"Twilight Territory" launched, Thunder Weekend

Chris Cook, editor of the Forks Forum (weekly newspaper), has published a guide book of the Forks/La Push area for the "Twilight" books fans, named "Twilight Territory." He was at Thriftway (grocery store here in Forks) today to sign books and talk with people. When we were there, he was inundated a few times with fans, some traveling in packs - or are groups of fans called giggles? [Geese are gaggles, so fans should be giggles, don't you think?] Along with Chris, were Traci Kettel (shown in the picture) and Janeen Howell, who was away helping a group of fans find the Twilight clothing in the store. I tried to take a picture while Janeen was there, but she didn't stay still for long... There is more information about the book here : http://www.forksforum.com/twilight .

We got three copies, one for us, and two for daughter and granddaughter who are fans.

This is also the first West End Thunder weekend of the year. West End Thunder is a local car club which hosts car races at the local airport. We aren't racing fans, but there seem to be a lot of them who come to watch. These pictures were taken from the road as we went by.

After the heat...

Revving up...

They also have a Show and Shine of cars and bikes.

Annual Forks Fly-In

This blue and gold bi-plane made a bunch of fly-bys and was fun to watch.
The Forks Fly-In was last Saturday, the 19th. A bunch of cool planes fly in, and great cars drive in, while we people walk in, to the Forks Airport for some fun.

Vitamin R van - R for Rainier beer. Someone did a great job of painting.

The Forks Lions Club does a salmon bake every year. GOOD fish!

These are some of the cars that were there. Click on the photo for a larger view.

Ford Fairlane 500 Sport Coupe. I know this car because that's the first car I remember my mom driving growing up. That was a mouthful to learn growing up. Mom's was white with red upholstery, and a red stripe along the side. Very cool car. Mom's didn't have a hood scoop though... [grin]

West End Thunder 2

These are more pictures of the old and classic cars that were in the 4th of July parade. I'm not sure if any of these are from the West End Thunder group; I think they are visiting groups. There are some great cars. How many do you know?

West End Thunder Weekend

This weekend, like many here in the summer, a local car club, West End Thunder, is host to racing at the airport. While we don't attend the races, we do enjoy the times we are able to see and enjoy the old and classic cars that West End Thunder members restore and drive. They were part of the Forks Old-Fashioned Fourth of July Parade. I took quite a few pictures during the parade, though I didn't get all of the cars. There was also a couple of other car clubs in the parade.

This first car is the one I call the "before" - before the car club gets to restore it. It led the line of the "after"s.

How many of these cars do you know? (I had to get help from my husband, and he wasn't positive about a few.)