March 13, 2025 • 11 mins
In this bonus episode, Torry (she/her) and Megan (she/her) discuss their trip to Forks, Washington, the setting of Twilight!
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(00:00):
Onto the topic for today, I've been truly dying to talk about
this for a year because, and people know that last June we
took a road trip to Forks, WA togo look at all of the Twilight
stuff, which I always talk to you about this of like we lived
(00:21):
in Vancouver together and then like I live in Victoria which is
like even closer. Why the fuck did we not think to
go to Forks sooner than 2024? No, I don't.
I, I, I still don't know becauseI imagine, here's my thing is I
don't think I knew the geographyof how close it was.
Actually, if you did, that's on you.
(00:43):
That's your. Body.
Yeah, no, like I did, but you. Knew this, but I don't think I
knew it because I definitely would have been like my one year
living in Vancouver. I would have made sure to go
because it's so it's so easy to get to relatively what versus
when I was living in Ontario andand we would have had even I
(01:04):
feel like we would have even been had more fun if we did it
back then because. The the dollar was probably
better. I was a lot more unstable.
Like the one thing about being medicated is like I'm like not
fun anymore. Like I like literally like my
like my mental health is so stable because of Wellbutrin
that like I'm it was like a fucking snore bore.
(01:27):
So funny. We did.
We were not snoreboards. We had a lot of fun, did we?
We didn't. We didn't party Hardy, but we
did in our hearts when we went, when we went.
There also, I want to say that like I've lived in Victoria for,
you know, a billion years at this point.
My apartment is when I tell you,12 steps away from the Port
Angeles ferry. Like 12 steps, Literally,
(01:51):
literally 12 steps. Like it's like we didn't even
need to get into your car unlesswe needed to drive, actually,
except we needed to drive once we got there.
Where do we even begin? Because I have so many.
You're gonna have to steer us because I have so many like
recollections and feelings things about this trip.
Where do you want to start? Like we took so like Victoria to
Port Angeles. You can take a ferry.
(02:12):
It's like an hour and a half, two hours.
And like if people don't know the history of twilight or
you're like not like crazy like as Port Angeles is where they go
like shopping for prom dresses and like it was Bella and
Edward's first date. So it's actually pretty far.
It's like an hour ish, an hour and a half away from Forks
(02:32):
proper. But like from me it's like 0
minutes like I can see it like when I go for walks every day to
the ocean I can literally see itwith my eyes across the like
straight or whatever. But the.
Biggest thing that happened to me, like when we got there was
the surreal like gasp, which could only come from girls who
(02:56):
were 14 who picked up these books and were obsessed with
them at the time that I was like, Oh my God, this is where
they had their first date. Oh my God, this is.
And the big one was again, I didn't realize quite how like
windy and long the drive. You loved the drive and we put
on the soundtrack and like we. Put on the soundtrack.
(03:18):
You were like, no, you literallysaid to me you were like Bella
and Edward would be driving downthis road to their first date.
And if you still are not gobs backed by that, I don't know
what to tell you. I was so emotional.
I was like, this is where he wasspeeding when when when they
were coming back from Port Angeles.
But but it was so first of all, it's a beautiful like what, the
(03:41):
Olympic Peninsula? Stunning.
Stunning. And so I was like, wow, I also
didn't realize like quite how beautiful and like, oh, I'm
like, This is why there are so many campers and hikers.
And that's why Mike's family hasa store for hiker and the
crashing reality of of that and being so excited.
(04:02):
And then we drive up to fucking.Forks, WA.
I want to tell you guys the high.
Yeah, like, Speaking of high highs and low lows, like the
absolute, like even telling thisstory, like our energies up
here, we're gonna have to bring it down for when we talk about
(04:25):
like forks, like I was riding a high that I've like that I could
only assume is like taking a hitof cocaine or whatever.
And and The thing is, is that the first like, photo stop is
the fork sign. And it's the sign that they use
in the movies. Yes.
And it was like so easy to find.We just like pulled over, did
(04:47):
like a 10 minute photo shoot. Wait, wait.
Before you wait, hold your thought because I have to, I
have to tell everyone how you were like the entire time we're
going there, you're like, I think there's gonna be there's
gonna be lineups of people. You, you kept being like, I
think there's going to be like 50 people at the sign.
(05:09):
We're going to have to wait. And I kept going.
I don't think so, Tori. I think it's not that popular
anymore. And you're like, no, no, no.
I tell you, pull up. There's nobody at the sign.
I was like. There was like 3 people in the
town and two of those three people were us.
