Saturday, August 21, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Final Slide Show.
Hey everyone! Here's a fancy shmancy slide show I put together with all of our pictures.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Day Seven!
Hello all! We got into Concord around 10:30 last night, after a 14 hour drive home.
We left Forks at 6:00 am & made several stops on the drive to check out different filming sites for the Twilight movie.
Our first stop was in Kalama, Washington at Kalama high school where they filmed the outside shots of Forks High School & they parking lot scenes.
Here's the movie stills:
Here's us there!
Next stop was St. Helens, Oregon where they shot a lot of their Port Angeles scenes & where the house they use for Bella & Charlie's house is. We were supposed to see the restaurant, the alleyway where Bella meets her attackers, the dress shop, the bookstore & Charlie & Bella's house. We only wound up getting to see the dress shop & Charlie & Bella's house. We couldn't find they alleyway, we pulled into a parking lot that looked like that might've been where they filmed, but we weren't sure. The bookstore is actually a law office & we couldn't find it either. & the restaurant is closed now & we couldn't find that either. We asked the lady that owns the dress shop, but she was actually pretty rude & instead of helping us, kept trying to get us to buy this $15 Twilight map thing that somebody made. So we took a picture of the dress shop & Charlie & Bella's house & left. Lol.
Here's Charlie & Bella's house in the movie:
Here's us!
The only dress shop stills I could find were from the inside, so it's a little hard to tell that we found the dress shop from filming.
Twilight:
Ours:
Our next stop was Corbett, Oregon to see The View Point Inn, where they shot all the prom scenes in Twilight.
Twilight:
Ours:
So there ya have it! Check out the rest of our pictures by copying & pasting the link below into your search bar:
http://s513.photobucket.com/albums/t338/thebigdiehl/On%20the%20way%20home/?albumview=slideshow
We had an absolute blast on our trip, & are so, so happy that you guys have followed our journey for the last week.
Last, but most definitely not least, my sister in law got ENGAGED last night when she got home!! Ha ha ha.
Congratulations Spencer & Nichole!! I love you both so much!!
We left Forks at 6:00 am & made several stops on the drive to check out different filming sites for the Twilight movie.
Our first stop was in Kalama, Washington at Kalama high school where they filmed the outside shots of Forks High School & they parking lot scenes.
Here's the movie stills:
Here's us there!
Next stop was St. Helens, Oregon where they shot a lot of their Port Angeles scenes & where the house they use for Bella & Charlie's house is. We were supposed to see the restaurant, the alleyway where Bella meets her attackers, the dress shop, the bookstore & Charlie & Bella's house. We only wound up getting to see the dress shop & Charlie & Bella's house. We couldn't find they alleyway, we pulled into a parking lot that looked like that might've been where they filmed, but we weren't sure. The bookstore is actually a law office & we couldn't find it either. & the restaurant is closed now & we couldn't find that either. We asked the lady that owns the dress shop, but she was actually pretty rude & instead of helping us, kept trying to get us to buy this $15 Twilight map thing that somebody made. So we took a picture of the dress shop & Charlie & Bella's house & left. Lol.
Here's Charlie & Bella's house in the movie:
Here's us!
The only dress shop stills I could find were from the inside, so it's a little hard to tell that we found the dress shop from filming.
Twilight:
Ours:
Our next stop was Corbett, Oregon to see The View Point Inn, where they shot all the prom scenes in Twilight.
Twilight:
Ours:
So there ya have it! Check out the rest of our pictures by copying & pasting the link below into your search bar:
http://s513.photobucket.com/albums/t338/thebigdiehl/On%20the%20way%20home/?albumview=slideshow
We had an absolute blast on our trip, & are so, so happy that you guys have followed our journey for the last week.
Last, but most definitely not least, my sister in law got ENGAGED last night when she got home!! Ha ha ha.
Congratulations Spencer & Nichole!! I love you both so much!!
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Day Six!
Internet is back up in the hotel! Here's your Forks adventure update!
We woke up today to a very vampirey weather kind of day! It was cloudy, foggy, & a little misty! We decided to head up to the Hoh Rain Forest, Clallam Bay, & back down to La Push to go to Second Beach to see some tide pools!
