My sister drove up this week with her roommate and our good friend Diana and her sister. They arrived Wednesday night and stayed until Sunday morning. We did many more things with them which we didn't do last time. Each day were full and packed to the fullest and we still didn't get to do half of the things with them before they had to leave. We had plans for whale watching at the San Juan Islands and parasailing but after going to Forks, Kayaking in Lake Union, sight seeing at Newcastle and Alki we ran out of time. Thursday was probably the most relaxed day and that included going to Newcastle for a view of the whole Seattle Metro area and puget sound. We took them to Alki and drove to the usual places we show people when they first come up to Seattle since Diana's sister had never been to Seattle before. She was visiting from Vegas so all this green was really exciting for her. She loved it and they had already planned on somehow getting the whole family up for a reunion up here and possibly living here. I told them that if the rain doesn't bother them, then Seattle is the right place to live. All replies were "better rain than snow" AMEN. That's why I like it. Our Spring and Fall are mild, winter is cloudy, but summer is AWESOME. And that's when the kids have no school! Even more awesome.
Twilight Zone
Forks
With that we rested somewhat early (midnight) for our big trip to Forks and La Push. Those of you who are Twilight fans will be jealous of this. The whole trip was AMAZING. The ferry ride was beautiful and the drive was pretty much on the 101 and all along the coast, the strait of Juan de Fuca, cresent lake and a lot of other water front. We passed Port Angeles, where Bella and her friends go shopping and it was just what I had imagined in my head. Forks was small, very very small. Population 3075 and the whole town was so proud that Twilight took place there. Menus at restaurants for example are dazzled by Twilight. Bed and breakfast houses are named after the Cullens or Swans or some famous character from Twilight.
La PushLa Push was just simply beautiful. The pictures said it all. Many people come here right on the beach to camp out because you really can spent a lot of time here. The drive was all worth it because of La Push.
Our trip home was beautiful as the sky was a clear blue. It was perfect that it was cloudy when we were in Forks for our Twilight experience (Vampires don't like sunshine. They glow) and it was clearer in La Push ever though it was only 20 minutes away from Forks. Seattle was clear and we were able to watch the sunset on the ocean as we drove back and rode on the ferry. We didn't get in until 10:00 that night and the kids had a late night. Dan was home by himself for a long night since he had to work. He had a lot of time to read.
We were so tired and wondered if doing another long day trip to the San Juan Islands was something we could do after our trip to Forks. Turns out that Diana had to meet her brother who is also living up here at 3:00 that afternoon so we opted for kayaking in town instead. We did some sight seeing of lakes around Issaquah and headed to Lake Union for kayaking. Needless to say, we had a blast!
View of Lake Union, where we went kayaking
We ended their trip with 5 dozens of fresh oysters for $18. My sister bought it on accident. She told the guy at the store she wanted to buy 1 dozen and he misunderstood her 1 dozen to 1 bag which has 5 dozens. She didn't look at the receipt until she walked out and saw in front of her a big box that the guy was carrying. At which point she felt bad that it was late already so she abided. We were sick of eating oysters that night. Our whole house had a smell of oyster and we had to boil cinnamon and vanilla for the next 2 days to get the smell out. It was all worth it!!!
Til then. Sleepless is still Seattle! Where the fun takes away all sleeps.
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