(05:29):
Like I, I don't know, like I like low key and like, yeah, OK,
my bad. Because it's like, it's just,
it's so important to me that I just assumed that it would be
important to other people. But it's like, I thought it was
going to be kind of like Disneyland or like I'm trying to
think like what? Like, I feel like in New York
people go to like, I'm trying toeven think like, I feel like
(05:50):
they go to Cat's Deli for like When Harry Met Sally.
And like, like, I just thought that it was gonna be like that.
And it definitely was. Like there were people there to
see like Twilight stuff for sure.
Like when we went to the treaty line, when we went to the
museum, like there were other Twihards there.
But like, I, I swear to God, like I just pictured in my head
(06:13):
that like there would be like, like I was like, Oh my God,
there's gonna be people in the like background on my picture
like. Oh, you definitely thought that,
but I but I will say it was still a high when the sign came
up because it's so iconic. We got an yeah.
The rest of this podcast is justus singing this Twilight
(06:35):
soundtrack because that's the only, that's the only good thing
left is US. And the magnet that I got.
And there was a dad and I think an adult daughter who came and
took us picture of the sign. And I was like, do you want us
to take a picture? And they were like, no, we were
like, can you take a picture of?And so we got that, and then we
(06:59):
start driving into town. Again, I'm flying high like it
again, it's like going to Disneyland for me.
And so we're like, hey, we're starving because it's like
lunchtime at this point. So we're like, we'll go to the
diner. So it's not the diner that they
filmed him that's in Oregon, butit's the diner that Stephanie
(07:20):
Meyer would have envisioned Charlie and Bella like eating
dinner at. And when I tell you actually
like my burger and like it was actually like fine.
That's funny. I mean, you know how I'll.
I was, yeah. You were like physically I'll
that night. So it's like, yes, the diner
food was probably rancid, but it's like at the time I was
(07:44):
like, it was very like classic diner food, but like they had
like the Bella Burger and they had like, was it like a
milkshake? I think they had it was they had
a couple things. I mean, the biggest thing for me
and this is my Canadian like mostly living in the suburbs and
big cities bias showing was I haven't spent a lot of time in
(08:05):
America. I know that there is just like a
different vibe and feeling especially like small,
especially small towns. And when we got there, it was
just, first of all, it's a very,very small town.
And so it's not kind of the big city that you're, I don't know,
like I guess I know I knew it was a small town, but I was
(08:26):
still thinking that it had maybemore infrastructure or more
things. So like the smallest towns that
I've been to have like, yeah, like 2, like Main Street, like
like maybe 2 streets that are there, like downtown or
whatever. This was one and like honestly
kind of 1/2, like it wasn't evenlike a full city block, I think.
And also you're right, like I feel like a lot of this is so
(08:48):
rude, but like whatever. A lot of Canadian small towns do
have like kind of charm. I'm sure there's fucking fugly
towns out there. But this was like the towns that
you see in like, in like horror movies that take place in the
States where it's like their carbreaks down, they get a motel,
and then they get murdered. It just felt very.
(09:10):
Like there is more gas stations than there was where it's like,
I feel like in a lot of, again, Canadian small towns, it's like
there's like actually like thriving like small town
businesses because. People.
Don't have options like I'm thinking of in Vermeer in the
Kootenays of BC. Like it has like really good
bakery, a really good coffee shop, like that type of stuff
(09:33):
that makes it cute. But like, this was I actually,
and like I told Megan this too, like multiple times, but I was
like, I actually feel like like I felt deeply sad.
Like, yes, you were. I'm telling you, you said we
were flying high and then guess what?
Icarus flew too close to the sunand we burnt to a crisp and fell
(09:55):
to the ground. A profound sadness.
You kept kind of looking around and we're like, is this really
it? Because you were, bless your
heart. You kept taking pictures of
everything. And I had already made peace
with. I was like, I don't need to
remember. I don't need to remember this
with photos. And you were like, no, I'm gonna
(10:17):
take a photo like we were here. And I'm like, no, we got the
sign, babe. Like anything else to remember
this. Thank you so much for listening.
If you want to hear the whole episode, you can head over to
patreon@patreon.com/RTBP podcastto listen to the whole episode
as well as gain access to over 120 episodes, see a bunch of
(10:42):
live streams I've recorded over the last couple years, join our
Discord chat, and many other funthings that we've got going on
over there. You will be joining a group of
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Betty's if you head over to patreon.com RTBP podcast.
(11:04):
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Head over to patreon.com/RTP podcast and become an official
Petty Betty today. OK, love you.
Bye.