We started out the day by grabbing some coffee at Mocha Motion, a cute little Espresso drive-thru in Forks, then headed up to the Hoh Rain Forest! It was such a gorgeous drive! It looks like you're in a fairytale. I was definitely expecting a sparkling vampire to jump out of a tree & dazzle us! ;-)
After we hiked around in the rain forest, we drove up to Clallam Bay to walk along the beach. It was so beautiful there. The water was crystal clear & so blue. I found a sea shell in the water, & Nichole was trying to get me to get in & go get it for her. When I didn't, she threw herself down & had a temper tantrum. Which was hysterical, so I took a nice video for you all! I'll have to upload it tomorrow though, the internet is so slow here!
Ha ha ha. We unfortunately didn't stay long, because not only was Nichole starting to throw fits, but it was windy & absolutely FREEZING!!
After we left Clallam Bay, we drove back down to La Push to go see the tide pools at Second Beach. It was a pretty long hike from the parking lot to the beach, but we made it! The tide pools were awesome! We saw tons of anemones & starfish.
All the hiking made us super hungry, so we went to a little restaurant right on the border of La Push called "The Treaty Line" for dinner. It was super cute, & the people there were really nice.
After dinner, we realized that we really didn't have anything left to see in Forks or La Push, so we decided that we would come home a day early. Ha ha. We also figured out that some of the places where filming for the Twilight movie was done is on the way home! So I re-figured our directions for the drive home so we could see some of the sites.
We'll be seeing Kalama High School in Kalama, Washington; which is the high school where they shot all the outside shots of Forks High School, & the parking lot where Edward saves Bella from Tyler's van, the View Point Inn in Corbett, Oregon where all the prom scenes were filmed, where all the Port Angeles scenes were filmed which is in the town of St. Helens, Oregon. We'll see the alleyway where Bella meets her attackers, the dress shop where they look for prom dresses, the book store Bella goes into, Bella & Charlie's house, the restaurant where Edward & Bella go on their first date, & last but not least, the Carver Cafe in Damascus, Oregon where they film Charlie & Bella having dinner.
We'd been seeing signs all over town saying the the Hillywood Show was going to be in Forks for a meet & greet. If you don't know what the Hillywood Show is, they do parodies of movies on YouTube. They do really good Twilight parodies. It's sort of like a music video & a parody combined I guess you could say. Here's some links to their videos of their Twilight & New Moon parodies:
Twilight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MKz0gkcgAo
New Moon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti13oOYvyp8&feature=related
So since we were in town, we headed to The Twilight Lounge to take some pictures with them & meet them! There's was nobody there (shocker) lol, so we didn't stay very long. But they make pretty convincing Twilight characters. & they were super nice. Unfortunately for Nichole, they didn't bring their Jacob. :-(
Check out all our pictures below! Just copy & paste into your search bar!
http://s513.photobucket.com/albums/t338/thebigdiehl/Forks%20Day%20Two/?albumview=slideshow
I'll update tomorrow once I'm back home in Concord! See ya'll soon! :-)
We woke up today to a very vampirey weather kind of day! It was cloudy, foggy, & a little misty! We decided to head up to the Hoh Rain Forest, Clallam Bay, & back down to La Push to go to Second Beach to see some tide pools!
We started out the day by grabbing some coffee at Mocha Motion, a cute little Espresso drive-thru in Forks, then headed up to the Hoh Rain Forest! It was such a gorgeous drive! It looks like you're in a fairytale. I was definitely expecting a sparkling vampire to jump out of a tree & dazzle us! ;-)
After we hiked around in the rain forest, we drove up to Clallam Bay to walk along the beach. It was so beautiful there. The water was crystal clear & so blue. I found a sea shell in the water, & Nichole was trying to get me to get in & go get it for her. When I didn't, she threw herself down & had a temper tantrum. Which was hysterical, so I took a nice video for you all! I'll have to upload it tomorrow though, the internet is so slow here!
Ha ha ha. We unfortunately didn't stay long, because not only was Nichole starting to throw fits, but it was windy & absolutely FREEZING!!
After we left Clallam Bay, we drove back down to La Push to go see the tide pools at Second Beach. It was a pretty long hike from the parking lot to the beach, but we made it! The tide pools were awesome! We saw tons of anemones & starfish.
