very clear for the next two days- with a small chance of slight rain!  And it is BEAUTIFUL!!

I looked at the weather for Yellowstone- rain for the next month basically....glad I am not there.  It is 49 with rain and fierce wind.....yeah not staying outside for that....

The most beautiful part about this area is the beaches!!  We went to La Push beach (please hold your girlish screams of excitement), and it was really not all that great....I mean it was pretty, but they used another beach in the movie- all of your visions from the movie are crap!   I mean, it is basically right, with all the trees and things, but the beach and the town are MUCH different.  There is a lot of Twilight crap everywhere in Forks too, and I saw one too many girls that are clinging to these books to give them a sense of what love really is, that is, desperate women......just an observation.....

In other words, for those of you who want to see where the movies were filmed, don't go to the actual locations- but it is fun to see where Stephanie Meyer was when she was dreaming this stuff up.  On the other hand, I really don't think it looks like the Forks that she saw anyway- just a big tourist trap now, with a bunch of opportunistic businesses.

But that is not why we are here....


We are here to see beautiful Olympic National Park.  And to tell you the truth, it is set up kinda weird.    It has areas of interest, with no roads running through the park.  So what you see is just a tenth of what there really is, but what you see is REALLY awesome!!! So when I get around to uploading these photos, you will see how awesome and plant filled it is!!!

Here are the links to Yellowstone and the AMAZING time we had in Seattle: HERE and HERE

Until the next internet,

EBS

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