DAY ONE.

Jason and I flew into Portland, Oregon, and even on the descent it felt super Twilighty! Fog and clouds cleared and made way for pine and spruce trees reaching toward the sky. During the descent, the pilot pointed out to us Mount Hood, Mount Saint Helens and Mount Adams out the window!

We rented my first vehicle as an adult, and got upgraded to a Jeep! Which A) also felt Twilight, considering Emmett's Jeep and B) has made me interested in getting a Jeep myself, though I never entertained the thought before!

Our first stop was to the Columbia River Gorge... In Twilight the camera pans over the Columbia River Gorge for a few scenes! It was beautiful with the fall leaves and we made a quick stop at the Cape Horn Overlook.

We then did a small hike from the Cape Horn Trailhead to an overlook. It was beautiful and I literally shouted from the overlook that "I'M THIRTYYYY!" We saw all sorts of gigantic leaves, and impressive looking mushrooms!

I was really interested in seeing an amphitheater area on the trail where the "spider monkey" scene was filmed, but the sun was setting and we knew it would be totally unsafe to push on further. So, we did some quick investigating and found a way to drive near the amphitheater overlook before the sun set!

We spent the night at Cooper Spur Mountain Resort on Mt Hood. Which was so cozy and quaint! The food at their restaurant was delicious- I had a french dip (which I will almost always get if it's on a menu!) and Jason got a Bison Burger- and the meal was made complete with regional beer & wine! Day one was my actual birthdate, so Jason was sweet enough to bring my birthday gifts on the trip for me to open, and the waiter did the classic birthday candle in my dessert!

Unfortunately, because of arriving after dark and leaving early in the morning, we didn't actually get to see the Mt Hood during the stay. But we did catch glimpses of Mt Hood as we drove away the next morning.

DAY two.

Our first stop on day two was Multnomah Falls! Apparently a must-see location in Portland and for my Twilight people, Multnomah Falls is in the background of the baseball scene! There are a collection of different waterfalls you can see along the Historic Columbia River Highway; we also made a short stop at the Horsetail Falls. There's hiking available along the falls, but we passed on these, because it was a major sightseeing day!

Breakfast. The best meal of the day! We drove to Carver Cafe in Damascus, Oregon for breakfast and Twilight visits. Carver Cafe is the location where the Bella and Charlie scenes were filmed for the movie. I loved the Cafe! Jason and I both thought it was one of our favorite meals on the trip. The food was delicious; it felt so homey too, with the cook being a grandmother and her granddaughter as our waitress.

We also were able to sign their Twilight guestbook- which was FULL. And they have new guestbook every year! It's apparently a must-hit spot it seems for people on their Twilight tour!

Next on our tour of Twilight filming locations, we stopped at the Stone Cliff Inn where "the lion and the lamb", "I thought you didn't like me", "I'm a killer, Bella" and general vampire unveiling scenes were filmed! It was maybe a five minute drive from Carver Cafe, so obviously we made the stop here!

From Stone Cliff Inn, we made our way throughout northwest Oregon, seeing various other filming locations for Twilight...

After galavanting around the different filming locations and appropriately fangirling (according to Jason) we drove further west to the Oregon coast. We stopped at Indian Beach, which is one of the filming locations for La Push First Beach in the movies. This was my first time seeing the Pacific Ocean, and we planned to arrive for sunset. Seeing the Pacific and the sun descend over it was so beautiful, but so too was the winding drive through Ecola Park and its tall pines. The beach here is so unlike the beaches we see on the east coast. Indian beach was lined by tall mountains with pine trees to the north and large stone arches to the south.

We spent night two at Ecola Creek Lodge, after having a delicious meal at Ecola Seafood Restaurant. It was on Jason's list to eat some of the must-have cuisines in the PNW- so he was quite pleased with the delicious Dungeness Crab here! As not a seafood fan, I still thoroughly enjoyed my fish and chips!

DAY three.

This was our day to say goodbye to Oregon and venture into Washington State! We made the drive up from Cannon Beach, OR to the Hoh Rainforest south of Forks, WA. On our way up, in the Olympic National Forest, we noticed a sign for the World's Largest Sitka Spruce. Which, obviously, when we see a sign for the world's largest anything we feel compelled to lay eyes on it!

Once we made it to the Hoh Rainforest, we did the Hall of Mosses 1 mile loop. Which, honestly, with all the beauty on this trail took us well over an hour! While this wasn't a Twilight filming spot, it felt "very Twilight", which we expressed many times on the short hike.

And at last, we made it to Forks, Washington! Although there wasn't much at all to see for Twilight filming locations here, the town really leans into Twilight and it's fantastic. Day one in Forks we saw:

• The treaty line
• The Forks welcome sign at the Forks Chamber of Commerce
• "Jacob's house"
• Lunch at Three Rivers Resort
• La Push & First Beach

Our Washington Day ended with dinner at Bella Italia in Port Angeles - where Bella & Edward have their first date! Jason was super happy once again to try another PNW staple - salmon and mushroom risotto. I got my classic chicken parmesan (I'm basic and I'm fine with it!). We spent our third and final night falling asleep to the sound of rain at the Forks Motel ~ very Twilight!

DAY four.

Our final day! We spent most of our time seeing the sites of Forks!

• The Swan Home
• The Cullen house
• Charlie's Police Department
• Carlisle's parking space & the Forks Hospital
• Bella's place of work
• Population sign
• Forks High School
• The Chamber of Commerce with Bella's trucks (also I was SO amazed by the pins in the map! So many people have been to Forks!!)

We had lunch at Pacific Pizza in Forks before heading east to Seattle for our redeye flight home. We had some time to kill, so we made it a goal to stop at a winery on the drive to Seattle. We ended up at Olympic Cellars and enjoyed a wine tasting outdoors, watching the sun descend over the Olympic Mountain ranges. We got one last selfie with our Jeep - which we loved so much on this trip!

After our delicious wine stop we continued the last leg of our journey to Seattle. We opted to take a ferry boat across the sound and yes we did do the whole Titanic thing at the front of the ferry! We were super disappointed when we made it into Seattle for our tickets to go up the Space Needle, only to find that the Needle had shut down for the entire day due to protests earlier in the morning. We managed to get a selfie with the Needle and opted to get more drinks at Pike Place, and getting to go inside the first ever Starbucks store!