| Who would ever imagine that I'd find
myself caught in a gaggle of teen and pre-teen girls and giggling middle-aged
women vying for a picture of The Cullen House on a hot August afternoon?
That was just one instance of Twilight-Mania
which has turned the tiny, formerly sleepy little town of Forks into a
surging mass of tourists. This site is dedicated to Tim's Mom, a former school librarian who likes to keep up with what kids read. She is one of the first people I know who read and enjoyed all the Twilight books. Neither Tim nor I have read a word of them. We have come home with a copy of the first one. In the meantime, I took pictures of whatever we saw. |
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| Our first inkling of what was in store for us should have been the top item on a gas station notice board more than 50 miles east of Forks! (Bella is the female lead in the Twilight series.) |
| As we got closer, the signage increased. A gas station/store in the hamlet of Beaver displayed two, courtesy of the Pepsi company, no doubt. |
| The folks at Pepsi certainly knows how to take advantage of marketing, don't they? (Edward is a vampire.) |
| Here's the famous Forks sign. Every time we drove past we noticed it was swarmed by tourists, having their pictures taken. A cashier at a local shop told me that the sign had just been removed and re-situated. It had been high on a hill and tourists were injuring themselves trying to climb it. So it was moved to ground level. |
| The Olympic Suites Motel across the road from the Forks Sign displayed this message on their signboard. Teehee. |
| Later that evening we took a ride to Rialto Beach. At the crossroads for Mora and La Push we spied another sign at a local store. |
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There was another
message on the reverse side of the sign.
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| Even our motel got into the swing of things. At first I scoffed at the thought of a 'Twilight Heated Pool' until Tim realized that the 'Twilight' part was not related to the heated pool. |
| Across the road was another Motel. I was curious to know whether the rooms were decorated in Twilight mode. |