The end of
June I started thinking, praying, and looking into going this year to Forks
Washington for Stephenie Meyer Day 12-15 September. Things started coming
together, Sunday at church I got a really clear answer to prayer about it….good
to go. There are actually two things going on this year. Forever in Forks (FiF)
is having their annual big weekend there 13-15 September. They change location and
weekend every year. A nice idea so one may have a chance to not travel so far.
The City of Forks has Stephenie Meyer Day (SMD) around Bella’s birthday of 13
September. They have their first activity on Thursday 12 September and end on
Saturday the 14th. Web sites for FiF, SMD, Project Thank You and
Forks Washington are at bottom.
Forever in
Forks announced back in March the dates and motel arrangements, so you know by
now all rooms are taken in Forks. I did call and ask to make sure and checked
motel reservation on-line sites for availability. So picked a place in Port
Angeles and made reservations. FiF has a ‘looking for roomie’ tab. Sent some
messages out…replies came back with roommates already found. So room will be
bigger expense than would like, but…still going. One person is still a remote possibility.
One of my usual pre-readers is a possible travel companion.
I am planning
on two weeks total. Plan to take long slow drive along the coast as much as
possible. Taking cameras and will likely stop lots to take pictures. Pre-reader
suggested looking for agates at one place…sounds fun and different. I’ve never
been rock hunting that I remember. So my pre-reader, if she can make it, would
join me for the travels not just SMD and Twilight sites. I’ve told her I’m
flexible on plans to be shorter for her part if need to be for the trip to fit her
schedule. It would be fun to have a travel companion for any part of the trip.
Meeting
people is one reason for deciding to go whole hog and get the full FiF package
deal. A number of meals are included, so think it will be worth it. I’ve not
actually read about any past SMD events for how many people are there. Figure
lots. The FiF seems like it might be a little more controlled and limited
number of people at one time. Big crowds tend to put me into shy observe mode.
I want to meet and talk to people who are fans of Twilight and Stephenie Meyer,
not observe them. Even with fewer people I’ll still likely need to get out of my
usual reserve self. ‘Party Abby’ will need to be there.
One reason
for going this year is the 10 year anniversary of Ms Meyer’s dream that became
Twilight. It seems the perfect time to go. It has only been 3.5 years since I
first read the books and discovered fan sites and fan fiction. My interest in
Twilight isn’t waning, but I am reallocating time spent on Twilight and
spending more time on other interests. Being forced into early retirement from
my primary profession, I have the free time if not a lot of money to go this
year.
Having a good
digital camera would be really nice for the trip to download daily and see how
doing as go along. It would also save money on processing film and printing
pictures. My little compact point-n-shoot digital doesn’t always give me the
picture I want or the one I think I’m taking – my eye focus is the part of the problem,
looks good on the screen, but full size on computer not good at all. The camera
auto-focus isn’t focusing on what I want it to or think it is focused on. I am
starting to think it is time to upgrade to digital SLR where I can really see
and make sure focus on what I want.
In an effort
to clean out condo / downsize collectibles and help finance this trip and
camera upgrade I will be selling some of my collectible items – Star Trek movie
poster set in silver, large Enterprise model, several Christmas ornaments.
There are
lots of reason I should not be going on this trip and other things I should be
doing and other things I should be spending money on – lack of funds in general
due to forced early retirement, family history project for nieces and nephews,
cleaning out house, learning about alternative health options especially
essential oils and building doTerra business. There is one reason to go – it just
feels like the right thing to do, spiritually and temporally. Maybe that is one
of things to get out of Twilight: sometimes it does not matter what you should
do, more important is what feels right to do. With faith in the Lord, I am
proceeding with this trip.
http://stepheniemeyerday.com/#!/?page_id=915 Project Thank You
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