Onto the topic for today, I've been truly dying to talk about
this for a year because, and people know that last June we
took a road trip to Forks, WA togo look at all of the Twilight
stuff, which I always talk to you about this of like we lived
(00:21):
in Vancouver together and then like I live in Victoria which is
like even closer. Why the fuck did we not think to
go to Forks sooner than 2024? No, I don't.
I, I, I still don't know becauseI imagine, here's my thing is I
don't think I knew the geographyof how close it was.
Actually, if you did, that's on you.
(00:43):
That's your. Body.
Yeah, no, like I did, but you. Knew this, but I don't think I
knew it because I definitely would have been like my one year
living in Vancouver. I would have made sure to go
because it's so it's so easy to get to relatively what versus
when I was living in Ontario andand we would have had even I
(01:04):
feel like we would have even been had more fun if we did it
back then because. The the dollar was probably
better. I was a lot more unstable.
Like the one thing about being medicated is like I'm like not
fun anymore. Like I like literally like my
like my mental health is so stable because of Wellbutrin
that like I'm it was like a fucking snore bore.
(01:27):
So funny. We did.
We were not snoreboards. We had a lot of fun, did we?
We didn't. We didn't party Hardy, but we
did in our hearts when we went, when we went.
There also, I want to say that like I've lived in Victoria for,
you know, a billion years at this point.
My apartment is when I tell you,12 steps away from the Port
Angeles ferry. Like 12 steps, Literally,
(01:51):
literally 12 steps. Like it's like we didn't even
need to get into your car unlesswe needed to drive, actually,
except we needed to drive once we got there.
Where do we even begin? Because I have so many.
You're gonna have to steer us because I have so many like
recollections and feelings things about this trip.
Where do you want to start? Like we took so like Victoria to
Port Angeles. You can take a ferry.
(02:12):
It's like an hour and a half, two hours.
And like if people don't know the history of twilight or
you're like not like crazy like as Port Angeles is where they go
like shopping for prom dresses and like it was Bella and
Edward's first date. So it's actually pretty far.
It's like an hour ish, an hour and a half away from Forks
(02:32):
proper. But like from me it's like 0
minutes like I can see it like when I go for walks every day to
the ocean I can literally see itwith my eyes across the like
straight or whatever. But the.
Biggest thing that happened to me, like when we got there was
the surreal like gasp, which could only come from girls who
(02:56):
were 14 who picked up these books and were obsessed with
them at the time that I was like, Oh my God, this is where
they had their first date. Oh my God, this is.
And the big one was again, I didn't realize quite how like
windy and long the drive. You loved the drive and we put
on the soundtrack and like we. Put on the soundtrack.
(03:18):
You were like, no, you literallysaid to me you were like Bella
and Edward would be driving downthis road to their first date.
And if you still are not gobs backed by that, I don't know
what to tell you. I was so emotional.
I was like, this is where he wasspeeding when when when they
were coming back from Port Angeles.
But but it was so first of all, it's a beautiful like what, the
(03:41):
Olympic Peninsula? Stunning.
Stunning. And so I was like, wow, I also
didn't realize like quite how beautiful and like, oh, I'm
like, This is why there are so many campers and hikers.
And that's why Mike's family hasa store for hiker and the
crashing reality of of that and being so excited.
(04:02):
And then we drive up to fucking.Forks, WA.
I want to tell you guys the high.
Yeah, like, Speaking of high highs and low lows, like the
absolute, like even telling thisstory, like our energies up
here, we're gonna have to bring it down for when we talk about
(04:25):
like forks, like I was riding a high that I've like that I could
only assume is like taking a hitof cocaine or whatever.
And and The thing is, is that the first like, photo stop is
the fork sign. And it's the sign that they use
in the movies. Yes.
And it was like so easy to find.We just like pulled over, did
(04:47):
like a 10 minute photo shoot. Wait, wait.
Before you wait, hold your thought because I have to, I
have to tell everyone how you were like the entire time we're
going there, you're like, I think there's gonna be there's
gonna be lineups of people. You, you kept being like, I
think there's going to be like 50 people at the sign.
(05:09):
We're going to have to wait. And I kept going.
I don't think so, Tori. I think it's not that popular
anymore. And you're like, no, no, no.
I tell you, pull up. There's nobody at the sign.
I was like. There was like 3 people in the
town and two of those three people were us.
(05:29):
Like I, I don't know, like I like low key and like, yeah, OK,
my bad. Because it's like, it's just,
it's so important to me that I just assumed that it would be
important to other people. But it's like, I thought it was
going to be kind of like Disneyland or like I'm trying to
think like what? Like, I feel like in New York
people go to like, I'm trying toeven think like, I feel like
(05:50):
they go to Cat's Deli for like When Harry Met Sally.
