Yeah, so everyone knows of Forks, Washington because it's the setting for the Twilight series. "Twilight tourism" around there is a pretty big deal -- driving through the tiny town, I saw like one grocery store, one hardware store, and like ninety Twilight souvenir shops. I've never seen the Twilight movies and only read the first book so I don't really get the whole Twilight obsession thing. The real reason to go to Forks is to go through Forks...en route to the Hoh Rainforest and other parts of Olympic National Park.Olympic National Park is one of the most beautiful (and rainiest) spots on earth. It's also one of the few places in the world where glaciers and snowcapped mountains sit alongside a temperate rainforest (the Hoh rainforest)...all less than a hour's drive from the coast. And yes, it basically never stops raining in the Hoh. Even in rare moments when there's no precipitation falling from the sky, everything is still damp and dewey -- nothing ever completely dries out in this Hoh.
Go ahead. Make your jokes about the Hoh. I'll wait.
Olympic Rainforest on the hike to Marymere Falls:
View near Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park:
Trees glow an eerie neon color when the sun shines through:
Fjord near Lake Crescent, Olympic National Park:
Me at Marymere Falls, Olympic National Park:
Hall of Mosses, Hoh Rainforest:
Fern floor, Hoh Rainforest:
Moss over a creek, Hoh Rainforest:
Marymere Falls hike path:
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