Bella's Birthday Bash

Mayor Reed proclaiming Sept 13, 2008 Stephenie Meyer Day in Forks.
Our own "Chief Swan" - Police Chief Mike Powell, and Mayor Reed.

Some of the birthday crowd.

Happy Birthday, Bella! Isabella Swan is the main female character of the book and movie, Twilight, set here in Forks by the author, Stephenie Meyer, as well as the three subsequent novels, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. These four books have been in the top five slots of the USA Today Bestseller list for about the last two months. Not bad for a first-time author! Way to go, Ms. Meyer!

More birthday crowd.

There were quite a few fans of the series in town for the day of celebration. Adding 1000 or so people to a town of about 3000 is very noticeable! Great fun was had by all it seemed. We certainly had a good time people-watching!

I'll post some of the interesting cars that arrived for the day as well, on a future post.

For more photos, you can check out the local paper, The Forks Forum at: http://www.forksforum.com/ .

For more about Stephenie Meyer, you can go to:

http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/index.html .

Breaking Dawn

Bellas red truck sitting outside the Visitor Center.

Today the newest book in the "Twilight" series by Stephenie Meyer, "Breaking Dawn", came out in stores. Many stores opened at midnight last night for special release parties, including several here in Forks. There has been a large influx of "Twilight" fans this weekend. There wasn't a hotel room to be had here. There are also a lot of "Twilight" items available here - made by local artists with Stephenie Meyer's permission. No one is infringing on her images, but the artists here have come up with some clever ideas.

For more on Stephenie Meyer and her books, go to:

http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/index.html .