A town unfortunately named Forks, just across the border from us in Washington, is under going a revival thanks to Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight books. Meyer set her teenage vampire tales in Forks. Shame she didn’t use Moose Jaw in Canada or Puddletown in Dorset.
“Twilight” has quickly turned this soggy spot that gets 12 feet of rain a year into a strange tourist destination full of teenage fans. And with the coming release of a movie based on “Twilight,” townspeople are bracing themselves for an even larger influx.
“It’s amazing for our town, nobody could have anticipated any of this,” says Mike Gurling, who works at the local Chamber of Commerce.
I had two friends come visit from New York City, and they made a special point of going to Forks - and promptly sticking their rental car into a ditch.
Still, as big fans of Twilight, they were quite giddy at the whole thing.