Looks like Forks is now gaining fame for more than just the fishing....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20080922/ap_tr_ge/travel_by_the_book_vampire_tourism

im gettin tired of this crap...everytime im out there its all i see

Yikes I am slow these days. Never heard of twilight and I ate the "bella burger" thinking it must have been the owners name. Just a little removed from the teenage stuff I guess.

So wait, young women from all over the world are visiting Forks? How can you be tired of this Mark?
Get yourself a "I'm a Vampire" t-shirt and practice your skilz.

I wasn't aware of the books until my 12 year old Granddaughter from Houston asked me if I knew where Forks and LaPush were. Huh?
She then went on to tell me about the books. She was thrilled that not only did I know where it was, that I had actually been to Forks, LaPush and First Beach, and knew people out there.
My wife, who is a book seller, filled me as to the whole "Potteresque" phenomenon. We sent our GD a bunch of t-shirts etc. from there.
So now Forks is on the national radar and folks are coming to see what's in mentioned in the book. Ride the wave, Forks, because it probably last until the next teen book stirs the imagination.

Yeah it totally sucks that there is 100s and even a few thousand people coming to forks,and when they are their they spend their money on hotels, gas, food,and everything else you could think of,what a bummer that is for the town of forks and the economy.

yes it is great for forks economy...totally agree with that...BUT...i go to forks to fish, not to see a bunch of vampire crap

dave- let's go out there and try some of your pick-up lines

I would gladly spend a weekend at the Forks town line watching the looks of crushing disappointment on the faces of those book fans as they come rolling into town and catch a glimpse of Forks for the first time.

You got it Mark. You can go after the young ones and I'll go after the moms. I'm realistic.
I found one for you by the way. I fished the ditch yesterday and made my customary stop at the Rexville Grocery to buy some weird canned mustards and mayos and smoked god knows what. After that we stopped at a corn stand. There was the hottest little 18-19 year old there. It was painful to know I had no chance. Guy I was with was 30 and knew he had no chance either.

Did the video get leaked?

God damn Obama.
He said he'd keep it quiet.

Yeah I don't have a problem with gays until they start trying legislate against their own kind or saying they aren't gay.
Sorry Blades.

You guys should'nt joke around about this. This is very scary sh@t! I took this picture at Oxbow two nights ago.

Looks like she gives head....

That's not the only thing....

"There was the hottest little 18-19 year old there. It was painful to know I had no chance. Guy I was with was 30 and knew he had no chance either"

Is that the corn field right across from the Shell station before you start up the hill on I5? In good weather they wear bikini tops. I think it helps to seel more corn.

Nope. Left at the Shell and then a right after you go over I 5 like you are going to Conway.
Actually this was a nice family that was just hanging out at the place (they have a honor box you put your $ into). The whole family was totally cool and gave us free cooked corn with butter and carrots. The daughter was simply hot.
The dad figured out we were fisherman and also gave some timely advice. Nice.

By chance was that "Lay off the booze, get a damn job and quit eye-farkin' my daughter you old pervert?"

Sorry, you set that one up too good for me to resist! I had to hit that one out of the parker.

And Parker swings for the fence! Don't let 'em get away with it Dave. Waiting for the comeback . . .

Actually this whole hot young chick thing is getting to me. Probably because they're younger than my kids. All the time I'm seeing MILFs and even GILFs and I'm wondering what the heck is happenin' to me.

LOL. I don't have a comeback for that Steve or for you Parker...
I'll have to admit that was a slow pitch down the middle.

What's a GILF........................a Guy I'd Like To..........

I think that is "Grandmother".

Phewww.....I was gettin' worried about Salmo there fer a minute.

Back on topic. Out on the QIN reservation one of the former tribal cops,(also a guide) said he used to run off people out that were having some sort of ceremonies out on the beaches. He thought they were either witches or satin worshipers.

Oh, that topic. I haven't been to Forks lately or noticed anything about the twilighters. But then when I'm in the area I'm pretty much focused on fishing and don't notice much else.

yeah RVW, grandmothers. Kinda' creepy.

Who said he didn't?

Yeah, who said I did'nt?

Looks better than at least half the strange out on the O.P.

<Insert image of Rod Sterling here> While posting on Piscatorial Pursuits from the carefree comfort of their own homes, these men of fatherly age, and some well beyond, share images and stories of nubile vixens, reminiscing of their experiences with such mysterious creatures and what materialized over time. Other men invoke the names of Obama, Biden, McCain, Palin, Paulson, Bush, Bernanke and other public actors for financial salvation when the new previews are strange and frightful at Lehman, Fannie, Freddie and other public theaters. Still other men leave their families, homes and computers behind to travel to the small coastal town of Forks to satisfy their piscatorial and other pursuits... but there is something strange about many of the people there and the things recently available to them at the local restaurants, hotels and gas stations. And what sits knowingly in the shadows beneath a certain moonlit tree of that once peaceful little town. Perhaps these men, and everyone else, are in the Twilight Zone....