All the hiking made us super hungry, so we went to a little restaurant right on the border of La Push called "The Treaty Line" for dinner. It was super cute, & the people there were really nice.
After dinner, we realized that we really didn't have anything left to see in Forks or La Push, so we decided that we would come home a day early. Ha ha. We also figured out that some of the places where filming for the Twilight movie was done is on the way home! So I re-figured our directions for the drive home so we could see some of the sites.
We'll be seeing Kalama High School in Kalama, Washington; which is the high school where they shot all the outside shots of Forks High School, & the parking lot where Edward saves Bella from Tyler's van, the View Point Inn in Corbett, Oregon where all the prom scenes were filmed, where all the Port Angeles scenes were filmed which is in the town of St. Helens, Oregon. We'll see the alleyway where Bella meets her attackers, the dress shop where they look for prom dresses, the book store Bella goes into, Bella & Charlie's house, the restaurant where Edward & Bella go on their first date, & last but not least, the Carver Cafe in Damascus, Oregon where they film Charlie & Bella having dinner.
We'd been seeing signs all over town saying the the Hillywood Show was going to be in Forks for a meet & greet. If you don't know what the Hillywood Show is, they do parodies of movies on YouTube. They do really good Twilight parodies. It's sort of like a music video & a parody combined I guess you could say. Here's some links to their videos of their Twilight & New Moon parodies:
Twilight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MKz0gkcgAo
New Moon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti13oOYvyp8&feature=related
So since we were in town, we headed to The Twilight Lounge to take some pictures with them & meet them! There's was nobody there (shocker) lol, so we didn't stay very long. But they make pretty convincing Twilight characters. & they were super nice. Unfortunately for Nichole, they didn't bring their Jacob. :-(
Check out all our pictures below! Just copy & paste into your search bar!
http://s513.photobucket.com/albums/t338/thebigdiehl/Forks%20Day%20Two/?albumview=slideshow
I'll update tomorrow once I'm back home in Concord! See ya'll soon! :-)
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Day Five!
Today we arrived in Forks, Washington!! The last leg of our road trip.
Since we arrived a bit too early to check in, we decided to drive around the town & check out some of the twilight sites! We pretty much saw everything in one day. Lol. Shocker, I know. We went to the visitor's center & saw Bella's truck:
Saw Dr. Cullen's parking spot at Forks Community Hospital:
Saw (& tried on) Bella's work vest from the local hardware store:
Went into the Dazzled by Twilight store (which is just crazy huge & decorated like a forest):
Saw Forks High School:
Saw the Cullen house:
Saw the Swan's house:
& the Forks Police Station!
After our tour around Forks, we headed over to werewolf territory & checked out La Push & First Beach! Hooowwwwlll!
Tomorrow we're gonna drive further up northwest & check out all the bays & tide pools, & head toe the Hoh Rain Forest to do some hiking!
Also, in the plans for Saturday: donating blood for the Forks Relay For Life! Ha ha. I'm gonna donate blood in Forks!
Check out some pictures below!! Just copy & paste into your search bar!
http://s513.photobucket.com/albums/t338/thebigdiehl/Forks%20Day%20One/
Since we arrived a bit too early to check in, we decided to drive around the town & check out some of the twilight sites! We pretty much saw everything in one day. Lol. Shocker, I know. We went to the visitor's center & saw Bella's truck:
Saw Dr. Cullen's parking spot at Forks Community Hospital:
Saw (& tried on) Bella's work vest from the local hardware store:
Went into the Dazzled by Twilight store (which is just crazy huge & decorated like a forest):
Saw Forks High School:
Saw the Cullen house:
Saw the Swan's house:
& the Forks Police Station!
After our tour around Forks, we headed over to werewolf territory & checked out La Push & First Beach! Hooowwwwlll!
Tomorrow we're gonna drive further up northwest & check out all the bays & tide pools, & head toe the Hoh Rain Forest to do some hiking!
Also, in the plans for Saturday: donating blood for the Forks Relay For Life! Ha ha. I'm gonna donate blood in Forks!
Check out some pictures below!! Just copy & paste into your search bar!
http://s513.photobucket.com/albums/t338/thebigdiehl/Forks%20Day%20One/
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