And like, like, I just thought that it was gonna be like that.
And it definitely was. Like there were people there to
see like Twilight stuff for sure.
Like when we went to the treaty line, when we went to the
museum, like there were other Twihards there.
But like, I, I swear to God, like I just pictured in my head
(06:13):
that like there would be like, like I was like, Oh my God,
there's gonna be people in the like background on my picture
like. Oh, you definitely thought that,
but I but I will say it was still a high when the sign came
up because it's so iconic. We got an yeah.
The rest of this podcast is justus singing this Twilight
(06:35):
soundtrack because that's the only, that's the only good thing
left is US. And the magnet that I got.
And there was a dad and I think an adult daughter who came and
took us picture of the sign. And I was like, do you want us
to take a picture? And they were like, no, we were
like, can you take a picture of?And so we got that, and then we
(06:59):
start driving into town. Again, I'm flying high like it
again, it's like going to Disneyland for me.
And so we're like, hey, we're starving because it's like
lunchtime at this point. So we're like, we'll go to the
diner. So it's not the diner that they
filmed him that's in Oregon, butit's the diner that Stephanie
(07:20):
Meyer would have envisioned Charlie and Bella like eating
dinner at. And when I tell you actually
like my burger and like it was actually like fine.
That's funny. I mean, you know how I'll.
I was, yeah. You were like physically I'll
that night. So it's like, yes, the diner
food was probably rancid, but it's like at the time I was
(07:44):
like, it was very like classic diner food, but like they had
like the Bella Burger and they had like, was it like a
milkshake? I think they had it was they had
a couple things. I mean, the biggest thing for me
and this is my Canadian like mostly living in the suburbs and
big cities bias showing was I haven't spent a lot of time in
(08:05):
America. I know that there is just like a
different vibe and feeling especially like small,
especially small towns. And when we got there, it was
just, first of all, it's a very,very small town.
And so it's not kind of the big city that you're, I don't know,
like I guess I know I knew it was a small town, but I was
(08:26):
still thinking that it had maybemore infrastructure or more
things. So like the smallest towns that
I've been to have like, yeah, like 2, like Main Street, like
like maybe 2 streets that are there, like downtown or
whatever. This was one and like honestly
kind of 1/2, like it wasn't evenlike a full city block, I think.
And also you're right, like I feel like a lot of this is so
(08:48):
rude, but like whatever. A lot of Canadian small towns do
have like kind of charm. I'm sure there's fucking fugly
towns out there. But this was like the towns that
you see in like, in like horror movies that take place in the
States where it's like their carbreaks down, they get a motel,
and then they get murdered. It just felt very.
(09:10):
Like there is more gas stations than there was where it's like,
I feel like in a lot of, again, Canadian small towns, it's like
there's like actually like thriving like small town
businesses because. People.
Don't have options like I'm thinking of in Vermeer in the
Kootenays of BC. Like it has like really good
bakery, a really good coffee shop, like that type of stuff
(09:33):
that makes it cute. But like, this was I actually,
and like I told Megan this too, like multiple times, but I was
like, I actually feel like like I felt deeply sad.
Like, yes, you were. I'm telling you, you said we
were flying high and then guess what?
Icarus flew too close to the sunand we burnt to a crisp and fell
(09:55):
to the ground. A profound sadness.
You kept kind of looking around and we're like, is this really
it? Because you were, bless your
heart. You kept taking pictures of
everything. And I had already made peace
with. I was like, I don't need to
remember. I don't need to remember this
with photos. And you were like, no, I'm gonna
(10:17):
take a photo like we were here. And I'm like, no, we got the
sign, babe. Like anything else to remember
this. Thank you so much for listening.
If you want to hear the whole episode, you can head over to
patreon@patreon.com/RTBP podcastto listen to the whole episode
as well as gain access to over 120 episodes, see a bunch of
(10:42):
live streams I've recorded over the last couple years, join our
Discord chat, and many other funthings that we've got going on
over there. You will be joining a group of
fun, sexy, supportive and politically engaged Petty
Betty's if you head over to patreon.com RTBP podcast.
(11:04):
My hot tip is joining on a web browser that's not Safari and
not using the App Store because they upcharge you 30%.
So use Google Chrome and do it on the old lappy tappy and save
an immediate 30%. You can also try it out for a
week for free, see if you like it.
But seriously, what are you waiting for?
(11:26):
Head over to patreon.com/RTP podcast and become an official
Petty Betty today. OK, love you.
Bye.
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