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Morning Readers,
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| Forest fog descending on us |
Don’t worry about the post title, we’re not moving to Seattle, still just London –
but I think I could actually live in Seattle if I had to pick somewhere in the
States to live.
We left you last time in Port Angeles. We had a great time
there and came to love it even with the fog constantly creeping in. After a
full day of chilling, writing and drinking hot chocolate we headed out on a
Twilight tour through Port Angeles, Forks and La Push Beach! Understandably, I
know many people don’t like and/or agree with Twilight but… We've read the
books, seen the movies, laughed a lot and are not impressionable teenagers who
pretend to be
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| Twilight mania! |
We had a great time in the visitor centre discovering that
since the first books were released in 2000 the tiny little town of Forks has
seen its tourism increase by 600%. The town have embraced the fame and are
thankful to Stephanie Meyer for their increased revenue. For you fans out
there, a few of our stops included: The Cullen House (B&B), Forks Coffee
House, Forks High School, The Boundary Line, Jacob Blacks House and the
beautiful La Push beach. La Push is an amazing beach covered in drift wood with
glorious scenery even on a dreary day. Like little kids we scaled the huge
washed up trees and climbed over rocks to sit and watch the pelicans soar
across the waters out to the islands.
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| La Push Beach |
Back at our campsite for the last night we watched the (mediocre)
movie Wild Hogs in the group tent with yucky salt popcorn… Next morning we
headed out to Seattle where we had booked a two night stay in the University
District. It’s a really nice area and still pretty quiet because all the
students have gone home for the summer. The College Inn was one of the best
places we’ve stayed. It was quaint and homely and wonderful! And with its great
wifi we watched the whole of Forrest Gump!
As Jimmy has talked about in a previous post we also visited
Mars Hill Church last weekend and will do again for the next two. In the
morning we went to Bellevue which had a varied demographic and was super busy and
in the evening we took a stroll up the road to the U-District campus which was
a lot quieter with all the students away but we chatted to some of the staff and
learnt about how the demographics of each campus vary depending on location. I
do think it’s important to have a mixed congregation for growth in your walk
with the Lord but I can see how it’s better to have a thriving student campus in
and ideal location for them then nothing at all.
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| College Inn & Seattle Waterfront |
Monday we checked out and went down to explore Seattle a little.
All the smells of living by the sea came rushing back as we walked down to the
waterfront and then through the eclectic Pike Place Market. We also stumbled across
the first ever Starbucks with a huge line coming out the door. The view out
across the harbour with snow-capped mountains in the background is a sight you
can easily stare at for a while.
And all of that really brings us up to date to us having a
serious treat day by staying at a much fancier hotel for the night and not a
tent or grubby hostel. We’ll be back at the campsite for most of next week.
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| La Push - Skyfall style |
A shorter post this time but I suppose we are winding down
now. And if you’re interested, I hope to get a book review post up soon of all
the books I’ve been swapping in and out of campsites to read on the road.
Much love to you all, see you in 10 days!
J&J x
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