We got a call last Tuesday letting us know that Zac's uncle had passed away. His uncle lived up in Port Angeles, WA so Zac and I decided that we would make a weekend out of it. I know that sounds horrible, yeah someone died, now we get a vacation! Before you judge, know that Zac only met his uncle twice in his life and the last time was about 18 years ago. We mainly went to support Zac's mom.
For anyone that has seen or is a fan of Twilight, I am sure you can guess what we decided to do. Yes we took a drive over to Forks, WA. We drove through the main drag which included a whopping one stop light and a whole lot of nothing! I think the only things they actually used in the movie was the welcome to Forks sign and I think a diner on the edge of town. I thought I saw another building that was in the movie which was the police station in the movie but it was not a police station in real life, if that was even the same building. Zac and I thought it was pretty funny. They did have these stores both in Forks and in Port Angeles called Dazzled by Twilight. They had all sorts of stuff Twilight related, I thought it was really funny.
Anyway, we left very early Friday morning and headed up north. When we got to the Tacoma's Narrow bridge, I was very impressed. It was beautiful up there. I didn't think that it would be much different than Oregon but boy was I wrong. I think the main difference is that there is so much more water up in that area because of the Sound. We didn't get any pictures of the bridges but they were beautiful. There were so many hills and A LOT of trees. We stopped by his grandparents house for a little bit before we headed on to Port Angeles.
That was interesting, his grandparents are pretty old and his grandfather has Alzheimers which made conversation interesting but we were patient with him. It was his grandmother that was so impatient with him, she kept yelling at him and saying "Fred you just asked them that!" While we were there we got to meet Zac's uncle Fred Jr. His uncle Fred has horses, lots of horses. Kiersten enjoyed seeing them although if she got to close like within 5 feet she would freak.
After we left their house we continued on. We did a lot of driving, through the Olympic National Park, the Hoh Rain Forest, Forks and around part of Crescent Lake which was beautiful. The rest of the pictures are of our drive and of Port Angeles.
These are some pictures from Crescent Lake. It was pretty cloudy but the sun was making an appearance which made for some awesome pictures and great views.
Some views of Port Angeles.
Zac and I with the Port of Port Angeles and Victoria Canada in the background.
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