Kacey and Jamie Go On a Road Trip…

First thing to know… which I think Jamie has mentioned… she doesn’t drive. So when we go on a road trip I do all of the driving. Jamie does make an excellent navigator/DJ/reader-of-signs. A few years ago we drove as far as Florida. This last weekend wasn’t quiet as epic…but still highly entertaining.

We went to Forks, WA, home of vampires, werewolves and helpless teenage girls.

Wait… don’t judge. We went to primarily watch 10-12 year olds play in a girls’ fastpitch tournament. The location was just a bonus…because even though Jamie and I have read all the Twilight books we would never travel there because of it. Instead we find an appropriate excuse like a fastpitch tournament and then go there.

Mom and Dad went too. Sarah was MIA… mentioning something about Settlers of Catan tournament.

David the Gnome (the “G” is silent) went as well.

This is David leaving Seattle on the Ferry… because cutting across Puget Sound on a boat is much quicker than driving around the Sound to get out to the Olympic Peninsula. (This also where Jamie would say “where we’re going we don’t need roads”. A statement she made multiple times throughout the weekend since the Peninsula lacks for roads. The truth is, we do need roads because our flying Delorean is still a work in progress.)

We arrived in Forks, WA which is…how do I say this nicely… not much to look at. If you blink, you might miss it (but not because there are angel statues everywhere). However, there is Twilight paraphernalia everywhere. It was noted that in the Thriftway you can stand in one place and reach Chocolate, Toms (the shoes) and Twilight things without moving. What more could you need?

Our first stop was to drive out to La Push to see the ocean. We had to drive over the Vampire/Werewolf treaty line to get there and- no joke- there is a giant sign “No Vampires, Treaty Line.”

I laughed so hard I missed the turn.

However we did find the beautiful beach and David much enjoyed the stop...

...until I buried him.

  

The second day was filled with fastpitch watching, but we did take a break to drive out to the other beach that I missed the turn to the previous day due to the laughing.

We attempted to fly a kite…

(small red dot in sand is kite.)

On Sunday we  drove home, but not without a few stops. We (including mom and dad) had a little adventure out to Cape Flattery which is the most western point in the continuous 48 states (obviously Hawaii and Alaska are further west). There was hiking involved and signs about cougar sightings. We later realized the sign was from last year, but first mom did demonstrate for us what to if we saw a cougar (there were noises and waving of arms). Ultimately we made it- one more thing to check off the bucket list.

Then we took a little different route home. I claimed it was to drive along the water and add to our sightseeing, but it was really to avoid driving past Lake Crescent again. Lake Crescent is a beautiful lake, in a serene mountain setting. It is 12 miles long and most people would enjoy the drive along the lake. However, if you are my sister the lake is just long enough that you begin over think the length of it. Pretty soon you are concerned we are stuck in an infinite time loop and that we are doomed to drive the lake forever. She says this out loud to me… in a joking manner. But pretty soon I hear her say “I haven’t seen those houses yet… those houses are new.” Needless to say we made it past the lake, but I thought it was best we didn’t drive past it on the way home.

Plus our alternative route led us past Rosie (the fish with legs).

All-in-all our trip was survived. We met no vampires or werewolves, well at least not to our knowledge. The vampires would have been hiding from the little bit of sun that we saw (it’s true the sun does not shine there often) and the werewolves were only in human form. Plus, there were no helpless teenage girls as far as I could see. All the young girls I saw had bats in their hands and were cheering enthusiastically about hitting things and striking people out. Not really the Bella Swan types.

Coming Soon: Sarah discusses her rigorous Settlers of Catan training and her ultimate goal for taking part in a tournament.